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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Not So Serious


Once a year there comes a time when the Academy of Motion Pictures ignores the best movies of the year and gives awards to average movies. That time is tomorrow night.
It was a bad year for movies, especially after a great year like 2007, nobody expected another flood of masterpieces like the one a year ago. The year 2008 will be remembered for being average and for Slumdog Millionaire. The Academy of 2008 will be remembered as the stupid bunch of idiots who overlooked the truly best movie of the year and one of the best movies ever, The Dark Knight that is.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:

The score for The Dark Knight isn't even nominated because of the stupid reason that too many people participated in its writing. With that being absent from the list, the Oscar will probably go to A.H.Rahman who is not Rahmaninov but managed to compose a nice soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

This is probably the most unpredicted category this year, but i dare to narrow the competition to Amy Adams for Doubt and Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona. I would go with Amy Adams. Missing from the list is the true best supporting actress of the year: Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Heath Ledger. Enough said.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

It's Kate Winslett's sixth nomination and it's about time for her to win one, but I was unimpressed by her performance in The Reader and would give the Oscar to the awesome Meryl Streep for Doubt. Melissa Leo and Anne Hathaway are not strong enough opponents and Angelina Jolie is not even worth mentioning for her artificial display in Changeling.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

It's pretty obvious now that Mikkey Rourke will win for The Wrestler, but I strongly disagree and think that Sean Penn was much better in Milk. But through the eyes of the average Academy voter, Sean Penn already has one Oscar and Mikkey Rourke is making a comeback, so he should get the vote.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:

In my opinion, Dreamworks should stop making animated films, because nothing good comes out of it. Kung Fu Panda is the best they can do? Come on! Pixar will take the award again with WALL-E, no doubt about it.

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:

Waltz With Bashir will win this and I will be ashamed for being Israeli for a few moments.

Best Achievement in Directing:

David Fincher is making good, thinking-out-of-the-box movies and gets overlooked by the Academy all the time. Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac - nothing. But when he makes a Hollywood movie, he gets nominated for an Oscar. But the winner will be Danny Boyle who, unlike Fincher, remained true to his special style and made the third-world wonder Slumdog Millionaire, that everybody is falling in love with.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Academy's mistakes often amaze me and make me angry, but this time they're beyond any criticism. The Dark Knight should be there and should win it! It's like not nominating Godfather for Best Picture. Out of the nominated movies, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is the better one, but the winner will be Slumdog Millionaire.