My friend JB asked me to boycott the Oscars this year, and I asked him why seeing as he’s a huge movie buff. Well apparently two very good foreign films weren’t nominated because of the politics behind the countries. Palestine’s foreign film was rejected because it isn’t recognized as a state, and an Irish film with IRA sympathies was banned precisely because of the IRA. If I find a link I’ll post it.
Admittedly, I’m not too excited about the Oscars this time around, but it is very stupid of the Academy for doing what it did. They’re all such hypocrites.