Talking Film
Oscar Nominations 'Baffle' Regent Square 'Filmie'
Heidi McDonald offers her initial thoughts on this year's Academy Awards nominees.
I'm thoroughly baffled by these nominations, for a variety of reasons. First, I'm one of the only filmies on the planet that didn't like "Lincoln," and therefore, the fact that it's the most nominated movie this year both makes me question my own taste and decreases my enthusiasm for the process this year. The director snubs were the most glaring for me. Bigelow, natch. Tarantino, I thought, turned in his most important film ever this year (a study of African-American archetypes), and he garnered a Best Picture but not a Best Director. Then ... say what you will about the overwrought nature of "Les Miserables," but I honestly thought (movie, yet unseen) that Tom Hooper would be in there, for shooting a movie musical in a completely new way…
