Oscar Nominations Are Out

I'll be honest. I don't care that much about the Oscars. Traditionally, they reward a certain type of movie...one I don't remotely like.

This year, Black Panther was nominated - the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture, to my knowledge. Sadly, I doubt very much that it will win. Roma is my prediction.

Black Panther did get seven nominations, but was shut out of key categories. And no women were nominated for Best Director. Come on people, it's 2019, we can do better.

Once more, Black Panther was also shut out of all of the acting categories...and this time was shut out of screenplay too. Really, do these people think people in "action movies" don't act. Probably.

Even more ridiculous, it was shut out of Best Makeup & Hair with only three movies being nominated. What's going on there?

Genre nods that did happen:

Best Costume - Black Panther and Mary Poppins Returns.
Best Original Song - "All the Stars" from Black Panther and "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns. Sadly, they're competing with Lady Gaga.
Best Original Score - Black Panther and Mary Poppins Returns. If you're seeing a pattern, so am I.
Best Sound Mixing - Black Panther and First Man
Best Sound Editing - Black Panther and A Quiet Place
Best Production Design - Black Panther, First Man and Mary Poppins Returns
Best Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War, First Man, Ready Player One and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Are we counting Christopher Robin?

Animated Feature is pretty much always fantasy in some way.

Nominees:
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

I don't care that much about the Oscars, but if Spider-Verse doesn't win...