Well, to paraphrase James Cameron, "I am the king of the Oscar Pool!" I got 20 out of 24 categories correct. A good year even for me. Actually not all that impressive because I saw EVERYTHING this year which allowed me to make pretty educated guesses. Combine this with the fact that it was a pretty easy year to call and it looks better than it is in reality. Still, 20 out of 24......
It's too bad "Up In The Air" didn't get the expected Adapted Screenplay Oscar. It means a really fine movie got shut out. And of course the Foreign Film category held true to form with a film that no one heard of and no American audience ever even had a chance to see, winning the gold. Whoever votes in that category does so after enjoying several hard tokes on a crack pipe. Happens every year.
The show itself was stodgy and not really that funny and sometimes just plain odd (witness the interpretive dance number to the nominated scores---huh?) But Bridges and Bullock and Mo'nique and The Hurt Locker, all worthy recipients.
The Bottle of cheap red wine resides in Encino for 2010-2011. (That's our Oscar trophy).
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20 of 24 is impressive to me. Have you determined the NCAA winners yet? Yes, I know the brackets haven't been determined yet, but, with your track record, that shouldn't be a problem, right?
ReplyDeleteEllen E.