Finally, the part that anyone ever cares about, the Best Picture and Director nominations. 7. Best Director: HOW CAN YOU NOT NOMINATE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!!!!!!! He's made one of the greatest movies of all time, and you refuse to acknowledge his directorial skills. On Rotten Tomatoes, he has a 100% rating! I think only Paul Thomas Anderson has as good a rating. Shame on you Academy. Actually I take that back. Fuck you Academy.
Now that that's out of the way, now me can proceed with who should win. Being nominated many times for shitty films and not winning is one thing, but not to be nominated for great films is a tragedy. This director has been around for the last 20 years, making one of the most con traversal films of the last 10 years(which really, isn't all that bad, it's just about people hitting themselves for pleasure....with a few more undertones, of course). David Fincher, as much as I despise your film you were nominated, you should at least satisfy your ego(however big it may be).
Winner: David Fincher(The Social Network)
8. Best Picture: This is hard for me, as there are twice as many choices in this category as all the others (10 as opposed to 5). For this I will announce who the likely winner will be, and who I wish would win. From what I've read (all from Wikipedia no less) the most likely winner will be either The Social Network or The Kings Speech. I hate The Social Network. It is one of the most overpraised, over hyped films I've ever seen, and I can't believe so many people like this(same goes to Avatar too I suppose). To contrast, I really enjoyed The Kings Speech and I really would like it to win the Best Picture Award. But yet, at the same time, no more then a few weeks ago, I saw a movie that changed my perspective. Black Swan is one of the most moving, great films I saw this year. Maybe more then Inception(which itself was nominated by the way), this is the movie that I would like to see win Best Picture. It would really shake up the Academy. I mean, look at the Grammys. The most unlikely winner, the most uncompromisable album won Album of the Year, over people like Eminem, or Lady Gaga. Could it happen with the movies. I doubt this very much. Movies are more widely seen then music nowadays, and therefore most will just pick the movie they saw, not the best one overall, or worse, go with what the critics agree is the Best picture. As stated above most agree on either the Kings Speech or The Social Network. One critic, mind you, is the only one I've found who thinks a different movie will win. Roger Ebert, the greatest film reviewer ever thinks that True Grit will win. If he can spot a difference and think a different movie will win, then maybe, just maybe, there's hope for something different, something...else. Maybe it will be a different year this year, as there are many good films this year, and a variety of different films. It's been a good year for films, better the last year, and hopefully a promise for less 3-D in the future(which I'm so sick of, there have been maybe 2 films that looked good that I saw it in, the rest I never saw, or were crap. Thank god Inception wasn't 3-D), but please Academy, tone down the Best picture winners down to 5. Most people want to win, not to be nominated. It's like a girl sitting on your.....never mind.
Winner(s): The Kings Speech/Black Swan
So end's my review. Some may be surprised Inception wasn't put on for Best Picture. Don't worry. I know it's the Best Picture in my mind. I gave it the sites Movie of the Year Award. In any case, the Awards happen in 2 weeks time, let's see how many of my predictions come true. Until then, this is I wishing you get whatever makes you happy.
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