The nominations are in! I didn't get to watch them live on TV, mostly because I was at work. Luckily this is the type of thing you can find all over the internet. There's even a special Oscar page.
I'm not surprised by any of the nominations, really. There are a few folks who were apparently snubbed, and it's a bummer, but there really weren't any people who didn't deserve the nomination.
I like the Sound Editing and Sound Mixing categories. I like them because really, who cares? Other than the people who are nominated, nobody really gives a crap. It's a nice category, for them. It's the type of work that largely goes unnoticed. Good sound editing and sound mixing enhance the film, but it does so in a way that it doesn't (or shouldn't) draw attention to itself. I'm sure all the films nominated had great sound editing and mixing. It's also a great category because it lets films like Tron:Legacy be nominated. It makes me chuckle to think of someone flipping through the discount DVD bin in 5 years and finding Tron:Legacy. They pick it up and read "Academy Award nominated*..." They react with "what the hell? Oh, sound editing. Sure." It's a real award, but also, it's kind of fake. People rarely remember who wins that one.
I do not like the Original Song category. It seems like it was created when there were a lot of musicals so it made sense to recognize the songs. Now I think they're grasping at straws. Randy Newman should win, because he's the only person nominated who deserves anything, and Toy Story 3 was great. The other songs are lame, even though I probably haven't heard them.
I like that Toy Story 3 was nominated for best picture, also. Pixar really knows how to tell a story. I don't really think it will, or even should, win, but it's nice to know a good story that is well told can earn a nomination- the fact that it's animated and a threequel didn't diminish its heart. The Academy should just give them the Oscar for best animated feature now.
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