Up for grabs: the AFI Award nominations

This is being written before the 'Big Night' - and is not essentially concerned with predictions. Its intentions are simply to look at the sort of films that are up for nomination and to wonder if there are any kinds of film favoured by the AFI and its voters. Strange Bedfellows, one of the most popular films of the year (if not with me), wasn't entered for competition; I'm not sure which others weren't but it narrows the field somewhat if one (foolishly) tries to discern any pattern in the nominees.