Nomination Thoughts

Welcome back, Nicole.

(I'm typing this while listening to The Lonely Island & Natalie Portman's Natalie's Rap.)

For the most part, these are very good. There are two shocking omissions and I'll get those out of the way first.

Christopher Nolan scored a nom this morning for screenplay, but missed director. Now, he received noms from the DGA, Golden Globes and BAFTA for directing. So he was probably the morning's biggest "screwed over". Till you realize that Inception missed Editing.

Excuse me?

How THE FUCK did THAT FILM miss EDITING? I get directors maybe not recognizing Nolan because he's like the new Spielberg and it took Spielberg forever to get recognized in directing. BUT THE EDITORS BRANCH DIDN'T NOMINATE THE FILM? DID THEY EVEN FUCKING SEE THE MOVIE? The last half of it is nothing but the editing showcase to end all editing showcases. I mean, they juggle almost four storylines concurrently and keep momentum in all of them creating one of the most thrilling second halves in recent memory. But whatever.

"Damn, Natalie! You a crazy chick! Yo, shut the fuck up and suck my dick"

On to other things...

LOL I almost missed these. I don't know if I ignored the alarm clock but I woke up like seconds before the noms were announced. It was scary.

Mo'nique looked fantastic! Wow! Great job announcing the noms, probably my second favorite ever behind Anne Hathaway.

Congrats to me - I got what I wanted: 10/10 from the actresses. GO ME! AND I GOT ALL TEN PICTURE NOMINEES RIGHT!!!! I'm thrilled for myself. And for the comeback kid, Nicole Kidman.

Congrats to Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams for being the first actors born in the 1980's to score multiple noms.

In fact, again, congrats to all the youngens! Jesse, James, Natalie, Jennifer, Michelle and Hailee - between all of you and the selection of films for Best Picture, we clearly have the youngest and hippest Oscar nominations in years.

Which will make it all the more bullshit when The King's Speech wins Picture, but whatever.

Black Swan didn't go over as big as expected. Only 5 noms, but I knew it was on the verge in several categories.

The techs, as expected, are a little crazy. HOW IS THE KING'S SPEECH A BETTER EDITED MOVIE THAN INCEPTION? I'm over it. I AM LOVE showing up was a nice surprise. Tron: Legacy didn't go over as well, as expected. And I love the irony of Clint Eastwood films scoring its only nomination this year in VISUAL EFFECTS. HAHAHAH. He hates visual effects. AND NO BURLESQUE FOR SONG???

The screenwriters really love Mike Leigh.

LOL Foreign Film nominee Dogtooth apparently makes Antichrist look like a Pixar movie. Looking forward to seeing that one.

Waiting for 'Superman' is another unexpected snub. It seemed so safe, but I'm happy Exit Through the Gift Shop made it in.

That's all for now, I guess. Despite the Incept-snubbing, I'm pretty happy with these.