Most people would agree that the biggest snub of the Academy Awards was Tom Hooper winning best director for The King's Speech over David Fincher for The Social Network. Of the actually awards, I would agree.
BUT as for the entire nominations, I think the biggest snub of this awards season was Christopher Nolan not being nominated at all for Inception. Most people thought he would be nominated over the Coen brothers for True Grit, as I did.
True Grit was a solid movie and a very good example of how to make a classic western, and proved the academies obsession with the Coen brothers. I love the Coen brothers for sure, but Nolan not being nominated shows the academies continual problem with categorizing Nolan movies into the action genre which is a GROSS understatement. Since 2000's Memento, Nolan has revolutionized the thriller category, knows how to navigate the audience through (what seems like) complicated and contrived plots, and has directed some of the most visually stunning and beautiful films of this millennium.
I give alot of credit to Wally Pfister, Nolan's cinematographer in all but one movie, who just won for Inception (over Roger Deakins, a 9 time nominee, mainstay of Coen brothers movies, and the Steven Spielberg of cinematographers).
Yet still, Nolan deserves more recognition then he has gotten for the 6 films he has done, making him the most successful British filmmaker, besides David Yates, who has directed the last three Harry Potters (Nolan has written all but one of his films). Rarely, is the most profitable movie the best one, but Nolan has constantly proved to be the exception to the rule.
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Seriously I loved inception, even more since I found out that the train that rolls down the street was actually just a truck Ina train suit
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Also the top was defs going to fall at the end
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yeah it was crazy to me to have a movie win cinematography, sound editting and mixing, and visual effects, not mention garner a best picture nomination, but not recognize the director. what a bunch of assholes. at least his crew kept it classy and mentioned him in their speeches.
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