Honestly, I could accept that The Curious Case of Forrest Gump, Milk (not bad for a biopic), and Slumdog Mehllionaire were locks for Best Picture nods, since it's hard to hate them with any meaningful sense of malice (I think Slumdog is the most overrated film of the year, but I a sable to see it twice without hating myself). However, The Fucking Reader? You had like thirty Holocaust movies to choose from, and even another Kate Winslet movie to choose from, and you choose, as Slate so succinctly put it, "Boohoo, I Bonked an Illiterate Nazi" over the Wrestler, let alone WALL-E or Dark Knight? I kind of want it to be an elaborate in-joke that get's unveiled during the ceremony, acknowledging how much all the old geezers <3333 SERIOUS BUSINESS HOLOCAUST MOVIES SERIOUSLY.
Also, I almost literally vomited in my mouth when I read the three nominees for Best Song.
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