I didn’t think American Sniper would get much Oscar love not because of the subject matter but because of Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican convention. Anyone who’s watched Eastwood-directed movies knows Dirty Harry would handle Chris Kyle’s story with appropriate sensitivity.
It could be half-right— American Sniper got a Best Picture nomination and Bradley Cooper got a Best Actor nomination. But no Best Director nomination for Eastwood.
But he shouldn’t feel bad –he wasn’t the only snub. Selma —which was the movie of the year according to conservative movie critic Michael Medved, received only a Best Picture nomination but was left out in the cold in other major categories.
Check out Rush Limbaugh’s analysis of why the Oscars snubbed not only Selma — in the process snubbing producer Oprah— but “Life Itself,” the documentary on legendary movie critic Roger Ebert. Keep reading to get Rush’s review of Grand Budapest Hotel, which received both Best Picture and Best Director nominations:
Did you see “The Grand Budapest Hotel”? Yeah, I watched it. I’m shocked. I’m shocked at the nomination. I could never be one of these people, I’m shocked. I couldn’t get through it. It just bored me. It’s almost like a cartoon with humans in it. The sets looked like they’re cartoon.
I don’t know. It’s being said to be great art. I watched it with great anticipation. I love hotels. Stories in hotels are fascinating, murder mysteries and all that stuff in hotels, and this has got some convoluted story about some old lady’s paintings being ripped off, best I remember it, but I don’t know. It seemed like 1920s, ’30s music. It seemed like a 1920s or ’30s movie colorized and audio dubbed in. But what do I know? I’m just a customer.
I haven’t seen Grand Budapest but have seen other Wes Anderson movies and didn’t quite get his style of moviemaking.
