As expected, this morning's announcement of the 2014 Oscar nominations raised a few eyebrows in Hollywood. Ranging from the foreseeable snubs for certain movies like Mud and Don Jon to the shocking absences like Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips, several deserving names didn't make the cut for the 2014 Academy Awards ballot in exchange of a few unexpected nods.
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SNUB - Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips
Seriously, Academy?! My love for Captain Phillips wasn't enormous, but I fully agree the biggest and most unexpected snub this year was for Tom Hanks. In the slowest parts of Captain Phillips, it was Hanks who kept me wanting to watch, and his acting in the final moments of the film should've been worthy of a nomination alone, not to mention his distressing character shift throughout the whole film.
SURPRISE - Christian Bale for American Hustle
Didn't see that coming. His last performance in a David O. Russell flick got him an Oscar win, but many thought he didn't stand a chance at a nomination this year due to how tightly packed the Best Actor race was.
SNUB - Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Don Jon
Don Jon didn't pick up much steam for awards season, but in my eyes, Gordon-Levitt gave the best performance of his career, and his screenplay was near-perfect. I had hoped he would've been recognized in one of those categories, but no luck.
SURPRISE - Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill for The Wolf of Wall Street
I was happy when Leo won a Globe the other night because I was almost certain the Academy would overlook him yet again. Thankfully, they didn't. Jonah Hill was another surprise and somehow edged in over predicted nominees like James Gandolfini.
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| E Online |
SNUB - Carey Mulligan
She was the best part of both The Great Gatsby and Inside Llewen Davis, but I guess the Academy didn't agree with me.
SURPRISE - Blue Jasmine for Best Screenplay
So it didn't get its worthy nomination for Best Picture, but thankfully Woody Allen's script shows the Academy at least acknowledged his work.
SNUB - The Way Way Back
In an ideal world, we'd see nominations for its screenplay and for the impressive performances Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell. Very ideally, we'd see one for Best Picture, too.
SURPRISE/SNUB - Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine (and the whole mess of the Supporting Actress category)
In the movie, she was just, kind of, there. What the Academy saw in her over Allison Janney, Carey Mulligan, Sarah Paulson in 12 Years a Slave, Oprah in The Butler, and even Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick-Ass 2 or Julianne Moore in Carrie is a bit puzzling.
SNUB - Mud
This isn't the first time you've heard this from me, and it's not the last. I'll keep it short this time. While most hope of Tye Sheridan being recognized for his powerhouse lead performance and for the film itself getting a Best Picture nomination was gone, I was crossing my fingers for a Best Screenplay nomination, a Supporting Actor nod for McConaughey, Best Music, or maybe even Cinematography. Nope. Nothing. Not one nomination for the best film of the year.
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| The Verge |
There's no way it would have won over Gravity, but Pacific Rim's visuals were definitely worthy of a nomination.
SURPRISE - Dallas Buyers Club
Everyone saw the nominations for McConaughey and Leto coming, but its nominations for Best Original Screenplay, and more importantly, Best Picture, were surprising to say the least, and if you ask me, extremely undeserved.
SNUB - Epic
I've only seen Frozen and Despicable Me 2 on this list and how the latter somehow made it in over Epic is a disappointment.
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