Also surprising is the one measly nomination for Saving Mr. Banks, which gets a nod for Thomas Newman’s original score. It’s a bit of a divisive movie, with many dismissing it as “Oscar bait,” whatever that actually means. I found it to be charming and different from most of the fare released this year though and I think it would have been a welcome addition to the Best Picture category, had there been a tenth title included (and if Llewyn Davis had to be left off).
The biggest shock, however, might be that Emma Thompson was excluded from the Best Actress category, bumped out by an impressive group of performers delivering strong work in 2013. If she were to have replaced any of them, it might have been Sandra Bullock, despite an extraordinary performance in Gravity, or maybe Judi Dench, whose work on Philomena was strong but not earth-shattering.
Then again, I don’t mind John Lee Hancock being snubbed because his career was made by receiving a nomination for The Blind Side. So he’s done alright.
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