Oscar Noms!

Whelp, the 2014 Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. While I was pleasantly surprised and incredibly happy by some of the nominees (Leo <3, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill) I couldn't help but be disappointed in some noticeable absences. 

Best Actor category

Robert Redford in All is Lost????? He acted alone in his movie and turned in a stellar performance. 

Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips????? The "you're safe now" scene touched me in a way that a film hasn't done in quite some time. I walked out of the theater quietly crying until I reached the car and began to sob. 

Documentary Feature

Where the devil is Stories We Told, Blackfish, and one of my favorite films of the year, Life According to Sam???? IMO, Cutie and the Boxer was just that, "cute"; 20 Feet from Stardom was fun. Worthy of an Oscar? I don't think so. Oh, to be a member of the Academy. 

All in all, I'm doing really well this season with seeing all the noms. Here is a list of the remaining films:

•August: Osage County (ugh)

•Ernest &Celestine

•The Wind Rises

•The Invisible Woman

•The Square 

•The Broken Circle Breakdown

•Omar 

•The Missing Picture

•The Lone Ranger 

•Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa      (seriously?)

•All the shorts (my faves!!!!!)

Not bad at all. So completely doable.