Worst2First: My Top Ten Biggest Oscar Surprises & Snubs 2018
Worst2First:
My Top Ten Biggest Oscar Surprises & Snubs 2018
Just like every year, when the nominations are announced, there's several snubs and surprises, and 2018 is no different.
Here are my top ten biggest Oscar surprises and snubs for 2018, worst2first...
#10
Super Zeroes
The Academy and superhero movies is like mixing oil and water: they hardly go together. The only real exception was when Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." Last year, the biggest surprise was that "Suicide Squad" - hardly a feat of Oscar-worthy caliber - won an Academy Award (granted it was for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, but still, you have to say the words "Oscar winner Suicide Squad"), and this year it looks like superheroes will be absent from the proceedings. The only shining light is that "Logan" earned a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination - the first for a superhero film - but that's where it ends. No well-deserved nominations for Hugh Jackman or Patrick Stewart, and a surprise total snub for "Wonder Woman" - despite it being one of the year's best films both in concept and execution.
#9
Tomfoolery for Tom
Can you believe it's been since 2001 that Tom Hanks has been nominated for an Oscar? That's seventeen years! This man once won the Best Actor Oscar...IN BACK TO BACK YEARS! He's been snubbed for his superb work in "Captain Phillips," "Sully," and "Bridge of Spies," and now he's subbed once again for his outstanding work in "The Post." What will it take for this man to get another nomination?
#8
Let's Be Frank
James Franco won the Golden Globe earlier this year for his portrayal as Tommy Wiseau in "The Disaster Artist," and it was pretty much a foregone conclusion he would follow that up with an Academy Award nomination. Yet, he got completely snubbed from the category, possibly due to sexual misconduct allegations.
#7
Hunting for Her Oscar
She made a powerful impact in her small time in the hit independent film "The Big Sick," and even earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination, but Holly Hunter was shut out of the Best Supporting Actress category this year.
#6
Directors Deferred
The Best Director category was easily the most shocking, as there were several directors who could've been included in that list. Yet Martin McDonagh and Steven Spielberg were snubbed after their extraordinary works "Three Billboards" and "The Post" respectively.
#5
Nolan Newcomer
Despite helming films such as "Memento," "The Prestige," "The Dark Knight," "Inception," and "Interstellar," Christopher Nolan never received a Best Director nomination - until now. "Dunkirk" was one of the best films of the year in both scale and scope, and it's about time the Academy recognizes this brilliant director.
#4
One and (Hopefully Not) Done
What's interesting with the Best Director nominees is that none of them have won an Oscar before in this category, yet three of them (Nolan, Guillermo del Toro, and Paul Thomas Anderson) are already seasoned vets. Then there's Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele, who both directed their first films this year ("Lady Bird" and "Get Out" respectively), and both of them earned nominations for Best Director for their first outing.
#3
Roman Holiday
I personally had a strong dislike for "Roman J. Israel, Esq." and I wasn't the only one. Yet, somehow, Denzel Washington gained nominations from the Golden Globes as well as the Screen Actors Guild, and now he's earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor instead of other great performers James Franco ("The Disaster Artist"), Hugh Jackman ("Logan"), Jake Gyllenhaal ("Stronger"), and Tom Hanks ("The Post").
#2
Dropping the Hammer
Armie Hammer hasn't had the best track record in cinema, as he's been part of some of the biggest flops in recent memory ("The Lone Ranger," "Man From U.N.C.L.E."), yet his performance in "Call Me By Your Name" is downright spectacular, the best he's ever done, and deserves recognition. He earned a Golden Globe nomination, but was surprisingly shut out of the Oscars. If he was nominated, it would've been a tight race between himself, Christopher Plummer ("All the Money in the World"), and the current front-runner Sam Rockwell ("Three Billboards").
#1
Magical Movies Missing
The Academy could nominate ten movies for Best Picture, and this year - more than any year - there's enough movies to fill up that list easily. Yet, for some strange reason, they only chose nine films for the category, shutting out excellent, one-of-a-kind films like "The Disaster Artist," "Mudbound," "The Big Sick," "I, Tonya," and "The Florida Project."
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