There Can Only Be One
February 6th, 2010
It’s Oscar time, and no I do not mean our wonderful Chilean guest at PC, but the more annoying award ceremony that decides to take several amazing films of the year and give only a handful the awards that they all deserve. Here are the nominations (for categories people actually care about).
For Best Picture the nominees are Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air.
The Best Actor Nominees are Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), George Clooney (Up in the Air), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), and Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker).
Best Supporting Actor Nominees include Matt Damon (Invictus), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), and Christopher Waltz (Inglourious Basterds).
For Best Actress we have Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Carey Mulligan (An Education), and Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia).
The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Penelope Cruz (Nine), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart), Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), and Mo’Nique (Precious…).
Finally, Animated Films: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, and Up.
Okay, so we have some interesting choices (The Blind Side? Really?), and a few shattered expectations (10 BP nominations?). I’m glad Up was nominated for Best Picture, the first animated film since Beauty in the Beast to pull that off. Still, I’m not excited about the dang awards since the main problem with any award ceremony is that it forces people to pick one good movie when there are several good ones. Take my advice, and see all of the movies nominated for Best Picture.
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