2007 Oscar Nominations
I must say I’m rather disappointed by this morning’s Oscar nominations. I’m somewhat thrilled that Little Miss Sunshine got some attention, most notably for its pint-sized star Abigail Breslin, but at the same time I am shocked by the number of nominations it received over the best films of the year Pan’s Labyrinth and Children of Men. Both of these cinematic triumphs were excluded from best picture and all acting categoires. They did both earn writing nods: adapted screenplay for Children of Men and original screenplay for Pan’s Labyrinth. Pan’s also secured a much deserved best foreign film nod. I still can’t help but be bothered by the fact that both films were cheated. They deserve the right to compete against each other for honor of best picture.
This year all five best picture nods fulfill the mandated cliche of usual suspects: the (albeit modern) period piece The Queen; the politically charged thriller (think Crash) Babel; the high body count police/mafia/ect. drama The Departed; the war movie Letters fro Iwo Jima; and the feel-good comedy Little Miss Sunshine.
The acting categories are mildly pathetic, excreting a mix of Oscar favorites like Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Cate Blanchette and then Oscar virgins like Ryan Gosling, Eddie Murphy and Will Smith (yes, that Will Smith.)
Czech it: the complete list of nominees