I'm pretty young and I've read posts about how the Academy is completely unfair and don't recognize the people who really deserve it.
But i never really understood it, until this year when they completely robbed Sally Hawkins and Kristen Scott Thomas!!!
I'm glad Melissa Leo got a nomination, but KST and Sally Hawkins had the best 2 female performances this year. What an absolute joke the oscars have become.
Oh, and how about Ron Howard over Christopher Nolan for best Director? Ridiculous!
Ron Howard did a fine job directing Frost/Nixon and deserved the nomination. The real travesty was the nomination of Stephen Daldry over Chris Nolan. Stephen Daldry is a great director but The Reader wasn't his finest hour and he didnt deserve the nomination
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The Class is fantastic but for me this was so much better, much more intense and rewarding but then maybe that's just me!
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Couldn't agree more - taking the Oscars too seriously AND how they could POSSIBLY nominate Angelina Jolie!! While I did enjoy her movie - as an ex-makeup artist -- the makeup for that time in the century was waaaaaaaay off base! I'm not sure how she got the part. And frankly, I can't take her as a serious actor - I keep seeing Girl Interrupted in all she tries . . . and that wasn't all that grand of a performance - hence the fact we can't take the Oscars too . . .
I loved this film - the slow moving layers being revealed. I didn't have an issue with the ending either - I think it summed it up rather well. She did what she thought was the right thing to do & took her punishment. The actress playing her sister, yes, was amazing as well as KST. Loved it!
I didnt expect it to do well at the Oscars as I dont know how widely seen it was in the States ..... plus a French performance won Best Actress last year as already mentioned .
The BAFTAs however should have known better and should be ashamed .
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