Okay so over the past several weeks there have been many changes to peoples Best Picture Nominees list in accordance with the onslaught of negative reviews spinning their way out. It now seems so much less likely that Invictus, or A Single Man will get nominated, and even less likely for films that were considered to be definitely nominated like The Lovely Bones, or Nine. Given that the films that still deserve to be on my Best Picture list are as follows:
-An Education
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Precious
-Up
-Up in the Air
That now leaves 4 slots on the list that still need to be filled, thanks to the academy increasing the number of nominees to ten. First of all I've decided to give in to the pressure and add A Serious Man to the list, seeing as it is now one of the best of the year, but still unlikely to take home many awards. And now seems like an appropriate time to add Star Trek to the list because it is frankly too good to pass up. With two slots left I've got to add in Avatar for now, because even though no good reviews have surfaced, no bad reviews have surfaced either, and that cloud of mystery is at the moment its greatest weapon. And now with one slot left it feels only right to put in yet another film about aliens, District 9 which despite its flaws is still an original action film with a unique form of storytelling. So below are the films that have been newly added to the list.
-Avatar
-District 9
-A Serious Man
-Star Trek
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