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Originally Posted by batreleaser
neither atonement, nor michael clayton, nor juno should be up for best picture.
sub those with eastern promises, the assasination of jesse james (finally saw it and it was the fastest 3 hrs and forty minutes ive ever witnessed on film, utterly brilliant), and i guess american gangster.
the academy is just too chicken shit to have 5 ultra violent films be nominated even though they were the best films of the year.
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I would substitute a few ones that are different, but yeah, I agree that you're most probably right in assuming that the Academy shying away from all of them having violent themes.