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Would he call it his favorite film of the year? No. Nor would I. Just that the Academy will call it that. ETA - I think we separated what we would choose and what the Academy would choose so long ago that it doesn't really register to us in our Oscar-watching. (We might say something like, "I'm really pulling for ____" if one of our favorite performances or choices actually align with their choices. But that isn't too often.) Though if they go with something that we hate from the bottom of our hearts (read: Crash) we'll bitch. Bug if Slumdog wins, to me it'll just be another nice-but-flawed film on which the Academy lavishes attention. It won't bother me too much.

And Kevy, the Springsteen song is over the credits, and the Academy has ruled recently that songs must be judged on their use within in the context of the film. (That didn't stop them from nominating the Wall-E song, but it is for that reason that I expect Jai Ho from Slumdog to win.)