Oscar snubs include "The Big Short," Sylvester Stallone and yes, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

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"The Big Short" should have seen its stock rise higher.

As deserving as best picture winner "Spotlight" is for the honor, a good case could have been made to honor the dramedy about the 2008 financial crisis.

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Oscar-winning screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph managed to turn complex economic jargon and potentially unlikeable characters into an engaging, funny film. Academy voters should have invested themselves more heavily in a film that stands out for its originality.

Sylvester Stallone had been the heavy favorite going into the night for the best supporting actor nomination. But instead he was knocked out by underdog Mark Rylance"s witty, understated turn as a Russian spy in "Bridge of Spies."

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That"s a shame, because "Creed" works so well thanks to Stallone"s willingness to play his signature character, Rocky Balboa, with more vulnerability than we ever knew he could manage.

Actually, the biggest snub in the category happened a month and a half ago - back when the Oscar nominations first revealed that Idris Elba didn"t make the cut for his turn as a brutal African warlord in "Beasts of No Nation."

His omission may have been the most glaring example of the lack of diversity in the film business that inspired the #OscarsSoWhite movement. But just as likely it was a result of a different bias: industry insiders refusing to recognize a Netflix film when the streaming site is vexing traditional exhibitors.

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For the few who bothered to watch all five nominees in the live action short category, it"s (ahem) shocking that "Shok" didn"t win. It"s an emotionally devastating saga of two kids struggling to survive the Kosovo War that haunts viewers long past its 20-minute run time.

Not even this light-saber wielding nerd can argue that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" deserved a best picture nomination, but it"s glaring that the biggest box office hit in North American history couldn"t even get one measly statuette.

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With all due respect to the artisans who fueled "Mad Max: Fury Road," wasn"t there at least a sound mixing or sound editing Oscar to be shared? And did the clever indie "Ex Machina" really have better visual effects than the ones produced by the programmers who piloted the Millennium Falcon back to the big screen?

It"s another sign that the Academy doesn"t always appreciate the popcorn-flavored tastes of the ticket-buyers who subsidize their movies.

Disney and director J.J. Abrams, however, can console themselves by counting every dollar of the $2 billion the latest installment of the most powerful sci-fi franchise in the universe has grossed worldwide to date.

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