1. It was another historic day for us Mexicans! It was absolutely THRILLING to see many Mexicans, 10 to be exact, up for awards this year. A record breaker indeed. Also it was the first time that a Mexican was nominated in the Best Director category. It really was about time that the Academy started to recognize the amazing talent we have in this country. I couldn't be happier for Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Arriaga, Adriana Barraza, and Emmanuel Lubezki. Just awesome!
2. And speaking of records, the great Meryl Streep received her 14th Oscar nomination, making her the most nominated thespian in Oscar history. I would love to see her win for her performance in The Devil Wears Prada but sadly that is not going to happen, since the unstoppable Helen Mirren is going to be the winner.
3. Speaking of The Devil Wears Prada , I really wanted Emily Blunt to get a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her brilliant comedic performance. But oh well, I can live with it. On the other hand, I was so happy that Patricia Field was nominated for Best Costume Design. It's been like 10 years since the Academy recognized contemporary costumes. And what costumes! They were integral to the film and besides, they were just lovely.
4. On a sad note, Volver was horribly snubbed from the Best Foreign Language Film category. I still can't understand why it wasn't nominated. The Academy loves Pedro Almodóvar. Maybe this category was too crowded? I haven't seen the other 3 nominees but Volver really deserved to the there. However, the snub I am happy about is that of Jack Nicholson for The Departed. I didn't like his performance at all, thought it was over the top, and really distracting. Nice to see the Academy nominated someone else.
5. And well of course the big shocker was that Dreamgirls wasn't nominated for Best Picture and that Paul Greengrass got a nominations for Best Director for United 93.
So now the fun begins! It will be an intense month of movie watching. I still have to see a bunch of the nominated films like Blood Diamond, Dreamgirls, Letters from Iwo Jima, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen, etc.
Expect reviews of those Oscar nominated films when I get around to seeing them.
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