Originally Posted by
Still Servant
Before I post the official list of nominations, I will give some of my thoughts.
I'm with Mae, it still drives me crazy that they don't just nominate 10 films but whatever.
First, I'm done with the whole Tiffany Haddish thing. She popped up overnight like a weed and now she's everywhere. She's made like one film. I thought she was dreadful reading the nominations. I also thought the little clips they played before each category was announced was stupid.
Overall, I was happy with the nominations. I thought they spread it around nicely. I thought it was great to see Mudbound get some attention. For a second I thought it was going to get a Best Picture nomination.
I loved seeing Baby Driver get some love. I was disappointed to not see Blade Runner get nominated for Best Picture and to also see it get left out of the Original Score category.
I love Octavia Spencer, but she is kind of getting like Meryl Streep where she gets nominated for everything. I thought she was good in The Shape of Water, but not Oscar worthy. The same goes for last year, I thought Henson and Monae were both better in Hidden Figures.
No Armie Hammer in Call Me by Your Name was also a surprise. He was fantastic. Of course, I knew Jake wouldn't get nominated, but it still makes me angry. I haven't seen Denzel's film but I can't help but think he's getting nominated for name only at this point.
I know it doesn't matter because Coco is going to win easy, but I'm shocked the Lego Batman movie didn't get nominated. I'm starting to think the Academy has something against Lego movies. The Lego Movie was also snubbed a few years ago.
Lastly, like I've been very vocal about, I was very happy to see Greta Gerwig get nominated, as well as Peele. Now we can sit back and just talk film. It's unfortunate that Martin McDonagh didn't get nominated, especially since his film is a frontrunner.
Anyway, the next month should be fun. Stand by for the list of nominations, rules and the Oscar Contest Form.