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There's a lot of real heat about GOMORRAH at the moment due to one of the stars real world crimes. A shame it missed out but maybe, just maybe its more admired than liked. I admired the film and thought it really captured a sweeping (and interesting) story brilliantly but in the end it didn't engage me emotionally. It had energy, humour but very little poignancy. This possibly was intentional by the filmmakers but its the reason why I never would return for a second viewing.

I'm rooting for Waltz...think The Class has a shot though.

No "Let the Right One In" either. Weirdness.

I have the feeling that Waltz will win FL and not get nominated for Animated, which will be the exact opposite of Spirited Away.

Well, the Academy can't be blamed for not shortlisting "Let the Right One In" as Sweden decided to submit Jan Troell's "Everlasting Moments" instead (which is indeed shortlisted after also being nominated for a Golden Globe).

Gomorra was frickin' brutal but awesome. It's too bad that it missed out on the short list. It's ten times the movie Bashir is.

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I kinda figured that was the case. But since Sweden seeminglt dissed "Let the Right One In," why aren't the filmmakers and distribution company jumping all OVER the praise being heaped on the film and putting it out in more theaters...or at least jumpstarting the campaign. They could be raking in the cash.

Reminds me of when OLDBOY hit theaters and they never pumped it by showing all the love it garnered on the net.

Because LTROI would bore mainstream audiences to death. Hell, it bore me half way there.

The Swedish "Oscars" just split the top prize between "Moments" and "Right One," so apparently the Swedes like "Moments" just as much. (And, given that it's Troell, it probably would have a better shot with Oscar voters.)

While I haven't seen all the films that beat out Gomorrah to the shortlist, I'm not going to cry over it. Saw it a couple weeks ago, and while I was impressed to an extend, think it's a bit overrated. I found it far inferior to City of God, which it resembled a lot.

I saw The Baader Meinhof Complex and thought it was pretty impressive. I'd been hearing quite a bit about Gomorrah and it was on my short list to see next. I think Bashir will prolly move into first position. I'm wonder if it's like 2006 when I thought the foreign language films had it all over the best pic nominees & especially winner. ,

The sad thing is never getting a chance to see some great films if they don't make the final cut.

Let the Right One In wasn't eligible because it opened in Sweden on October 24th, which makes it a 2009 film under the Academy's rules. It'll be eligible next year.

Triple Option: If you liked The Baader Meinhof Complex, definitely see United Red Army if it swings through your area (or comes out on subtitled DVD). It's an absolutely overwhelming work (in a good way) and frankly makes the Edel/Eichinger film seem thin and dilettantish by comparison. Naturally it had no chance of being submitted by the Japanese, much less acknowledged by the Academy.

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