AND THE BEST PICTURE NOMINEES ARE…
02.02.10
Anne Hathaway and AMPAS president Tom Sherak announced the nominees for the 2010 (82nd) Academy Awards a few minutes ago. Here are the nominees for Best Picture (they switched to 10 nominees from five earlier this year):
- The Hurt Locker
- An Education
- Precious
- Inglourious Basterds
- A Serious Man
- Up
- District 9
- The Blind Side
- Up in the Air
- Avatar
Out of all of these, I’d say the only real surprise is The Blind Side. You could argue any number of films — Star Trek, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Bad Lieutenant, etc. were better, but they wouldn’t have a chance of winning anyway, so who cares. And relax, there’s no chance “Yer changin’ that boy’s laahfe/Nope, he’s changin’ maahne” will win the Oscar any more than there was a chance “In Afrrika et’s ‘bling bang’” would. An exchange that stupid is grounds for disqualification. After its PGA and DGA wins, The Hurt Locker is looking like the odds-on favorite. If it were up to me, it would be a contest between Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron. Whoever shares the most embarrassing sexual secret about the other wins. Or maybe they could just bang onstage. Wouldn’t that be a heartwarming reunion? I dunno, I guess I’m old fashioned like that.
Subnote: This year’s list is waaay better than last year’s (Slumdog, Ben Button, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Milk). So turn that frown upside down, pussy.
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Maybe next year, Hotel For Dogs.
Yaaaaaaay, District 9!
I mean, I know it won’t win, and I wouldn’t vote for it over, say, Basterds. But it’s nice to see a good sci-fi movie get nominated to cancel out Avatar‘s suck.
“And now, the nominees for Best Picture to Define the Downfall of Western Civilization – Paul Blart: Mall Cop… good luck to all of the nominees.”
The Downfall of Western Civilization? I think Katherine Heigl and her inexplicable popularity would win Best (Worst?) Actress for that one.
“And now, this year’s Lifetime Achievement recipient… Cam Gigandet.”
Precious had to drop 50 pounds in order to only take up one spot on the list
Kathryn Bigelow: What’s the difference between James Cameron’s penis and an Iraqi IED? IEDs don’t always explode within 20 seconds
I can honestly say that for the first time in quite a while, I would see more than one of the movies nominated.
I’m not watching Precious, though. Seeing a fat black girl abused as a child hits a little too close to home. My Step-Dad used to beat the shit out of my chocolate lab puppy in front of me all the time.
HA HA!! I LOVE YOU BROWNIE!!!
James Cameron: What’s the difference between me and Kathryn Bigelow? The two highest grossing films of all time. Yeah, that’s hilarious.
I think I have the courage to watch Precious. Nothing that happens in that movie could be as traumatic as seeing Monique’s unshaven legs.
Is that Harvey Keitel with Grace Kelly in the banner pic? Man’s got time travelling abilities now?
I concur with m’learned Patty Boots about District 9′s nod. Loved that movie.
What the hell was The Reader?
i hated “An Education” when they slipped in an “80s style montage” showing the girl studying for “the big test” (no, seriously they really did that)
Why that was the dyslexic Nazi love story, MiZ, how could you forget?
Oprah has her fingers crossed that A Serious Man wins Best Picture.
last years’ list sucked, milk was totally gay, didn’t deserve to be on the list
The ’05 and ’09 lists for BP were truly awful. Well, I actually sorta liked Munich in ’05.
This year’s list hands down kicks last year’s punk asses. Lets analyze this, the nominees this year consists of a EOD squad, a cute British girl, a sassy black girl, a squad of Nazi hunters, a talking dog with a soft spot for squirrels, a human/alien hybrid, a slow but lovable football player, and blue furry aliens. While last year’s consisted a shit swimming orphan, a fugly gay politician, a retarded Nazi, a crappy president, and a reverse aging midget. This is like dodgeball all over again.
Oops, I meant ’05 and ’08.
so replace ‘a serious man’ and ‘the blind side’ with ‘the hangover’ and ‘invictus’ and you’ve got the nominees as reported by wwtdd. there’s some misinformation being spread around somewhere, and i’m about to detective the shit out of the internet until i find the TRUTH.
Sorry, man, I don’t know where that’s coming from:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=56482
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/blog/2010/02/blind_side_is_up_for_best_picture_oscar.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123255486
Ok this has been killing me, and I don’t know if it’s been pointed out before, but the line from The Blind Side is “Yer changing that boy’s laahfe/Nope, he’s changin’ maahne.” It makes no sense the way you’ve written it in multiple posts. I appreciate the mockery, but such an epically stupid exchange should at least be quoted correctly.
You’re right. Though I quoted it correctly in my original post:
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/09/purtend-the-qbs-yer-white-momma
Also epically stupid… not realizing I could get nominated for best original screenplay for writing a 35 minute scene about playing drinking games with Nazis.
Guess I’ll throw out my script about an illiterate, cleptomaniacal, physically abused, jewish nazi that falls in love with a half blue three dimensional alien on an airplane while disarming a terrorist bomb. My next project… ‘Nazi Flip Cup; The Never Ending Boring Dialogue About Nothing’