(and I almost forgot...)

A good thing: Internationalism! Whatever their respective merits, both Les Choristes and The Sea Inside managed to rack up nominations outside of the foreign-film category. Meanwhile, outside that category altogether, The Motorcycle Diaries and A Very Long Engagement both scored twice, and House of Flying Daggers got a Cinematography nod. Nice to see Oscar spreading the multilingual wealth around.

A bad thing: Where the hell is the Birth score???