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I always look forward to this day every year, more then Christmas in fact. It’s Oscar nomination day!!!
The excitement had building for a while now, pretty much since the year became new, and at 8:30 this morning it blossomed with the nominations announcement. This will all conclude is six weeks or so with my annual Oscar party. A night that is truly worth waiting for every year.
Over all many things excited and many things disappointed me about this years crop of nominees. For instance there are eight best picture nominees in a field that has the potential to max at ten. In a year with such strong films there couldn’t be two more movies to fill the list? Ex Machina, Straight Outta Compton, Love & Mercy, and The Hateful Eight are all films I thought worthy of the title best picture nominee. There are some good titles in there Bridge of Spies, The Martian, Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight all made my annual top ten list last month and are short listed for the award. I am also thrilled that The Big Short made the list. I wasn’t a big fan of Room and am disappointed that it made the cut.
The big surprise though came in the supporting actor category. Sylvester Stallone is once again nominated for playing Rocky Balboa, a first since his dual nominations for actor and writer of the first Rocky flick back in the 70’s. It’s a good kind of surprise. I’m sure there will be surprises come Oscar night when the envelopes are opened. (My current No Guts No Glory pick is for Dicaprio to loose the Oscar. I’m sure this won’t happen and it will be a well deserved victory. The Revenant was an excellent movie).
I am ashamed there are many films I have yet to see. For instance I haven’t seen any of the nominees for foreign language film and Amy is currently the sole documentary contender I have seen. I plan to remedy this in the weeks to come. Not just in those categories but the Charlie Kaufman animated nominee Anomalisa intrigues me as does the best actress nominated film 45 Years.
Anyways with my thoughts on the Oscars now out there I am going to enjoy the season and eagerly await the big night and the 13th Annual Oscar Party. Much anxiety and prep for the big night will fill my nights in the mean time.
