IT’S 2006 ALL OVER AGAIN! What I mean by that is that
Revenge of the Sith got robbed of a Best Visual FX nomination
that year, and this time around,
Transformers got robbed of the Academy Award by freakin’
The Golden Compass...whose effects looked like nothing that we hadn’t already seen in other fantasy flicks such as
The Chronicles of Narnia and
Harry Potter. And Transformers also went empty-handed in the Sound Design and Editing categories as well.
Darn you, Academy. And I’m also peeved that
There Will Be Blood didn’t win the top award...since that’s the only Best Picture nominee I saw, haha. Here’s hoping
Transformers 2 makes up for this outrage. Of course, if you hate Michael Bay and his latest film, then this was a
very good night for you. Darn you
too.
UPDATE (February 25): Last night's ceremony got horrible TV ratings, according to
Nielsen. Take THAT, Academy.
UPDATE #2 (February 25): The
Calendar section in today's
Los Angeles Times newspaper mentions how
The Bourne Ultimatum is the one film
(actually seen by a mass audience) that won three Oscars...trailing only the four that was won by
No Country for Old Men. Thanks for rubbing it in. Transformers could've won at least two with Visual Effects and Sound Design. Friggin' Oscars.
Also, how ironic that The Bourne Ultimatum won Best Film Editing...when the fast-paced cuts that helped it win the award is the one thing that most critics attack Michael Bay for. That's hypocrisy for ya.
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