Oscar Update 2: The Nominations
Ladies and Gentlemen, they have been announced! Yes, I am two days late on posting this blog entry, and I was thinking about writing this the second the nominations were posted, but, my schedule is busy, I’m watching a ton of movies, yada yada yada, so I’m posting it now!
I’m not going to get too opinionated this very moment, because to be honest, I haven’t seen a movie in theaters for QUITE a while (I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before), and, therefore, I can only assume so much. But, I do intend on catching myself up a little bit. Knowing me, this will just involve reading some scripts (something that I do in my free time), but, it’ll get me slightly more acknowledged with the nominees. The full list of nominees can be seen here.
So, I’m just going to state my biased opinions on the best picture nominees right now (I intend on making a full prediction blog, but, that’ll probably be a few days before the ceremony itself). If you hadn’t already known, the Academy decided to up the ante by making 10 (count them, 10) nominations instead of just 5.
Here they are (in no specific order… and by that, I mean the order in which I remember them):
Up
Inglorious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Up in the Air
A Serious Man
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
The Blind Side
An Education
District 9
Now, there are definitely a few surprises here (to name 2, The Blind Side and District 9), and, a lot of people think that it’ll come down to Avatar and The Hurt Locker. I, on the other hand, only having seen two of the nominees (Inglorious Basterds and Up), would like Inglorious Basterds to win, for the sole reason that I am quite the Quentin Tarantino fan! Am I biased? Well… yes. Still, I’ll have more educated predictions before the ceremony (March 7th), which I will post around, say, the 1st of March.
Keep on Watching!
R.S.
p.s. Yes, I know I said I’d post a list of mini-reviews, but I assure you all, there will be a VERY long list of reviews coming up soon!