Quote Originally Posted by lcbaseball22 View Post
Anyways, anyone know why The Machinist received no Academy recognition?
Because it's not to their taste? I mean, it's nothing like The King's Speech, The Artist, Slumdog Milionaire or A Beautiful Mind. It isn't uplifting or life-affirming or emotional, so naturally The Academy didn't recognize it. No Country for Old Men and The Silence of the Lambs were special cases and I guess you could even say that they were more traditional (As strange as that sounds) than The Machinist, which is a dark, strange and twisty thriller all the way through.

I'll say that I, too think it's terrific, though.