Interesting. There were, I think, 3 songs written for the film "Hairspray" and not one of them were nominated. Yikes.

Yeah, the song category noms just plain suck (though maybe that's because I haven't seen/heard any but one of 'em).

If they expanded the Best Picture category from 5 noms to 7 because there were so many great films, they could do the same because there were so many great songs. How can you have a breakout hit musical like Hairspray and not nominate any of the songs written for the movie version? How can you not nominate a single song from Once? Jeebus!

Oooofph. I just realized that we've hardly seen anything this year, because I can't recognize a single film on those lists, except for Hairspray... which we haven't seen either.

Whoops, overlooked the I'm Not There nom in supporting actress.

Early worthy films
Ratatouille (but it isn't being overlooked)
Zodiak doesn't seem to be getting the respectit probably deserves (though I haven't seen it so I can't say for sure).
Gone Baby Gone deserves more respect than just for Amy Ryan.

Again - I'm amazed at how few films I've seen

I like the work Vedder did for Into the Wild. I didn't see Once though. It was not in theaters here long enough for me to catch it.

I was disappointed in Zodiak. It got great reviews, and it certainly wasn't bad. But I don't think it was by any means needlessly overlooked for nominations.

Animated films seem to the exception to the last quarter rule. Despite the explosion in quantity, there are usually only a handful of quality releases throughout an entire year that the good ones are rarely overlooked come awards time.

AFI announced their top 10

AFI AWARDS 2007

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAd
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
KNOCKED UP
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THE SAVAGES
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

What are the other four?

* KNOCKED UP
* MICHAEL CLAYTON
* NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
* THERE WILL BE BLOOD