Comments on: 2016 Oscars: 5 Snubs That Rocked The Academy Awards

By: hecate

hecate — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

Miller should\’ve won Best Director

By: Olivaro

Olivaro — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

For me Room is the film of the year. So while I\’m glad Brie Larson deservedly took home the gold. I was disappointed to see The Leonant take most of the majors. Roger Deakins NEEDS to win a statue at some point. Should have won it for Skyfall and now Sicario.

Glad Rylance won as I was lucky enough to see him twice in Jerusalem which is still the greatest play I\’ve ever seen. I\’ve not seen Creed yet but glad the Academy didn\’t cave into the Sly love in.

By: gaines

gaines — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

@EILIS NIC AOIDH: Did you actually read "The Price of Salt"? Unlike the movie, it\’s not a tortured melodrama, and Carol isn\’t a clothes horse or a NJ avatar. Haynes set out to make yet another stifling meta-fiction from other people\’s material and succeeded as usual. All for the grand revelation that fiction is make-believe. Who would have guessed!

By: Tatami 53

Tatami 53 — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

I do not understand why anyone who did not win is considered a "snub." By whose standards? The Oscars are a mixed bag at best of a select group of voters who decide who they think are "the best." Whether they really are or not does not mean the others were "snubbed." Just because a fan or a critic or a reviewer believes that his/her favorite artist should have won does not translate into a "snub." I did not think "Spotlight" was worthy of a Best Picture, so I would call it a surprise, not a snub. But more importantly, I think what is going on behind the scenes is some level of "politics" and/or "personal favorites." In other words, regardless of a person\’s talent, someone will vote for their friends or for someone who has paid them off or for who their superiors tell them they have to vote for. The Oscars are entertaining and a fun costume parade. Yes, sometimes they seem to have value, but often times the awards themselves seem to go to people who actually don\’t deserve them. So, while this article is interesting, I honestly do not think people were "snubbed" — because ultimately it seems to be anyone\’s opinion as to why or why not someone received an award. We will never know the "behind-the-scenes" machinations of what goes on. Intriguing to consider, but that\’s about it.

By: No

No — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

Re Carol: Pheraps if the director and writer had foregrounded the 1950\’s Red Scare and the gay witch hunt, the smouldering undertone of Carol\’s and Therese\’s passionate would have been better appreciated. I liked Carol and thought it was well acted and filmed. Sorrow that it was basically ignored. It will be a modern classic.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

This is a weak list of snubs. "The Martian" being snubbed? No, "The Martian" didn\’t win any because clearly it was not good enough. Same with "Star Wars." "Creed" and "Straight Outta Compton" being shut out of winning Oscars seems like an odd statement since each was only nominated for a single Oscar. How about hiring better writers?

By: Rosie

Rosie — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

Where was Kristen Stewart? She was snubbed for every major award, no SAG, Golden Globe or Critics Choice!!! They didn\’t even ask her to present at any of those awards shows! It\’s an outrage. She\’s always the best actress–she can do accents, she creates characters who are such a contrast from herself, she\’s has a 1,000 expressions–oh wait. For a moment I had her confused with Alicia Vikander, who can not only act circles around Stewart, is Swedish and English isn\’t even her first language. The right person won after all, LOL. Srsly, so happy that deserving, grateful and inspiring women took home the Best Actress and Supporting Actress awards last night. Those to have more talent in their little fingers than the over-hyped under-delivering Stewart has in her whole body. Let\’s learn from the past and not buy into her endless hype this year.

By: Eilis Nic Aoidh

Eilis Nic Aoidh — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

Re: CAROL
". . . I felt it was slightly dispassionate, and more importantly, I thought it would prove to be much too cold and aloof for the Academy. "

CAROL\’s story was true to the 1950s. The filmmakers did not do an overlay of modern sensibility and modern ideas about passion and desire. Phyllis Nagy and Todd Haynes worked hard to be true to Highsmith\’s novel The Price or Salt and the American psyche of the 1950s. They refused to make compromises to make the relationship between Carol and Therese more congenial for contemporary audiences. What we have here is subtext illiteracy. The audience needs to make connections and actually think. Having some grasp of American history helps as well. The perceived "coolness" is not what it seems. If you were to read the signs like someone in love in the 1950s, Carol and Therese are smoldering to an uncontrollable fire.

"Eventually, the film , which was also shunned by the Spirit Awards, came up empty handed."

Ed Lachman did win for Best
Cinematography at the Indie Spirit Awards.

The fact remains that CAROL is the most critically acclaimed film of 2015 (95 on Metacritic)

Yes, I\’m not surprised CAROL did not resonate with The Academy. They\’ve lost credibility due to its conservative narrow ways. CAROL will join the pantheon of classic films that were shunned by The Academy, such as Grand Illusion, Rear Window, and Brief Encounter. It\’s a film for the ages.

By: Eilis Nic Aoidh

Eilis Nic Aoidh — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

Re: CAROL
". . . I felt it was slightly dispassionate, and more importantly, I thought it would prove to be much too cold and aloof for the Academy. "

"Eventually, the film , which was also shunned by the Spirit Awards, came up empty handed."

Ed Lachman did win for Best
Cinematography at the Indie Spirit Awards.

The fact remains that CAROL is the most critically acclaimed film of 2015 (95 on Meteoritic)

Yes, I\’m not surprised CAROL did not resonate with The Academy. They\’ve lost credibility due to its conservative narrow ways. CAROL will join the pantheon of classic films that were shunned by The Academy, such as Grand Illusion, Read Window, and Brief Encounter. It\’s a film for the ages.

By: Gian

Gian — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:54:44 +0000

No love for the beautifully crafted "Brooklyn". They don\’t make them like that anymore….and after last night, less chance they will.