Mark your calendars, because the Oscars are on March 7th and the nominations have already been released! I still haven't figured out my choices for the winners - except of course for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique for "Precious) and Actor (Christoph Waltz, for "Inglourious Basterds) - so for now I'll just comment on the nominations, starting with Best Picture:
1. Best Picture - the nominees are Up, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, District 9, An Education, Hurt Locker, Precious, Avatar, and Blind Side.
First of all, there are five that you can rule out immediately: An Education, A Serious Man, District 9, Up, and that glorified Lifetime movie The Blind Side. The first four are really great films (see: first blog post) but they don't have an icicle's chance in hell of winning. Animated films don't win Best Picture (ruling out Up), An Education, Serious Man, and District 9 didn't make enough money, and the fact that The Blind Side was even nominated is an embarrassment to the academy.
That brings us to next tier: Precious, Hurt Locker, and Up in the Air. Although Hurt Locker and Up in the Air still have a chance, they're both a little too small and haven't won enough awards going into the Oscars. (Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow is my pick for Best Director though).
So finally, we have Inglourious Basterds and Avatar. Basterds is my preference, mostly because if you take away the special effects then Avatar is pretty bad. You can't deny that, scene-for-scene, it's just Disney's Pocahontas. But with worse dialogue.
Okay, now back to the worst of the worst: The Blindside. Allow me to rant - haven't we had enough White-People-Uplifting-Black-People-Out of their- Sad-Circumstances movies? Can we stop patting ourselves on the back yet? Okay, I'm letting it go...
I hope you can use this as a guide as we enter Oscar Season - next post will be Best Actresses. Happy viewing!
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