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25/01/2012 13:49 | By Anna Smith, contributor, MSN Movies
13 great movies Oscar ignored
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There were more startling omissions than ever in the Oscar nominations list this year. We name the best films that the Academy overlooked and ask... why, Oscar, why?
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25/01/2012 17:10
Never understood the Oscars, really. Or the fuss behind them. Just the industry stroking it's own private parts again.
It's not as if any of the public vote - the people who they are supposed to be selling these films to.
25/01/2012 16:22
Because the oscars like everything is cointrolled by a small group of people.
25/01/2012 18:15
It seems to me that the academy is just a bunch of old farts. How many animated films got nominated or horror,sci fi or a film a child wolud sit through or adult for that matter it just seems that a movie that has any fun in it just gets overlooked.
25/01/2012 16:33
girl with the dragon tattoo (best remake that makes you wish you hadn't seen the original)!, lol yeah rite the original was alot better imo
25/01/2012 17:46
We Need To Talk About Kevin should have gotten an award. That film didn't go into the actual disgusting side of things (showing the actual massacre) like all thriller films do now!
It told the story of how life would be for the family.
Sometimes films like these are overlooked because they aren't glammed up Hollywood style!!
25/01/2012 22:47
Still can't believe that there's no nomination for Alan Rickman. Personally, I found his performance as Severus Snape to be wondeful. But I suppose they've always ignored the Harry Potter movies for any major category nominations...
25/01/2012 16:44
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HAHA !
Yeah right... They can only wish that were the truth. But then again I wouldn't expect MSN to know any better with some of the crap posted on here. The original was brilliant ! Almost everyone who read the novels and saw the original adaptation didn't want a remake to be made. I hate how the Hollywood version is being forced on us. Maybe the fact it got snubbed is a clear cut sign.
Best remake (that makes you wish you hadn't seen the original)
HAHA !
Yeah right... They can only wish that were the truth. But then again I wouldn't expect MSN to know any better with some of the crap posted on here. The original was brilliant ! Almost everyone who read the novels and saw the original adaptation didn't want a remake to be made. I hate how the Hollywood version is being forced on us. Maybe the fact it got snubbed is a clear cut sign.
26/01/2012 15:27
i do wish people would do their homework, Senna wasn't nominated as it wasn't eligible.....
25/01/2012 17:54
What does someone have to do to get an Oscar nomination because EVERY movie Ryan Gosling has made he is an awesome actor who deserves and oscar for every movie he has been in........Shame on the film industry for ignoring such a great talent.
25/01/2012 22:02
The other thing with films like Drive is that if you say you thought they were rubbish, the fanboys always say you just hate it to be different. So presumably, I watched the trailer, read all the good reviews and then went to the expense of going to see it with my young lady just to be awkward.?
The truth is I liked the trailer, the reviews made it sound interesting and I thought it was poor. It happens, like that sometimes.
25/01/2012 18:33
who cares what the academy thinks. film is about what viewer thinks not critics or the academy. loved drive, shame, we have to talk about kevin etc but do not care if they win awards or not.
25/01/2012 16:33
Warrior should be on that list if it hasn't already been nominated
25/01/2012 21:37
Rarely is great talent recognised by the Oscars, Its all about bums on seats.
25/01/2012 16:44
I'm Shocked that The Shawshank Redemption isn't in that list. Brilliant performances by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins aswell a compelling and realistic storyline.
25/01/2012 20:46
I was not convinced by Drive but Shame and We Need to Talk About Kevin are fantastic movies -not easy to watch but cinem ais supposed to be challenging. And I loved The Artist.
25/01/2012 16:56
May want to change the caption to 'The Devil's Double' - the film is about Latif Yahia's life as Uday Hussein's body double.
25/01/2012 17:38
Gary oldman should get an Oscar.Tinker,Tailor was not a great movie
But is performance as Smiley is worthy. if not for that for recognition for the films he as acted in
he as not done a bad film.& Prop's for doing the voice of Sgt Ramerez in C.O.D world at war & in Black ops.
25/01/2012 17:45
"I'm Shocked that The Shawshank Redemption isn't in that list." that movie was made in 1994.......
25/01/2012 17:42
Martin Earley Shawshank Redemption this is the Oscars 2012.
25/01/2012 18:27
whoops! made a mistake -it's a man advertising - if he is really rich some gold digger would have him by now whatever he looks like, sounds suspicous to me- as for the oscars it's just an excuse for the rich girlies to buy a new dress
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