85th Annual Academy Award Nominations... The list of Oscar nominees was announced earlier today, and as expected, Argo, Django Unchained, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty are all up for Best Picture. Skyfall also got some love (deservingly) by the Academy...with the latest Bond flick being recognized for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Song (props to Adele), Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Unlike The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which all three films were up for Best Picture (with Return of the King actually taking home the gold in 2004), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey "only" managed to get three nominations—all in technical categories (Best Makeup, Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects). This is, unfortunately, more than you can say for The Dark Knight Rises...which was completely snubbed in this year's Oscar race. Whereas The Dark Knight was constantly mentioned as a Best Picture candidate before its official snub in 2009, Christopher Nolan's final Batman flick probably got omitted because of the bad vibe that still permeates around the movie following last July's tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Even with its flaws, The Dark Knight Rises is still one of the best comic book films ever made.
As predicted in my review for Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones is up for Best Supporting Actor, and so is Christoph Walz for Django Unchained. Keep aiming for that Oscar, Leonardo DiCaprio... I'm sure you'll stop getting snubbed by Academy voters, one day. And lastly, props to the Pixar film Wreck-It Ralph for being nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. Pixar's other flick Brave also got nominated for this category...but I didn't see that film nor do I intend to. The Academy Awards air on ABC on February 24.
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