I will be disgusted if the Social Network wins over The King's Speech. It deserves to trump the Social Network in every way imaginable, so shush. And don't you dare compare The Social Network to Saving Private Ryan, which is an utterly amazing work of art.
But yes...I found Nolan's snub a bit annoying. It was definitely a directorial masterpiece in my personal opinion. I'm rooting for the King's Speech to take home Best Picture.
Nolan Dissed for 'Inception': What Was the Biggest Oscar Snub?
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Christopher Nolan
Nolan wasn't nominated for Best Director for "Inception" this year -- and has been snubbed in the past for "The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins" and "Memento."
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Christopher Nolan
Nolan wasn't nominated for Best Director for "Inception" this year -- and has been snubbed in the past for "The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins" and "Memento."
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Robert De Niro
His "You talkin' to me?" line in "Taxi Driver" is legendary, but De Niro lost the Best Actor Oscar in 1977 to Peter Finch of "Network." Four years later, "Ordinary People" beat "Raging Bull" for Best Picture.
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Martin Scorsese
Scorsese finally won Best Director (and Best Picture) for "The Departed," but film lovers still can't believe that "Goodfellas" lost Best Picture and Best Director to "Dances With Wolves."
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"Brokeback Mountain"
"Brokeback" brought a previously taboo movie genre into the mainstream -- which explains the collective shock when "Crash" won Best Picture instead in 2006.
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"Saving Private Ryan"
We've never understood why "Shakespeare in Love" beat "Saving Private Ryan" for Best Picture in 1999 -- and we're afraid that the same thing could happen this year if "The King's Speech" trumps "The Social Network."
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Annette Bening
Bening has never won an Oscar, but her biggest upset took place in 2000, when she lost the "American Beauty” trophy to Hilary Swank for "Boys Don’t Cry." Have to say, both performances were excellent.
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Steven Spielberg
He has two Oscars now, but Steven Spielberg was snubbed for directing "Jaws" and didn't win anything until 1994, when "Schindler's List" won Best Picture and Best Director.
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When this year's Oscar nominations were announced, "Inception" fans gasped in horror:
Christopher Nolan wasn't even nominated for Best Director.
Yes, the highly complicated "Inception" earned a Best Picture nod, but many insist that the flick was Nolan's directing masterpiece -- even if you didn't "get it" at all.
Nolan has previously been snubbed in the director category for "The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins" and "Memento."
Meanwhile, Annette Bening, nominated this year for "The Kids Are All Right," has been snubbed in the past, losing Best Actress for "American Beauty" to Hilary Swank in 2000. That said, she may finally redeem herself on Sunday if she steals the statuette from Natalie Portman, who is heavily favored for "Black Swan."
Click through our slideshow and let us know: What was the biggest Oscar snub of the last 35 years?
Christopher Nolan wasn't even nominated for Best Director.
Yes, the highly complicated "Inception" earned a Best Picture nod, but many insist that the flick was Nolan's directing masterpiece -- even if you didn't "get it" at all.
Nolan has previously been snubbed in the director category for "The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins" and "Memento."
Meanwhile, Annette Bening, nominated this year for "The Kids Are All Right," has been snubbed in the past, losing Best Actress for "American Beauty" to Hilary Swank in 2000. That said, she may finally redeem herself on Sunday if she steals the statuette from Natalie Portman, who is heavily favored for "Black Swan."
Click through our slideshow and let us know: What was the biggest Oscar snub of the last 35 years?
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Top Opinion
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Vic~*PHAET*~ 2011/02/24 23:06:17
Tell me if anyone can think of a movie that has a bigger cultural impact over the last 50 years than Star Wars? You can go months without meeting a person who as seen or even heard of Annie Hall.
Movies should be rated on the quality of the acting and production, not on the political correctness or originality of the show. Not sure why Annette Bening is considered one of the better actresses.
SERIOUSLY! IT'S AVATAR, beloved by millions! The hurt locker? Stupid horror war movie or whatever. I don't even care enough to watch it. AVATAR WAS WAY BETTER! James Cameron was SOOOOOO Snubbed!
I still don't get how they didn't win.
A Few Good Men..A.F.G.M. shouldve kickd Bugsy's ass..but everybody just fell in love with Warren Beatty again..& he lookd nothing like Bugsy Seigel..Jack Nicholson shouldve won that yr
4 playing Col. Jessup..Val Kilmer shouldve at leats gotten a Oscar nod 4 his role as Doc Holiday in Tombstone..And if it wasnt 4 Russell Crowe's meltdown in that hotel lobby..he may have gotten
an Oscar nod 4 'Cinderella Man'..I have not yet seen The Fighter..But Cinderella Man not even nominated also sucks..Paul Giamatti was great in that movie also..All of these were just shameful
Oscar snubs 2 me...
11 nominations and ZERO wins for "The Color Purple." Nada. How tragic and shameful of the Academy. It still pisses me off.
that made the most money or was so strange no one can understand it. The Kings Speech deserves an Oscar. It already has a Bafta.
:-)