Top Ten Biggest Snubs in the 2018 Oscar Nominees
The Oscars 2018 has just been released, and there was some really good choices for nominations here and there. But of course it had some snubs as well. Here are the biggest snubs of the 2018 Oscars!
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail, The Green Mile, the Toy Story Franchise, Cast Away, The Da Vinci Code, Captain Phillips,... read more Hanks already has two Oscars and five nominations, so the Academy might want to get someone else. Then again, they nominated Meryl Streep, who has three Oscars and twenty-one nominations, so what do I know?
I have yet to see this Best Picture nominee, but I don't see why they would leave out someone like Tom Hanks!
I didn't finish this movie yet, but even then, I know a lot of people wanted this to be nominated for Best Picture. Also, Hugh Jackman got snubbed here too. Why wasn't he nominated for Best Actor?!
The lack of recognition for this is beyond strange. Yes, the screenplay was great, but without a standout cast to deliver, especially Hugh Jackman, it wouldn't have been as effective. It deserved nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, if not more.
The Academy rarely ever nominates superhero blockbusters for major awards. I was honestly surprised that it got a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination.
While not as good as The Lego Movie (which wasn't nominated either), The Lego Batman Movie is still a hilarious and inventive feature that's full of energy. The Academy nominating The Boss Baby over it proves they see animated films as interchangeable and don't give them the respect they deserve alongside live-action films.
How in the world did The Boss Baby get a nomination over this? Once again, a Lego movie gets completely snubbed! This movie was definitely liked enough by audiences to deserve a nomination. At least the other contenders for the award look good, though.
James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. His first prominent acting role was the lead character Daniel Desario on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks. James Franco may be under a ton of allegations right now, but there's no denying that his performance was way too great as Tommy Wiseau to not get a nomination for Best Actor.
I don't really understand why people call Get Out a "horror movie." It's more creepy and suspenseful than scary. I don't even think Jordan Peele (congrats on the Best Director nomination) was trying to scare the audience. I see Get Out more as a dark comedy/thriller.
It received a lot of praise, but not many horror movies get much Oscar recognition. At least Get Out did (planning on watching soon).
It did get nominated for sound mixing, but I felt this movie deserved some more recognition, like Best Director (Edgar Wright).
Of all the five anime movies submitted this year, A Silent Voice was the biggest snub for Best Animated Feature Film. Not only do the Oscars fail to give as much love to the animation category as they do to live-action films, but Japanese animation hasn't really been able to stand toe to toe at the Oscars. The last time an anime movie won an Oscar was Spirited Away back in 2002.
Since then, while I know there have been some good Western animated films in the past decade (minus the bad ones), I really feel like both Japanese animation and animation in general aren't given a fair chance at the Academy Awards.
I moved my score up to an 8 on this one after another viewing. It's such a fun movie, and the soundtrack is actually amazing. Don't listen to the snobby critics! It totally should have gotten a nomination for Best Original Score! (It did get one for Best Original Song, though, which is nice.)
I wish this film would have gotten more critical appreciation. It's an absolutely amazing film.
A phenomenally rare film that builds upon its predecessor without copying it. This film is unique and a master craft in sci-fi that is hardly ever made anymore. The fact that this got snubbed is a disgrace.
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I'm convinced that The Academy doesn't know that Good Time exists, as it could've easily won several awards. Robert Pattinson was fantastic as the main character Connie. (That's right, for those who only know him from the disastrous Twilight movies, Robert Pattinson can act.) Benny Safdie flawlessly played the mentally ill brother, and the score for this movie is the best I've ever heard - it would easily dominate that category.
At the very least, the score should've been nominated over John Williams, as the score for The Last Jedi was nothing special in the slightest. Honestly, if it were up to me, this movie would've been nominated for Best Picture over The Post.
How this movie didn't get nominated for a single award is beyond me... Oh wait, I know why - it's because The Academy doesn't know Good Time exists.
He directed the movie amazingly!
Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an Australian actor, producer and musician. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. I really loved Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman to the point where I felt he deserved a nomination.
Thomas Stanley "Tom" Holland is an English actor and dancer. Holland is known for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and starring in the 2012 film The Impossible. He started his career in 2008 when he played the lead role named Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot The Musical on Broadway in... read more Looks like Homecoming got no nominations, but that's fine because I didn't expect it to. However, I do think Tom Holland really deserved major credit for being a great Spider-Man!
Tom Holland not being present really tingles my Spidey sense.
James McAvoy is a Scottish actor. He made his acting début as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began and he continued to work in both areas from then on.
Gal Gadot Varsano (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress and model. At the age of 18, she was crowned Miss Israel 2004.Gadot's first international film role came as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious (2009), a role she reprised in subsequent installments of the film franchise. She is also well-known... read more
I didn't care that much that Wonder Woman got zero nominations. However, I do think Gal Gadot deserved some credit!
SAO over The Boss Baby any day. Anyone who says otherwise, I don't know what to say to you. The Boss Baby barely tried as a movie, even by DreamWorks standards. It didn't feel like something the studio poured their hearts into. Just a corporate cash grab. I'm not saying Ordinal Scale is Coco or anything, but while I haven't watched it yet, I loved what it did for the SAO franchise. The concept was a breath of fresh air, taking things from virtual reality to augmented reality. Yuna seems quite intriguing as a character!
Say what you will, but I think Ordinal Scale is on the same scale of greatness as all the other anime movies that deserved an Oscar nomination this year.
Deserved an Animated Feature Film nomination.
This was more deserving of a Best Visual Effects nomination (and possibly a win) over Kong: Skull Island.
I finally watched this recently, and I must say it's absolutely better than The Boss Baby. If the Academy was just going with "DreamWorks," they should have picked this. It's still a 7/10 movie for me, and I think Lego Batman was better, but Captain Underpants being nominated instead of The Boss Baby would have made me less angry.
This was the better of the DreamWorks animated features to have been released in 2017. Why The Boss Baby and not Captain Underpants? The Oscars seriously need to stop treating animation like a joke, man.
Not the greatest animated movie of 2017, but it was one of the better ones that year, and surely it's much better than The Boss Baby!
I find it odd that when it comes to anime at the Oscars, only Studio Ghibli movies are favored. I know Mary and the Witch's Flower is a Studio Ponoc movie, but that studio is made up of former Studio Ghibli employees.
Either way, the fact that The Boss Baby snubbed The Lego Batman Movie, A Silent Voice, this film, and other anime movies like In This Corner of the World, Napping Princess, and Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale really enrages me.