Oh Irish, you still think the Oscars run based on substance? I bet you even think Presidential elections are won based on quality of the candidate's credences.



Anyway, what if I told you that the SAG (Screen Actors' Guild) union did everything in its power to stomp out Paul Greengrass' UNITED 93, a non-union actors movie? The fact that enough people in the AMPAS voting ranks were able to squeeze in a Best Director's nod for Greengrass, in spite of SAG being gestapo, is a testament to how much respect that U93 got.

APOCALYPTO got screwed because Mel Gibson screwed himself when he got hammered and yammered on about those Jews....no one wants to admit it, but thats why it only got a handful of tech Oscar noms.

Fox tried its best to score a Screenplay Oscar nod for THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, but Eastwood's LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA bested it for that slot. Opps.