Oscar oversights

Probably most surprising is Michael Fassbender in Shame, a portrayal that has been widely lauded, as well as Albert Brooks, who got raves for Drive. Charlize Theron really killed it in a very unglamorous role in Young Adult.  And Tilda Swinton wowed, as always, in We Need to Talk About Kevin.


I was sorry that Jodie Foster (in Carnage) and Ryan Gosling (in Ides of March) were overlooked.  And somewhat surprised that perennial favorite Keira Knightley got no love for a bravura performance in A Dangerous Method. 


Less widely noted, but no less deserving: Viggo Mortensen as Freud in A Dangerous Method and Vincent Cassel, who was also great in a smaller role in that film (as he reliably is in everything he appears in).


I alse read a brief article that noted that women are noticeably lacking in the writing and the directing categories, as always.