I'm so confused ... it is looking like Argo might be Best Picture after all, no Best Director for Ben Affleck nomination notwithstanding, at least according to an increasing amount of pundits.
However, it's only happened three times before that a movie has won Best Picture without a Best Director nomination, and two of them came in the first three years of the Oscars (when they hadn't really figured the whole thing out) and the only other example is Driving Miss Daisy, not a well-respected choice.
I was meh on Argo (of the movies I've seen, I'd rather Django Unchained or Zero Dark Thirty win). Sadly, of the 11 movies really playing for a nomination, the two I most wanted were the ones that faltered at the end (Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom). Skyfall was not really surprising, but still disappointing. I did like Django Unchained better as a movie, but Quentin Tarantino already has 2 former BP nominees while Wes Anderson is still 0-fer, so I wanted it as a nominee more. With its single screenplay nom, you kind had to be paying attention to know it was even playing the game.
The Animation race is shaping up, however; looks like Wreck-It Ralph is the winner right now with no real competition.
I'm so confused ... it is looking like Argo might be Best Picture after all, no Best Director for Ben Affleck nomination notwithstanding, at least according to an increasing amount of pundits.
However, it's only happened three times before that a movie has won Best Picture without a Best Director nomination, and two of them came in the first three years of the Oscars (when they hadn't really figured the whole thing out) and the only other example is Driving Miss Daisy, not a well-respected choice.
I was meh on Argo (of the movies I've seen, I'd rather Django Unchained or Zero Dark Thirty win). Sadly, of the 11 movies really playing for a nomination, the two I most wanted were the ones that faltered at the end (Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom). Skyfall was not really surprising, but still disappointing. I did like Django Unchained better as a movie, but Quentin Tarantino already has 2 former BP nominees while Wes Anderson is still 0-fer, so I wanted it as a nominee more. With its single screenplay nom, you kind had to be paying attention to know it was even playing the game.
The Animation race is shaping up, however; looks like Wreck-It Ralph is the winner right now with no real competition.