Most Unforgivable Oscar Snubs Of 2007

As the 80th Academy Awards fast approaches (this week, on Sunday, Feb. 24th), I thought I'd post here the most Unforgivable Oscar Snubs of 2007 (relating to Atonement, of course, and other movies I've seen in 2007 that were overlooked by the very same, old Oscars).

Here's my top 10 list:

1. Joe Wright (Atonement). He should've been nominated for Best Director. Why nominate Atonement for Best Picture (and 6 other categories) without its brilliant director (and 2 lead actors, Knightley and McAvoy)? Oscar needs to atone for its repeatative sins on not recognizing and nominating JW for this brilliant film. Not too mention, he should've been nominated for Best Director in his equally brilliant 2005 film debut, Pride & Prejudice. In my opinion, this is the most unforgivable Oscar snub of 2007 (and I will include 2005 here as well for P&P).


2. James McAvoy (Atonement) for Best Actor. Like JW, he should've been nominated for Best Actor in Atonement as he was brilliant as Robbie Turner. Also, I must include Becoming Jane as he was superb as Tom Lefroy opposite Anne Hathaway's Jane Austen.







3. Keira Knightley (Atonement) for Best Actress. Though her role as Cecilia Tallis in Atonement didn't have much screen time as her P&P role, still with 7 Oscar Nominations for Atonement, she should've at least been nominated along with James and Joe who were snubbed. Ok, I guess Oscar is forgiven here a lil' for the snub she got for Atonement, since she got at least a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Actress performance (for her iconic role in P&P as Elizabeth Bennet) in 2006 even though she didn't win.



4. Christian Bale For Best Actor. While I must admit, I haven't seen his 3 movies in 2007 (3:10 To Yuma, I'm Not There, Rescue Dawn), but he's a brilliant (and veteran) actor and deserves to be recognized and nominated at least for any of his films, yet he still haven't been recognized by the Oscars. What an unforgivable Oscar snub!







5. Amy Adams (Enchanted) for Best Actress. When you act and sing pretty good in the same movie, shouldn't you be recognized and nominated for it? It's ashame Oscars didn't have a Musical or Comedy acting categories.






6. Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane) for Best Actress. I thought Anne was brilliant as Jane Austen in Becoming Jane, but of course, it's probably just my opinion. She was pretty good in The Devil Wears Prada, but she was ignored on that one too.








7. Irfan Khan (The Namesake) for Best Supporting Actor. I saw The Namesake and he was brilliant in it.







8. Vanessa Redgrave (Evening). While Evening was an ok film for me, I thought Vanessa Redgrave was amazing in that film. She was great in Atonement too, but she only appeared briefly in it.





9. Keri Russell (Waitress) for Best Actress. Waitress may be a lil' indie film, but I thought Keri Russell was great in. I enjoyed her in August Rush too. Glad August Rush was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.









10. Nicole Kidman (The Golden Compass) for Best Supporting Actress. As ridiculously-not-so-good the film was (at least for me, lol), I thought Nicole Kidman was very good as a villain character in The Golden Compass. She was believable and was the reason why I went to see this movie in the first place. For me, the best parts of this film were her scenes.




What are yours? Feel free to comment and add your list too.