Let’s gear up, it’s awards season! Yeah, I know, sometimes Oscar bait backfires (2004’s All the King’s Men, anyone?), but this remains a cool period to go to the movies nonetheless. Awards season has a shameless formula, and it’s fun to follow if you don’t take it too seriously. Also, it’s nice that it happens during one of the best periods of the year itself (Christmas/New Year’s celebrations, anyone?).
May the odds be ever in your Oscar campaign favor!
Obviously, the crown jewel of film awards is the Academy Award. It’s that one thing that everyone wants. While I’d never really bet my money on which film is going to win Best Picture, there have actually been times I felt fairly struck by the absence of certain films/performances among the nominees. Especially if certain films/performances had been snubbed in favor of less charming ones. This year, the Academy Awards have also been subjected to scrutiny and controversy due to the lack of nominations for the director and the star – Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo, two of the most appealing up-and-comers around these days – of one of the most critically acclaimed films of the past year, Selma, as well as the omission of the similarly acclaimed Wild from the Best Picture category.
So, given it’s awards season, let’s revisit twelve egregious recent Oscar snubs:
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