90th Academy Award Nominations Revealed
Davis Smedley
Davis Smedley
The Oscars are right around the corner, and just recently, the nominees were announced for each category of this year’s academy awards. While many arthouse films were included in the categories, which is expected due to them being regulars in the awards, some of the nominees definitely have people talking all over the web. This year, the Oscars are shining light on films from all genres, from horror, to comedy, all the way to comic-book based properties (more on that in a bit). Whether it be for good reasons or bad, here are some highlights from this year’s Oscar nominations.
A standout from 2017’s horror lineup, Get Out certainly took audiences and critics by storm. Directed by Jordan Pelle, the movie earned box-office praise for its clever story, fantastic writing, and thought-provoking commentary. Now, it seems like the success of Get Out has earned it a nomination for the Best Picture category. The film currently stands tow-to-tow against films like Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, and Lady Bird among other nominees for the award.
Comic book movies also finally got some well earned recognition in the awards with the inclusion of Logan. Not only did the James Mangold directed western give Hugh Jackman a tremendous send-off as Wolverine, but it also gave audiences terrific action and above all else, an incredibly emotional story. One IGN reviewer stated in their review of Logan that it was “an amazing swan song for the Wolverine character, and for Jackman, and perhaps the best X-Men movie yet” (taken from IGN.com). Because of this, Logan has been officially nominated for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay. This makes it the first comic book film in a long time to get majorly included in the Oscars since The Dark Knight for Heath Ledger’s performance.
However, not all of the announcements have had people happy, as the nomination of The Boss Baby (a very poorly received and juvenile movie) for Best Animated Feature has had people outraged. This is mainly due to the fact that the Academy had seemingly excluded The Lego Batman Movie, an animated film that was very well received, and instead favored a vastly inferior work by nominating it instead (a decision made more insulting due to the critically lauded Lego Movie being excluded as well in 2014). Even Hillgrove student Trenton Spears criticized this choice, and said, “Really, there were no other animated films you could've picked?”. Despite the fact that Disney and Pixar’s Coco will surely win the award, this decision is still a giant stain on an otherwise great roster of nominations.
A standout from 2017’s horror lineup, Get Out certainly took audiences and critics by storm. Directed by Jordan Pelle, the movie earned box-office praise for its clever story, fantastic writing, and thought-provoking commentary. Now, it seems like the success of Get Out has earned it a nomination for the Best Picture category. The film currently stands tow-to-tow against films like Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, and Lady Bird among other nominees for the award.
Comic book movies also finally got some well earned recognition in the awards with the inclusion of Logan. Not only did the James Mangold directed western give Hugh Jackman a tremendous send-off as Wolverine, but it also gave audiences terrific action and above all else, an incredibly emotional story. One IGN reviewer stated in their review of Logan that it was “an amazing swan song for the Wolverine character, and for Jackman, and perhaps the best X-Men movie yet” (taken from IGN.com). Because of this, Logan has been officially nominated for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay. This makes it the first comic book film in a long time to get majorly included in the Oscars since The Dark Knight for Heath Ledger’s performance.
However, not all of the announcements have had people happy, as the nomination of The Boss Baby (a very poorly received and juvenile movie) for Best Animated Feature has had people outraged. This is mainly due to the fact that the Academy had seemingly excluded The Lego Batman Movie, an animated film that was very well received, and instead favored a vastly inferior work by nominating it instead (a decision made more insulting due to the critically lauded Lego Movie being excluded as well in 2014). Even Hillgrove student Trenton Spears criticized this choice, and said, “Really, there were no other animated films you could've picked?”. Despite the fact that Disney and Pixar’s Coco will surely win the award, this decision is still a giant stain on an otherwise great roster of nominations.