Shame on the Oscars: A total butchery of nominations

What a disaster! The Academy's 83rd list of nominations is pitiful. For a year of such very good films, their nominations displayed undeniably poor judgement. The worst decisions:

Four tremendous performances snubbed by the Oscars. Barbara Hersey in "Black Swan", Ryan Gosling in "Blue Valentine", Carey Mulligan in "Never Let Me Go" and above all, Leslie Manville in "Another Year".

• Ryan Gosling was not nominated for his unbelievably impressive performance in "Blue Valentine", arguably the best film he has ever been in and one of the best films of the last 10 years, period. While Michelle Williams was nominated, thank god- this was expected above all- "Blue Valentine" did not receive nominations for best picture or best director, not to mention best screenplay, best editing or best score is offensive to say the least. This is a top-3 film. Shame on the Oscars.

• I was glad to see Toy Story 3, The Fighter and Black Swan all get Best Picture nominations as well as a whole host of nominations they deserved. But not nominating Barbara Hershey for her terrifying potrayl of a obsessive mother in "Black Swan" was criminal.
• "True Grit" was given an insane amount of nominations. The Golden Globes was right to snub it. The Oscars need to end their idiotic love affair with the tremendously overrated Coen Brothers. Wasen't giving "No Country for Old Men" Best Picture worse enough? They never learn. "True Grit" was uneventful and forgettable. I felt the same way about "Winter's Bone", also nominated for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor- three categories it did not deserve recognition in. Such an over-rated piece of crap.
• "Another Year", a brilliant film was snubbed almost entirely. It's nomination in the original screenplay category, its only nomination, was tremendously deserving. But Lesley Manville, who gave a unbelievably effective and powerfully saddening performance in this film deserved better than to be given no nomination while Helena Bonham Carter was nominated for doing next to nothing in "The King's Speech". Not to mention, it was not nominated for best director, best picture, best actress or best editing- all categories it arguably deserved recognition for.
• "Iron Man 2" was nominated for best visual effects while "Tron:Legacy" and "Kick-Ass" were not. This is clearly poor judgement. Kick-Ass being snubbed entirely was also poor judgement- it is easily in my top 5 films of the year.
• Carey Mulligan was insanely good in "Never Let Me Go". She deserved a Best Actress nomination a hell of a lot more than Nicole Kidman.