Tonight is Oscar night! Yet another evening where movie people can honor themselves. This year The Academy has gone back to nominating 10 films for Best Picture. Something the haven't done in over 60 years. I am in agreement with Chris "Mad Dog" Russo with the theory of, "are there really 10 great films?"
The answer is no.
Of the Best Picture nominees all are very good but only a few can be called great or even near great. The theory behind adding 5 more films to the Best Picture category is to generate more buzz about some of the lesser known films & get more people to view them. It's all about money, more or less. It's pretty much just a theory of mine that may or may not a based on reality.
Of the 10 nominees I saw 6. Of the those 6 I saw I would say that True Grit & Toy Story 3 don't belong. Toy Story 3 is a very entertaining film that tugs on your heart strings but quite frankly, the story is the same as the 2 prior installments. Rest assured my eyes got all watery at the same moments as everyone else, just like it happened in 1 & 2. As for True Grit, I love the Coen Brothers & will pretty much see anything that they release. This was a very good movie but not great. I don't think it was as good as No Country For Old Men & it wouldn't make my Top 3 Coen Bros. films (in no particular order: O Brother Where Art Thou?, Miller's Crossing & Fargo in case you were wondering.)
I never saw the other 4 films nominated but I'm aware that all received great reviews.
Here are my predictions, based on the films I've seen:
* Best Picture: Black Swan (holding out hope)
* Best Actor: Colin Firth (won't be surprised if Bridges wins though)
* Best Actress: Natalie Portman (unreal performance!)
* Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale
* Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo
* Best Director: Darren Aronofsky
* Best Documentary Feature: Both Inside Job & Restreppo should win in a tie, if this were a perfect world.
As you can see I'm holding out hope for Black Swan. I never saw some of the other nominees in their films, but I'll take it for granted that The Academy nominated them for a reason.
The answer is no.
Of the Best Picture nominees all are very good but only a few can be called great or even near great. The theory behind adding 5 more films to the Best Picture category is to generate more buzz about some of the lesser known films & get more people to view them. It's all about money, more or less. It's pretty much just a theory of mine that may or may not a based on reality.
Of the 10 nominees I saw 6. Of the those 6 I saw I would say that True Grit & Toy Story 3 don't belong. Toy Story 3 is a very entertaining film that tugs on your heart strings but quite frankly, the story is the same as the 2 prior installments. Rest assured my eyes got all watery at the same moments as everyone else, just like it happened in 1 & 2. As for True Grit, I love the Coen Brothers & will pretty much see anything that they release. This was a very good movie but not great. I don't think it was as good as No Country For Old Men & it wouldn't make my Top 3 Coen Bros. films (in no particular order: O Brother Where Art Thou?, Miller's Crossing & Fargo in case you were wondering.)
I never saw the other 4 films nominated but I'm aware that all received great reviews.
Here are my predictions, based on the films I've seen:
* Best Picture: Black Swan (holding out hope)
* Best Actor: Colin Firth (won't be surprised if Bridges wins though)
* Best Actress: Natalie Portman (unreal performance!)
* Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale
* Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo
* Best Director: Darren Aronofsky
* Best Documentary Feature: Both Inside Job & Restreppo should win in a tie, if this were a perfect world.
As you can see I'm holding out hope for Black Swan. I never saw some of the other nominees in their films, but I'll take it for granted that The Academy nominated them for a reason.
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