It's about time I start laying out my predictions for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, but I really don't see the point. I don't remember the last time I just didn't care about the outcome of the Oscars. It's probably because The King's Speech is the frontrunner to win Best Picture, and it's pretty unlikely for any other outcome to become truth. Fortunately, this is one of the categories that Tom Hooper's film wasn't nominated for, so it will be a bit of a refresher. On the other hand, it's not that difficult to predict the winner of this one, because there's only one way that the Academy can go. One could have wished for them to start on five nominations in a year when there were more films worth nominating.There's not a chance in hell that Inception is not going to go away with this award, because it's the only film that constantly pushed the visuals beyond the necessary quota. If I were to say any other film that managed equal ocular wonder, it would actually be Hereafter. I know that many are chastising it for stealing a nomination from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World or TRON Legacy, but in terms of the quality of the visuals, the tsunami sequence was one of the best. I never saw the entire film, but that sequence was such a visual feast, and it makes me want Clint Eastwood to do more visual effects driven films. I was more captivated by the effects of that one scene than I was by any of the flourishes of Avatar.
If this was a thr
ee nominee race, which I really think it should've been, I'd give the third slot to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Along with the contributions from Nolan and Eastwood, it was the only one that didn't have me gagging over the clunky visuals. The way the wonderful art direction was presented by the visual effects in Alice in Wonderland made it look simply hideous. As for Iron Man 2, it just felt cold and clunky in the execution of the visuals, which reminds me of why I didn't appreciate the visuals of Transformers 2 last year. Either of those two could've been left off the list, and I'd have been glad. So here is how I rank the nominees.1. Inception
2. Hereafter
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Iron Man 2
5. Alice in Wonderland
Should/Will Win: Inception
Could Upset: Hereafter
Should Have Been Nominated: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
whats the point of having a blog if you're not going to let people comment? are you really just that ignorant? or do you only want people to think what you think?
ReplyDeleteFeel free to comment if you have an actual opinion to convey instead of just spouting hate. Tell me why you think I'm wrong, rather than just telling me I am with no support to your argument. I know that my opinion isn't the only thing that matters, but I don't appreciate people telling me that it doesn't matter at all.
ReplyDeleteWell the one about where you were wrong was out of line but the other one about avatar was a legit argument, you either couldn't argue with it, or got fed up with me being right and deleted it. my opinion matters just as much as yours on this small BLOG. don't delete this, embrace it
ReplyDeleteYour argument on "Avatar" is still there. Go take a look.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, not sure about "Hereafter". Sure the tsunami opening was pretty neat, but after that there really was nothing else (at least to me)that matched up, thus it really didn't deserve a nomination in the first place (yes. there was the scene at the train station, but it looked like a cheesy film from Syfy).
ReplyDeleteOh, and Cougar Town recap?