It's awesome seeing two female-driven films nominated for Best Picture - The Kids Are All Right & Winter's Bone, and think it is worth having The Town excluded.
I'm seriously floored that they snubbed Christopher Nolan, though. Again. Seriously? Helps with the Hitchcock comparisons, though... Even harder to swallow is that Inception was not nominated for Best Editing?! What were they thinking?
Another strange oversight is no Tron: Legacy for Visual Effects. Strange...
But whoop whoop! Javier Bardem for Best Actor, Michelle Williams for Best Actress & Another Year for Best Original Screenplay!
& NO Burlesque songs anywhere in sight!! (Cher was wrong - we had heard the last of her).
Here is the full list of this year's Oscar Nominees (Thanks, IMDB.com)