Check out my early, early morning commentary and full nominee list here.
But briefly, and more specifically:
The good:
-Sarah Polley for screenplay!
-Laura Linney for actress!
-“Falling Slowly” for best original song!
–American Gangster‘s lack of nominations
-5 nominations for Ratatouille
–No Country and Blood‘s deserving leading of the nominees
-Four women nominated for screenwriting
-Canadians! Two nominations in animated short for deserving I Met The Walrus and Madame Tutli-Putli; Polley Ellen Page; Jason Reitman; lead acting mominees from two Canadian productions
-Kevin O’Connell gets a 20th shot at Oscar glory for sound mixing Transformers
The bad:
-Cate Blanchett for lead actress
-Ruby Dee for supporting actress
-Amy Adams snub
-Paul Dano snub
-The little to no nominations for 4 Months; Before The Devil; I’m Not There; Zodiac
-The over the top love for Enchanted in the song category at the expense of Eddie Vedder
–Sweeney Todd‘s shut out of deserving technical achievements
-The already-known tragedy of the foreign film and documentary shortlists
The ugly:
Surf’s Up over The Simpsons
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