2012 Oscar Nominees

The nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced today, and while they did a few things right, there are numerous snubs that need to be addressed. I understand that the past year was a great year in film and making these decisions is very tough, but it's might right to undermine the Academy's choices. But first, the nominees: 

Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Full list of nominees, snubs, and analysis after the jump.

Review: Lincoln

       Daniel Day-Lewis is, in my opinion, the greatest actor of his generation. His insane level of commitment to method acting has resulted in him winning two Oscars for Best Actors out of four nominations. For those that don't know, method acting is when an actor draw upon experience in order to portray a character. Most method actors will go for a ride-along with the police for an upcoming role as a cop, while others more committed to method acting will only answer to their character's name while on set. Daniel Day-Lewis takes method acting to a whole other level. For The Boxer his boxing coach said that he could have turned professional after they finished training. For My Left Foot, Day-Lewis refused to leave his wheelchair and had to be spoon-fed by the crew. He lived off the land for six months in preparation for The Last of the Mohicans. For The Crucible, he lived in the film's replica village without electricity or running water and built his character's house using only 17^th century tools. The dude actually worked in a butcher shop to prepare for the character Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York, caught pneumonia after refusing to change out of his period clothing and spent most of his time off-camera sharpening knives, which he learned how to throw with deadly accuracy. While still in character and, from the sound of it, in costume, Daniel/Bill the Butcher also reportedly traipsed about picking fights with strangers during the filming of Gangs of New York. In Lincoln, DDL gives another astounding performance which all but assures him another nomination from the Academy.