Comments on: ‘Dark Knight ‘Snubbed In 81st Annual Oscar Nominations’! ‘Benjamin Button’ Leads Pack With 13 Nods!

By: Mikel Orsborn

Mikel Orsborn — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:27:00 +0000

Devastated the Nolan didn’t get the nod, and don’t even start me on the “best score” nonsense – I’m a HUGE Rahmann fan, loved his musical (produced by dipshit A.L. Webber) but his score for Slumdog is one of his weakest efforts. TDK score is one of the biggest/boldest in years and right up there with his work on Gladiator a couple of years back which I believe did get recognition. Hard to believe the TDK score wasn’t even nominated. There is no justice. And watch Peter Gabriel get beaten by a second-rate song by a justified legend of Indian music as a make-up call for not recognizing his MUCH BETTER earlier works….

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Elliott Smith lost to Celine Dion…but that was expected. Looking back, Smith getting a nom is kind of amazing.

By: Nicole and Mon Voyage

Nicole and Mon Voyage — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000

I cannot wait for Sukhwinder Singh and A R Rahman to tear up the house when they perform the SD songs at the Oscars. Sukhwinder is just an amazing singer and performer, and ARR’s music just does not get a hearing outside the South Asian community (I’m not South Asian myself). His SD work is not even his best stuff but certainly worthy of these nominations. Maybe folks will now check out some of his other great film music…Lagaan, Rang de Basanti, Guru, Jodhaa Akbar, Swades, Dil Se, Nayak-The Real Hero, to name only a few, and the excellent project album (not a film) Vande Mataram.

By: Chadams

Chadams — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:53:00 +0000

Yeah, the Original Song nominations are deserved, but it's absolute B.S. that Springsteen didn't get nominated. That and the Newton Howard/Zimmer got snubbed after the big ado about them ineligible.

I also think that 'TDK' still got snubbed because looking at a movie for its acting and directing are different from giving it deserved nominations for editing, SFX, etc. As much as some of us would like to think otherwise, a makeup Oscar's got a bit less weight than an acting Oscar.

I can't believe The Reader got that many noms. Some people over at Vulture are also rightly pissed that Angelina got a nom over Blanchett.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:52:00 +0000

Umm, where is the Dark Knight’s Best Score nomination!?

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Although The Dark Knight was snubbed in the major categories (Picture, Director, Writing) it made up for it in the technical ones, even getting some we didn't expect (Makeup, Visual Effects, Art Direction). So you can't really say the Academy refused to accept it.

And you'll notice it did get the Editing nom we expected it to get since we thought all those films would be the same for Pic and Director. That right there makes me wonder if they didn't just pick The Reader to be different.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:19:00 +0000

In fact, it’s just like last year cause Eddie Vedder won the Globe for Best Song and then wasn’t even nomed for the Oscar. Springsteen won the Glode this year, and see what happened. Will this be a new trend?

And what’s with only three noms? I know they sometimes nom three films the years where it seems they isn’t enough contenders, but when you don’t nominate the frontrunner and then only have three noms, it’s like a slap in the face.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Holy fucking shit…so Springsteen didn’t get a song nom? WTF! Further proof that the Academy is whacked outta their minds when it comes to the song category. Last year a whole CDs worth or original songs by Eddie Vedder got shut put and now this! Remember when the Phil Collins song from Tarzan beat Aimee Mann’s from Magnolia. They are idiots.

By: theplaylist

theplaylist — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:10:00 +0000

Were the Academy's voters susceptible to a 'TDK' backlash? I think a few more noms (maybe Picture, but definitely one for Nolan) would've been in order and shown that they're not adverse to something outside of dramas. (Though there is the Downey nom.)

I love that Richard Jenkins got the 5th nod, though.

By: Michael Fusco

Michael Fusco — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:59:00 +0000

The Reader is a terrible movie. What a bummer.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:56:00 +0000

What does the Dark Knight and Revolutionary Road have in common? They were only nomed for Best Supporting Actor…ouch. Still happy for Michael Shannon though.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:51:00 +0000

They just said Ben Button got 13 nominations…that’s the exact same number of noms Forrest Gump got…the copying continues.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Well all the Picture and Director nominees lined up, but they excluded The Dark Knight and included The Reader!