Oscar Nominees - All Deserved ?!

But before we rant or cheer about them, lets look at the most valuable nominations:

Best Picture:

• The Aviator
• Finding Neverland
• Million Dollar Baby
• Ray
• Sideways

Director:

• Martin Scorsese
• Clint Eastwoon
• Taylor Hackford
• Alexander Payne
• Mike Leigh

Original Screenplay:

The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Vera Drake

Adapted Screenplay:

• Before Sunset
• Finding Neverland
• Million Dollar Baby
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Sideways

Foreign:

• As it is in Haven
• The Chorus
• Downfall
• The Sea Inside
• Yesteday

Animated Feature:

• The Incredibles
• Shark Tale
• Shrek 2

Actor:

• Don Cheadle
• Johnny Depp
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Clint Eastwood
• Jamie Foxx

Actress:

• Annette Bening
• Catalina Sandina Moreno
• Imelda Staunton
• Hilary Swank
• Kate Winslett

Supporting Actor:

• Alan Alda
• Thomas Haden Church
• Jamie Foxx
• Morgan Freeman
• Clive Owen

Supporting Actress:

• Cate Blanchett
• Laura Linney
• Virginia Madsen
• Sophie Okonedo
  Natalie Portman

Best Song:

• "Accidentally In Love" - Shrek 2
• "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - The Motorcycle Diaries
• "Believe" - The Polar Express
• "Learn To Be Lonely" - The Phantom of the Opera
• "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - The Chorus

Visual Effects:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• I, Robot
• Spiderman 2

Our MoviesOnline Contributing Writer Hakeem has put his thought together in a post, and i have to say, that i totally agree with him:

Well, a few surprises, mostly No Paul Giamatti, Alan Alda for supporting actor, and Shark Tale for Animated Feature.

• That Paul Giamatti is not there is a travesty. If they were to leave someone out to put Clint in there then it should have been Johnny Depp.
• Alan Alda beating fifth place Supporting actors favorites Peter Saarsgard and David Carradine. I guess thats fine, not a total shock but I feel that Alda's performances wasn't as good and big as the other two left out.
• No "House of Flying Daggers"? what do these people have to do to get a nomination NOT BE POPULAR like Hero was in 2002?  "Oh no, you got your movie released, don't even think about a nomination"
• WTH is Shark Tale doing there??? I know that The Polar Express was kind of a fealure but at least it had a bigger known team behind it
• Sophie Okonedo was my sixth pick as best supporting, but just cause I was supporting Kate Winslett. but not a shock, Okonedo's performance was excellent and the nomination is well deserved.
• Catalina Sandina Moreno, again not a shock. kind of expected. I wanted Uma there though
• Mike Leigh beating Marc Forster, Michael Mann and Mike Nichols for that last spot for Best Director. Vera Drake is pure great performances so I guess its no shock it could've been any of them I would've gone with Mann just for using the handled camera.
• No Sky Captain for Best Visual Effects. I mean, the nominated ones are fine but Sky Captain is revolutionary.
• No Mick Jagger's "Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie AND no Wyclef Jean's "A Million Voices" from Hotel Rwanda??? WTH happened there?