Oscar 2014 Nominations: 9 Big Surprises (And 1 We Should Have Seen Coming)
5. The Wolf Of Wall Streets Bad Reception With The Academy Means Nothing
A major worry going into this years Oscars was that one of the standouts of the season, The Wolf Of Wall Street, was going to be overlooked to some degree. Not quite matching the frontrunners in levels of hype, Martin Scorsese's unrestrained chronicle of the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort has proven a hit with audiences, but an Academy screening shockingly ended with boos. Certainly not one for the whole family (several cuts to the original version had to be made just so the film didnt get the poisonous NC-17 rating in the US), the sex and drugs and stock exchange clearly proved too much on the night for some members. Thankfully Scorsese and the films star Leonardo DiCaprio are just too big for the film to be ignored. Scoring five nominations, all in major categories (Best Picture, Director, Actor for DiCaprio, Supporting Actor for Jonah Hill and Adapted Screenplay), the film doesnt feel like its missed out on anything because of the bad press. Odds are it wont win any of the awards (although personally I can take seeing another year go by without Leo winning an Oscar), but its just a relief to see it wasnt ignored.
