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Who made the Academy's cut this year?
With 20 acting nominees, they couldn’t find one person of color to nominate? Sigh.
I was hoping Sam Jackson (Hateful Eight) and Michael B. Jordan (Creed) would get nods. Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad were also also excellent in Creed. And Chiwetel Ejiofor was great in a not-so-great movie, Secret in Their Eyes.
I am glad to see Stallone nominated for Creed, but I’m sure he’ll lose to Mark Rylance or Tom Hardy, because American actors always lose to Brits. Jennifer Jason Leigh was fantastic in Hateful Eight. Kudos to Tarantino for casting a 53-year-old actress in the lead female role, when his financial backers would probably have been happier with Jennifer Lawrence.
Looks like the supporting races will provide the real interest here. I just wish Oscar Isaac had been nominated for Ex Machina, and Steve Carrell for The Big Short. And Alicia Vikander deserved her nom for Ex Machina, not The Danish Girl. Sicario also deserved some major nominations.
Get ready for the Star Wars geeks to complain LOUDLY about Force Awakens not getting a Best Picture nomination.
My understanding is that Warner was too slow on the draw to campaign strongly behind Creed, and a lot of its awards potential got nixed because of that. Sadly, the campaign is often as important as the actual quality of the film in matters such as these. But I think Jackson or Jordan easily could have slipped in past Redmayne or Cranston. Idris Elba had a shot in Best Supporting Actor, but unlike Best Actor, that category was stacked to the gills (Carrell was being pushed for Lead). I wouldn’t count Sly out though, not unless The Revenant catches fire and Tom Hardy rides that wave to gold, but Stallone is probably the front-runner at this point.
For about two minutes there, after it got its editing nod, I figured Star Wars might have gotten in. I’m willing to bet it was next in line.
Chris Rock should have some interesting comments when he hosts the Oscars next month.