Don't You Forget About Me ... This Year's Oscar Snubs

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Best Picture: The Dark Knight

The Academy undoubtedly upset both critics and fans when it decided to overlook the Caped Crusader’s latest adventure. Perhaps voters felt it was too violent. It’s conceivable to assume that they’ve agreed to forever shun superhero flicks. Maybe they just miss Michael Keaton. Who knows? In any case, the $1 billion-grossing blockbuster deserved to be decorated for many reasons, including Christopher Nolan’s precise directing, the groundbreaking cinematography, and Heath Ledger’s trumping of Jack Nicholson as The Joker. And, hello? If “Titanic” can win Best Picture, doesn’t “The Dark Knight” at least deserve a nom?

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537 comments

• I've heard that this was an amazing movie.

  report abuseposted February 23, 2009, 3:54 pm PST
• froggy
  R.I.P Heath, he was so talented, this movie was one of the best of the year, and one of my personal fave

  report abuseposted February 23, 2009, 12:22 pm PST
• Leah3
  Such a shame - he was so talented - he'll be very much missed

  report abuseposted February 23, 2009, 2:49 am PST
• SANDIEGO
  Soooo Young and sooooooo deserving of this honor.

  report abuseposted February 22, 2009, 8:04 pm PST
• shark
  i loved that movie..it should have gotten nominated. especially heath.. he was amazing.

  report abuseposted February 22, 2009, 5:53 pm PST
• Scotch in America
  The film stunk... Heath RULED!!!!!!!

  report abuseposted February 22, 2009, 5:23 pm PST
• yea_right
  somebody stepped on somebodys toes.

  report abuseposted February 22, 2009, 4:53 pm PST
• Brandon S
  Too violent? Didn't Gladiator win Best Picture? Violence shouldn't have anything to do with a decision. This movie deserved to be both the nomination and the award for 'Best Picture,' I mean, it has everything- what other movie this year can boast such lofty claims?

  report abuseposted February 21, 2009, 8:36 am PST
• Derik
  This is a more deserving movie than what was nominated this year. It had everything. Good acting, good dialogue, and a great story (yea i said it). Alot of you think it was weak. I rank it up there with a Shakespearean tragedy.

  report abuseposted February 7, 2009, 1:53 pm PST
• mello
  WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  report abuseposted February 5, 2009, 4:19 pm PST