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Oscar Nominations 2013: Who And What Got Snubbed?

What better way to start off the new year in film than to judge and dissect the Academy Award nominations that were recently announced. We already have a list of the nominees and who the favorites are, but what about the controversy concerning the actors and titles that were left out? Every year there’s a handful left behind, causing movie fans to raise their pitchforks in protest (once again) over the Academy’s direction of being too old-fashioned.

[h2]Javier Bardem[/h2]

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Often regarded as the most entertaining category of the Oscars, the Best Supporting Actor nominations are always flashy and varied among taste, and sometimes they are usually more memorable than the actors chosen for a lead role. More specifically, villains are the Academy’s go-to choice in this category; a way to award exuberance and embracing a dangerous character is the best way for the Oscars to appear edgy among viewers. So why not honor the most fascinating villain to appear onscreen all year? Bane. Oops, wrong movie. It’s Raoul Silva in Skyfall.

Javier Bardem transcended the usual outline for a megalomaniac villain in a James Bond movie and injected his own personal flair for theatricality and evil behavior, because of this he earned universal acclaim for his performance. He was creepy, disturbed, brilliant, seductive, lethal, sympathetic, and not to mention a little sexually confused as well. This was Bond’s best chance to score any serious awards, since everything about Skyfall worked so flawlessly. While it did get a couple nominations for its technical accomplishments, ignoring Bardem is something that’s hard to forgive.  At least he already won the award for playing another sociopath with bad hair.

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