Oscar snubs

[brevity]

I still think the absolute worst Oscar snub probably ever was that "Scottie Doesn't Know" from Eurotrip wasn't nominated. It's hilarious and not serious and not deep or meaningful or done by a famous singer, but it was absolutely PERFECT in that movie and resonated possibly more than a song in a movie ever has. That movie, which isn't that good, is seriously a hundred times better just because of that song. And for that, that song should have been awarded.

I would argue that the singer is quite famous.

This is the "Terry Crews should have been nominated for White Chicks" argument. Sometimes you find amazing work in the weirdest places. Way better than the real nominees, but also a healthy reminder that personal favorites and Oscars are very different things.

[Olympic Fan]

I would argue that the singer is quite famous.

Indeed, the singer has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five prime time Emmys. He has won one Academy Award and starred in at least half a dozen $100 million blockbusters.

I agree that "Scottie Doesn't Know" should have been nominated -- great song.

[gurufrisbee]

To clarify - I don't think HE was the actual singer and therefore he would not have been nominated. Yes, clearly he is famous.

[Chicago 1995]

To clarify - I don't think HE was the actual singer and therefore he would not have been nominated. Yes, clearly he is famous.

One of my favorite movie scenes in recent memory.

The song was done by a band called Lustra, FWIW. I downloaded it a long time ago. Even Mrs. 1995 thinks its a riot.

[Blue in the Face]

I found this comment about Boyhood pretty amusing.

And with BOYHOOD, as you’ve probly heard, he somehow managed to make a movie with a star who is 7 years old at the beginning and he filmed a little bit each year until the year he starts college. About the only thing that would be more ambitious would be if he made a movie about trying to get me to sit through WAKING LIFE again.

http://www.outlawvern.com/2014/09/10/boyhood/

[weezie]

Finally, just, saw Sniper with a theater full of vets in VA Bch. Now thoroughly bemused at the Academy of Nitwits picking the Birdman director over Eastwood.
Whatevs I guess, Clint still gets the butts in the seats.