Waking Life Snubbed

I agree with Roger Ebert, who says Richard Linklater’s Waking Life was unfairly overlooked in the Best Animated Feature category in this year’s Oscar nominations. His theory is that Hollywood and its huge CGI industry didn’t like an indie film director’s use of off-the-shelf Macintosh computers and home-brewed animation software to challenge their supremacy.

What do you think of this year’s nominations overall?

Oscar Nomination Oddities

Looking over the list of Oscar nominees, I’m very disappointed that Gene Hackman was overlooked. Usually winning the Golden Globe award pretty much assures a nomination for the Oscar, and in his case it was sorely deserved. I didn’t see Training Day, but really, two nominations for acting in a film that didn’t get any other notice seems odd.