The Oscars are Coming!! The Oscars are Coming!!
Commentary by Frederick Cholowski
The Oscars are coming!! Ahh!! Run! Hide! Anyways welcome to part 1 of my Oscar special. This article is me talking about the different aspects of the Oscars. On Wednesday I present my top 10 films of 2010 2 months later and then on Friday I give the lowdown on who I want to win and more importantly who is going to win. For now on this Monday I present my opinion article on everything Oscars.
Another year, another Oscar ceremony. For the second time in two years 10 films have been nominated for best picture; and for the second year in a row we all know who the 5 real contenders because there are only 5 best director nods. First off the whole 10 best picture nominations needs to stop. What is the point when you know that five of the films in the category have no hope of winning? It's absolutely pointless! Anyways, the 5 best director nods (the films that have an actual chance) this year are Black Swan, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network, and True Grit. Although no best director nod for Chris Nolan is puzzling and I have not seen the fighter this year's list is pretty good. The two main favorites I hear are The Social Network and The Kings Speech; not to brag but I saw this coming and both are good choices.
Acting is always crowded especially in the male category this year. Eisenberg vs. Bridges vs. Firth and those two other guys (smile, please don't kill me). Well we all know Firth will (deservingly) run away with it but the buildup is fun. I'm vying for new actress Hailee Steinfeld to win best supporting actress because she was fantastic in True Grit; the dames from the Fighter will probably win though but for now go Hailee (insert cheering noises here).
One of my issues with the awards ceremonies of the last two years is no nod for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Nothing for best foreign film despite huge praise by tons and tons of critics (including myself). I know I have not seen any of the films in the foreign films category but I know none of them receive as much praise as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (and personally having loved the film it is fun ranting about it getting snubbed).
Well weather I like it or not the Oscars are coming to give their awards out and me a chance to argue with them. Anyways it should be fun yelling at my TV screen and complaining about the structure of the awards. Until then this ends part 1 of Oscar week 2011 join me with the Oscar edition of the top 10 of 2010 (now including The King's Speech).
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