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By Alex's list I am due to see 22 films. But I rarely get to most of the foreign or the docs (usually 1 from each category.) And I'm not interested in Revolutionary Road. The only real biggies I have left include The Reader, The Wrestler, Frozen River, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Happy-Go-Lucky, and In Bruges. Which, I guess, is pretty good considering I haven't been able to get to a movie theater during convalescence.
I don't think he's posted it here, but Tom called Slumdog as winner of BP about 2 months ago, based on academy taste and elimination of their less-preferred elements. Will be interesting to see if his long-term call is so prescient!
I generally think that the academy doesn't necessarily reward the best films, but they also seem to go out of their way, 19 times out of 20, to withhold rewards from popular favorites. I quite liked The Dark Knight but suspected it wouldn't get love beyond the techs and the Ledger nom. It seems the Oscar-Watching fandom is in a complete tizzy about it, but I wasn't at all surprised. I do think Ledger is a lock for that category, though.
Who's in for the short film screenings this year? I'll post info as soon as I know where they'll be shown. If our theory is correct (one year of compelling films, one year of duds) this should be a "good" year.
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