{"id":11010,"date":"2011-02-27T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11010"},"modified":"2011-02-27T19:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T19:58:24","slug":"oscar-special-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/02\/27\/oscar-special-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Special Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the awards season comes to a close, let’s forget about the campaigning and debate about what would or should win and reserve a special mention for some of tonight’s nominees.<\/p>\n

In what has been a strong year these are various people I think deserve special mention, regardless of whether they win tonight.<\/p>\n

SPECIAL MENTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Javier Bardem<\/a> in Biutiful<\/a><\/strong>: The most powerful performance of the year was Bardem’s searing portrait of a decent man on the edges of modern Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Don’t Forget Me<\/a>
\n Biutiful<\/a> at MOVIECLIPS.com<\/a><\/div>\n

Although the film’s relentless focus on death turned off dweeby critics, Bardem’s acting will be remembered for years to come.<\/p>\n

Christopher Nolan<\/strong> for Writing and Directing<\/strong> Inception<\/a><\/strong>: The enormous commercial success of Nolan’s career has strangely obscured his very real creative accomplishments. Fashionable contrarians and elederly members of the Academy were turned off by the gorgeous labyrinth that was Inception, mainly because it was ‘too loud’ or ‘too clever for its own good’.<\/p>\n