• more about #oscarsnobbery
    lawyergay: Interestingly, The Curious Case of Benjamin's Butthole swept the Grabbys this year. more »
    Pegritz: Benjamin Button isn't sci-fi. Not even remotely. more »
    Slatz_Grobnik: Next up: the Academy strikes all the movies from the list, because they use this acting-enhancer known as 'makeup.' Apparently, many stars are now usi... more »
    Einstein-Intersection: Does anyone really think that the Oscars are still at all culturally relevant? more »
    Josh Wimmer: Dude, Oscar hates everything. It's kind of his forte. more »
    JennaW: So... something that hasn't happened yet is proof? Charlie, have you been watching Minority Report again? more »
    Calraigh: ...or just completely underwhelming performances? Could it be possible? more »
    Mister Adequate: Er... no, it doesn't. There's a legit debate to be had over the role of FX, and how they intersect with what the actor/actress does, but that has NO b... more »
    MinervaAlpaca: This doesn't strike me as a case of genre bias, just an understandable confusion where the acting ends and the sfx begin. It's a tricky issue, which i... more »
    Plague: After the craptastic nominations and winners of the Golden Globes, what the foreign press and the Academy does is beyond logic, let alone common sense... more »
    cash907: Or, the Academy had a brief moment of sanity, and realized the movie was complete shit, and were bored to tears by Brad Pitt-as-reverse-aging-Siddhart... more »
    tollwaytroll: I don't object to Benjamin Button coverage on io9, but honestly calling it "science fiction" is going a little far. I don't see how it's anything but ... more »
    davidrapp: Word is that "Cloverfield," which was released in January 2008, will get snubbed for various technical and FX Oscars---just because it came out so ear... more »
    BullfightsOnAcid: So that's why 'Pluto Nash' never got nominated. It all makes sense now. more »
    92BuickLeSabre: My mom is convinced that this was one of the 10 greatest movies she's ever seen. (And that's what like 6 decades of movie-watching?) She is not, howe... more »
  • #thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton

    Possible "Benjamin Button" Snub Proves Oscars Hate Science Fiction