How silly. No Director “deserves” a nomination. They are earned. And Gerwig just didn’t make the cut. There was no “snub”…the most over used misunderstood and misused word during Oscar season.
Margot Robbie Says ‘There’s No Reason to Feel Sad’ Over Best Actress Oscar Snub: ‘Beyond Ecstatic’ for 8 ‘Barbie’ Noms, but Greta Gerwig Should ‘Obviously’ Be Up for Best Director
Margot Robbie says "obviously" Greta Gerwig deserved an Oscar nomination for best director.variety.com
That's splitting hairs with the language. Call it "deserve" or call it "earn," it's the same point. What Margot Robbie is saying is that she feels Gerwig's work should have earned a nomination that she did not receive. It is not a unique sentiment, nor is it unique to this year or this movie.
Of course she feels that way. If she said whose place she should have taken that would have been more interesting.
She is allowed to feel that way. Her opinions are no more or less valid than any of the Academy voters who voted in the nominees. The nominees are nothing more than the opinions of the voters.
Of course. 100% agree.
Exactly. Which is why there is no such thing as a snub.
The opinions represented by the awards have value because people in the industry think they do. It can absolutely be seen as a snub if people in the industry think someone should have received a nomination and didn't get one.
Sorry. I disagree Jake. A “snub” is a deliberate act. Not getting enough votes for a nomination is simple math.
We can disagree. That's fine.
I would definitely rather see the best picture nominees go back to 5.
Even then, if it wasn't the same 10 Directors from the 10 BP's, everyone would still be bitchin' about who was snubbed.
I think that's off the table. Personally, I don't see a problem with ten Best Picture nominees because I've never had a problem finding ten great films in a year.
Having ten nominations at least provides the oppertunity for each Best Picture director to be recognized if the branch felt that they should be.Even then, if it wasn't the same 10 Directors from the 10 BP's, everyone would still be bitchin' about who was snubbed.
You don't think 8 nominations, third most among all films, is that acknowledgement? Seems pretty high praise to me with a lot of voters selecting it above other films.
Not quite the same, probably, but his wife is still running his web site and has posted her list of the Top 10-ish films of 2023.
www.rogerebert.com
Not quite the same, probably, but his wife is still running his web site and has posted her list of the Top 10-ish films of 2023.
The Year of Black Men in Cinema: Chaz Ebert's Top Ten(-ish) Films of 2023 | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert
Chaz Ebert reveals her picks for the Top Ten(-ish) (19) Films of 2023.
Of course it is.
So you think Gerwig was deliberately excluded from a Best Director nomination?
I think she should have been there in the place of at least three of the directors who were nominated and it was foolish of the Academy to leave her out. It does not matter if they did it deliberately or not.
We simply disagree on this point. My opinions have not changed since I wrote the posts I quoted above. Even if you substitute the word "omission" for the word "snub" in my post that you quoted, my point would still stand.
. Moving on.
