Oscar nominations

Also today, the Academy Award nominations have been released. "Brokeback Mountain" is in the lead with eight nominations, which, although unjust, probably doesn't surprise anybody. On the positive side, "The Chronicles of Narnia" has been nominated in three categories: best makeup, best sound mixing, and best visual effects. It definitely deserves to win in these categories, and in fact deserves to win best picture, but knowing the tastes of the Academy, I never expected that to happen anyway. The Oscars will be awarded on March 5 (I always thought it would make more sense to have the nominations on January 1 and the ceremony at the end of January) and the full list of nominees is available at http://oscars.org.