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Mick LaSalle's #Oscarnoms Twitter chat
Zero Dark Thirty's "gutless" snub for best pic, the miserable singing of a blockbuster, and whether a 9-year-old can win best actress are lively topics in a Twitter chat on the Oscar nominations with Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle.
@clash #OscarNoms -- pretty looking movie, but dramatically inert. I'd be amazed if it wins -- but Ive been amazed before
Wait was it Lincoln or Lincoln Vampier Slayer that got the #OscarNoms . Coulda gone either way- #OscarNoms #bestdirector Let's talk about best director. All the best this year but Spielberg aren't nominated so I guess it's Spielberg
Haven’t seen ZDT yet, but Affleck not being nominated as best director for Argo is a shame. #OscarNoms #Oscars
I think the Best Director category is lacking: Where is Ben Affleck for Argo? Where is Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty? #OscarNoms- #OscarNoms #bestdirector The snubbing of Bigelow is particularly strange -- this is a movie ABOUT the direction, the script is secondary
- #OscarNoms #bestactor #Daniel Day-Lewis looks like a lock. It's the best performance. Know he's won before, but this time he deserves it
Best actress -- can a 9-year-old win?
- Rachel Weisz in "Deep Blue Sea"
- #OscarNoms Now to my all-time fave category, #bestactress. My choice #RachelWeisz is out of the money, so Chastain all the way.
- #OscarNoms Don't see the point of nominating the 9-year old girl in BEASTS. Maybe a special Oscar, but not best actress. #best actress
- Quvenzhané Wallis of Houma plays the lead role of Hushpuppy in "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
@MickLaSalle What?! Are you serious? Since when is there an age restriction on giving an Oscar worthy performance?- @cathicks #OscarNoms #bestactress But do you think that performance was in the same league with Weisz's or Chastain's? That's the question.
- @cathicks #OscarNoms True enough, but would you nominate her over Weisz, because essentially that's what ended up happening.
- #OscarNoms #bestactress Curious that 2 are nominated for being sick in bed -- Riva and Watts. At least Riva is conscious most of the movie.
