Oscar Nominations by the Number

Wow - whoever did the marketing for Blood Diamond gets a raise.  How the hell did that turd get 5 nominations?  As many as The Departed?!?!?  I can't think about this rationally without going apoplectic on someone... (that's my new favorite word, by the way)

Congratulations to whoever owned Pan's Labyrinth, but at least that was deserved.  Here are the films that received more than one nomination overall:

Dreamgirls - 8
Babel - 7
The Queen - 6
Pan's Labyrinth - 6
Blood Diamond - 5
The Departed - 5
Little Miss Sunshine - 4
Notes on a Scandal - 4
Pirates of the Caribbean II - 4
Letters from Iwo Jima - 4
Children of Men - 3
Apocalypto - 3
Little Children - 3
The Prestige - 2
The Devil Wears Prada - 2
United 93 - 2
Flags of our Fathers - 2

 

If you just go through the Top 8 categories however, it shakes out like this:

Babel - 5
The Departed - 4
Little Miss Sunshine - 4
The Queen - 4
Letters From Iwo Jima - 3
Little Children - 3
Notes on a Scandal - 3
Blood Diamond - 2
Dreamgirls - 2
United 93 - 1
Half Nelson - 1
Venus - 1
The Pursuit of Happyness - 1
The Last King of Scotland - 1
Volver - 1
The Devil Wears Prada - 1
Pan's Labyrinth - 1
Borat - 1
Children of Men - 1