finally!

 

I disagree. Here is the list of 10 nominations for this year:

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

And here are the nominations for the past 5 years...

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon” Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
“Milk” Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader” Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
“Slumdog Millionaire” Christian Colson, Producer


“Atonement” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
“Juno” Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
“Michael Clayton” Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
“No Country for Old Men” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“There Will Be Blood” JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers


"Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
“The Departed” Graham King, Producer
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
“Little Miss Sunshine” David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
“The Queen” Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers


“Brokeback Mountain” Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
“Capote” Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
“Crash” Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
“Good Night, and Good Luck.” Grant Heslov, Producer
“Munich” Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers


“The Aviator” Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers
“Finding Neverland” Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
“Million Dollar Baby” Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
“Ray” Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers
“Sideways” Michael London, Producer

Out of those 25 movies only Slumdog Millionaire, The Departed and Million Dollar Baby really jump out at me.

 

Well Star Trek had no chance to win Special Effects b/c of Avatar. And the only other two nominations it had was in sound - both of which went to The Hurt Locker.

 

I can add Crash, Broke Back, No Country Ford Old Men to your list of notables.

 

Even still, you could take out the 5 "worst" out of the 10 nominated for this year and still have a solid list.

 

I feel bad for Meryl Streep and Quentin just because they deserve to win one (lead actress and director) by now

 

Streep has won two and Tarantino already has one I'm pretty sure.

 

If they couldn't win against this crowd they don't deserve it at all.

 

Hurt Locker was awesome.

 

I would argue that just about 2-3 films from each year you listed would win over The Hurt Locker if they competed in the same year.