Word to your mother.
The Dark Knight in contention for the Best Picture Oscar?
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Word to your mother.
Never saw it. Is it any good?
Damn you! You could have given it the extra $10 it needed to... earn slightly more money.
The Academy have made some bizarre choices in the past for Best Picture (Driving Miss Daisy, Forrest Gump, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, Crash) so adding TDK to that list wouldn't surprise me.
I would love to see WALL-E nominated but I don't think it has a chance.
I would love to see WALL-E nominated but I don't think it has a chance.
Norrin Radd
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Incredibly, The Reader, which got a tepid 60% on rottentomatoes got in instead. What bullshit. I mean, if it had been something else of value (like The Wrestler) then okay...but The Reader? 
And Benjamin Button was the Forrest Gump of 2008.
And Benjamin Button was the Forrest Gump of 2008.
MeanJoePhaser
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Maybe Hollywood's just pissed that The Dark Knight, with its war on terror allegories, was a hit, while every stinking actual Iraq War-related movie they've made has been a dud.
I'm not surprised TDK was "snubbed". Hollywood loves the money such a movie makes but still prefers substantial "art".
I'm not surprised TDK was "snubbed". Hollywood loves the money such a movie makes but still prefers substantial "art".
Regards of whether or not Benjamin Button reminds you of Forrest Gump, it's a fine piece of film making by a truly excellent director and definitely deserves it's nomination.
I do agree that The Reader is somewhat fortunate however. I would've had TDK or Revolutionary Road in it's place.
I do agree that The Reader is somewhat fortunate however. I would've had TDK or Revolutionary Road in it's place.
Norrin Radd
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I actually don't mind Benjamin Button. In fact, I was rather touched by the end of it. I just don't think it deserves the Oscar nomination over many of the other films that didn't get one (e.g. TDK, Wrestler, Wall-E).
But the Reader nom is a travesty. It's the Crash of 2008.
But the Reader nom is a travesty. It's the Crash of 2008.
I didn't feel Benjamin Button deserved a nomination at all. It was a plodding film that was far too long and had absolutely no point to it at the end. It's sad to see Dark Knight not nominated, but then again, this is hardly the first time that the Oscars have ignored the true best picture of the year.
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Stone_Cold_Sisko
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Looks like the film that TDK got snubbed for is actually "The Reader", a movie which has been getting rather unremarkable critical reaction. Its only on like 60% at Fresh Tomatoes.
The true best picture of the year is the one depicted in your avatar.
It's pretty close between those two, but Dark Knight beats it out by a hair for me. Still, both of them instantly entered my favorite films ever.
Agreed. I thought BB was schlocky, manipulative sentimental crap that bored me to tears.
Although I gave up on the Oscars as any sort of barometer of quality years ago. These days they're just a marketing campaign for the movie industry to get people to theaters (which of course is exactly what they started out as decades ago).
What a joke that Dark Knight didn't get nominated. Typical Hollywood elitism. They actually had a chance to nominate a film that people actually paid to see but instead gave it to five movies people will quickly forget about. Same old, same old.
The Corpse did deserve his nomination though.
The Corpse did deserve his nomination though.
Who cares about The Dark Knight? That The Black Knight Returns got snubbed is the real crime here! 
You know, I enjoyed the hell out of The Dark Knight, and it was outstanding for a summer blockbuster, but upon repeat viewings, its cracks and flaws begin to show through more and more. I don't think it's one of the best five movies of the year, much less the best movie of the year.
And I don't get the outrage over it not being nominated. My favorite movie of all time is Ghostbusters, but I'd hardly call it the best movie of 1984. While The Reader is a rather odd choice, I don't feel like The Dark Knight was snubbed -- I'm of the opinion that WALL-E, The Wrestler and Revolutionary Road were more deserving of that slot.
And I don't get the outrage over it not being nominated. My favorite movie of all time is Ghostbusters, but I'd hardly call it the best movie of 1984. While The Reader is a rather odd choice, I don't feel like The Dark Knight was snubbed -- I'm of the opinion that WALL-E, The Wrestler and Revolutionary Road were more deserving of that slot.
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