Can't say I disagree that much with the best picture nominations- on my year-end list, the ten movies nominated for Best Picture were my #1, #2, #3, #4, #13, #14, #18, #26, #27, and #37 choices. No "Where the Wild Things Are" or "in the Loop" for Picture, but what can you do? At least "Serious Man" made it.
And why no Nicolas Cage nomination for "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"? It wasn't THAT different from his "Leaving Las Vegas" role...