Showing posts with label Best Original Song. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best Original Song. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

OSCAR 2011 PREDICTIONS: Original Song

Okay, let's talk. Can we talk, Academy? You might have noticed recently that the rest of the group has been acting kind of reserved and odd around you. Do you know why that is? Well, for one thing it doesn't help that you don't seem to like music. Not only is it a bit more than irritating, but it's just plain bizarre and stupid to a degree. You haven't had much of a problem with it in past years, but now we get along to this point, and it just feels like you don't even care anymore. It's like you don't even want to fulfill your own responsibilities. And I know, what debt do you really owe us? You make your decisions, and they are your decisions, but you have to realize that your actions affect people.

The Original Song category is as prime an example as any that I can imagine. You can't expect to give us such an immense longlist of potential nominees and then just nominate two. There's just no excuse, especially considering the fact that you nominated the wrong song from "Rio". Fact of the matter is that it's no wide or instructive array that you've assembled. You can't put up such a short and abrupt list and not put any effort into it. So, as a compromise, I only suggest that you pick your head up out of your own ass, and remedy this in full next year, or we'll only give you more shit.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Carpet-Bagging: 39 Original Songs on Oscar Longlist

And now the most immediately vague race in the Oscar catalog becomes a great deal clearer. There were obviously a great deal of songs that were bound to make it on the list, like the main three from "The Muppets". I imagine two of those are going to make it in, but "Man or Muppet" is sadly probably going to be the odd one out. Other than that, I have no bets to make on this. I enjoyed the song from "Take Shelter" a great deal in context with the film it followed, but only time will tell if it makes it. You can see the full list after the jump.

"The World I Knew" from "African Cats"

"Lay Your Head Down" from "Albert Nobbs"

"Star Spangled Man" from "Captain America: The First Avenger"

"Collision of Worlds" from "Cars 2"