The Academy doubled the number of slots for Best Picture nominees (to ten!) but it hasn’t really helped my Oscar scoresheet. Just like past years, I’ll go over the nominees and admit exactly how many movies I haven’t seen this year.
| Category | # seen |
|---|---|
| Best Picture | 0 |
| Best Actor | 0 |
| Best Actress | 0 |
| Best Director | 0 |
| Best Screenplay | 0 |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | 0 |
Goose eggs, across the board. In fact, the only nominated movies I saw this year were Coraline (Best Animated Feature Film), Sherlock Holmes (Art Direction and Score), and Star Trek (four nominations, all FX-related). But like usual, there are a whole bunch of movies that are high on my list: Up, Inglorious Basterds, District 9, and The Blind Side (Best Picture? Wow. I loved the book, so I need to see it.)
If I see all of those before March 7, I’ll finish with 8 points, which would tie with my final score last year.
Update: I did manage to see all of the above-listed movies. Expanding Best Picture from 5 to 10 let some great-but-not-fantastic movies in. District 9? Blind Side? Who really thinks those might deserve Best Picture?
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Between Up, Inglorious Basterds, and District 9 I would say Inglorious Basterds. Such an awesome movie.
Up is really good. A little bit of a departure from the normal Pixar fare. I can’t help thinking about the first act of the movie. Sooo heart tuggingly sad.
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Killin it this year. In fact, I could see myself watching all of the best picture films by oscar time.
Also, movies I don’t think have any business on the best picture list (and that I’ve seen already):
Avatar (can’t it just be fun?)
Precious (some lady’s life is depressing, bfd)
District 9 (The white guilt nomination is spread across this and Avatar this year)
Hurt Locker’s my favorite ftw, but I have this sinking feeling that Avatar will sweep.
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