In the end, the magic number was nine. Smaller than last year, larger than other years.
But still not big enough for Bridesmaids, which found itself, as laugh-out-loud comedies usually do, on the outside looking in at the Academy Awards' Best Picture race.
A quick take on Oscar-nomination morning's big snubs and surprises:Â
MORE: How'd the SAG and Oscar snubs match up?
1. No Bridesmaids?! Judging by its nominations for Melissa McCarthy (Best Supporting Actress) and Kristen Wiig (Original Screenplay), the R-rated crowd-pleaser was deigned an Oscar film. It just wasn't deigned a Best Picture film. The Dark Knight, The Hangover and plenty of other critically acclaimed, but Oscar-slighted popcorn flicks can relate.
2. What Happened to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?! What's been happening all awards season. The David Fincher film hits, and then it misses. In typical fashion, it missed out on a few of the big categories, namely Best Picture and Best Director, but hit it big in Best Actress for Rooney Mara, and came away with a respectable five nominations overall.Â
3. What Happened to Harry Potter?! Oh, what always happens to Harry Potter come Oscar time: not much. And while Deathly Hallows: Part 2 arguably didn't get a send-off befitting the world's most-successful franchise, it bagged three nominations (Art Direction, Makeup and Visual Effects), the most for a Potter film since Sorcerer's Stone. Â
4. You're Gonna Have to Rent The Tree of Life?! Yes, sorry, to break it to you, but Terrence Malick's opus about something-or-other ended up as a top nominee, with nods for Best Picture and Best Director.
5. Where Did Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Come From?! The 9/11 drama, which was ignored by the Hollywood guild awards, only to end up with a Best Picture nomination (over Bridesmaids, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and more), came from the Department of Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock Made a Movie That Was Totally Made for Awards Season, and Was Not Going to Be Ignored (and, Hey, Voters Probably Liked It, Too, So Sue 'Em).
6. How Did Hugo Do It?! It's unusual for the top nomineeâ€"and Martin Scorsese's ode to the birth of cinema is just that, with 11 nodsâ€"to become the top nominee without a single acting nomination. The fantastic-looking film instead racked up the numbers for its, well, fantastic look (art direction, costume design, even visual effects). The Artist, meanwhile, suffered for being a silent film, as it didn't figure into the sound categories, and came up shy of sharing the top-nominee glory with Hugo. Â
7. No Elton John vs. Madonna Smackdown Rematch?! The second part of this Original Song-related question is easy to explain: Madonna's Golden Globe-winning "Masterpeice" simply wasn't eligible. (It played too late in her movie, W.E.) As for the first part, that's harder to explain 'cause Oscar voters apparently just didn't like Elton John's Gnomeo & Juliet tuneâ€"and nearly all of the other hopefuls. Under Oscar rules, songs have to achieve a certain score or rating to make the field. And this year, only The Muppets' "Man or Muppet" and Rio's "Real in Rio" hit that mark.  Â
8. Where Was [Insert Name of Snubbed Favorite Here]?! Michael Fassbender?! Ryan Gosling?! Tilda Swinton?! Charlize Theron?! The Descendants' Shailene Woodley?! Albert Brooks?! Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin?!
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