END OF THE WEEK:
the usual post-week awards in a moments. But I just can not ignore
predicting the Oscars. After all, it is the biggest of the big four
award shows, the only thing on TV worth watching tonight, has most of
Hollywood's biggest stars, and is titled "the Super Bowl of women." So
while I won't go far as to post a live blog (after all, if I haven't
live blogged the Super Bowl or the Golden Globes, why blog this?), I
will at least make my picks for the big categories.
is of course one big problem: of the movies that have nominations in
the big catergories, I have only seen four of those films: "The Hurt
Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Up," parts of "up in the Air" and
"Fantastic Mr. Fox." So, what I always do, is I'm going to make picks
based on movie reviews, other predictions columns and other award
shows. As you might have guessed, it has worked to perfection. Without
further ado, here are my picks and why I chose them:
Most or All of the Technical Awards: "Avatar"
I really don't see why not.Best Supporting Award: Monique for her role in "Precious"
Winner of the SAG award, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award andover twenty seperate film critics associations awards.
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for his role in "Inglourious Basterds"
twenty five other well known awards. Plus, as being in one of the three
films I mentioned earlier, I can say for a fact that it won't be a
mistake if he wins.
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds"
screenplays he has ever written ("Pulp Fiction," by the way, one an
Oscar in '95). Plus, like Roger Ebert said in his Oscar predictions
column, he pulled off re-writing WWII perfectly.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for "Up in the Air"
four stars out of all the films nominated for Best Picture. I have to
believe that sine a film like that didn't get it for its special
effects (like "Avatar") it had that honor mostly to the great script.
Best Directing: Katheryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"
that she won the award of Best Director from... the DIRECTORS Guild of
America (with an emphasis on "Directors"). Also, she should get it for
doing such a great job depicting the war in Iraq the best (so far) even
though she's a woman.
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for her role in "The Blind Side"
the Golden Globe for this, as well as won Roger Ebert's pick in this
category (ed. note: Ebert is the only critic I read to make most of the
picks).
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for his role in "Crazy Heart"
performance was. Add in his Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award,
and that's a category for Oscar success. Though I wouldn't rule out
Jeremy Reiner or George Clooney if I were you!
Best Animated Film: "Up"
rating on "Rotten Tomatoes," my pick for the best Pixar film since Toy
Story 2, and is nominated for the Best Picutre categorym, it has got to
be this film who will walk away on top.
Best Picture: "The Hurt Locker"
there's really only three or four teams that will win, even though
there are a bunch of people in the field. Same thing here, as the front
runners are this film, "Avatar," and "Up." But "Up" will not win,
because, well, there's no sign anywhere that it might have a chance. So
the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal of the nominee is "The Hurt Locker"
and "Avatar." So let's break down the best picture accolades won
between the two:
-"The Hurt Locker":
Reel Awards, Associated Press (top 10 of 2009 and the decade), Evening
Standards British Film Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, IFP Gotham
Awards, BAFTA, all of the film festivals it was in (10), African
American Film Critics Association (top 10 of 2009), Alliance of Female
Journalists, Austin Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film
Critics, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Roger Ebert, Chicago Film
Critics Association, Denver Film Critics Society, Moviefone.com (Top 5
Films of 2009), Houston Film Critics Society, Kansas City Film Critics
Centre, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Los Angeles Film Critics
Association, National Board of Review (top 10 of 2009), National
Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Online Film
Critics Society, San Fransisco Film Critics Circle, a 97% Rotten
Tomatoes rating
- "Avatar":
(drama), Associated Press (top 10 of 2009), Austin Film Critics
Association (top 10 of 2009), African- American Films Critics
Association (top 10 films of 2009), Broadcast Film Critics (Best Action
Movie), Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (top 10 of 2009),
New York Online Film Critics, Moviefone.com (Top 5 of 2009), Oklahoma
Film Critics Circle (Best Ten Films), People's Choice Awards, PETA's
"Proggy Awards, National Board of Review (top ten of 2009), Santa
Barrbara International Films Festival, 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,
highest grossing movie of ALL TIME.
Final Result:
The Hurt Locker- 38Avatar- 15
UPDATE: I've just read a news story in which one of the producers of "The Hurt Locker" is banned from the awards show for telling members of the committee to not pick "Avatar." (http://www.bestweekever.tv/2010-03-03/how-to-lose-at-the-oscars-in-one-easy-step-the-hurt-locker-method/) Crap.
And now, onto the usual. The following are my picks for this week's best, featuring Kentucky's finest politician, JFK and a video featuring dominos:
Stories of the Week:
- The Actual Story of the Week: California Man Killed in Shootout With Pentagon Police
Geez, I've know some people that believe that 9/11 was staged. But even they aren't crazy to go out and shoot government agents.
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Kids Direct Air Traffic Control in JFK Airport
So a man took his child, most likely less than 10 years old, to work and see how he controls the sky in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. The father then, for fun, asked his child to make some directions to some of the plane's pilots. Of course, it was blown way out of control, with major news programs like the Today Show having it as a top story. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it's the winter version of Balloon Boy.
Video of the Week: OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass"- Rude Goldberg Machine Version
Another great example why OK Go knows how to get Internet hits. One moment, they're playing "Here It Goes Again" on a treadmill, now this epic video:
Person of the Week: Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning
for being so passionate about his beliefs, he would not change his mind no matter what. For those of you that haven't heard, sometime last week the Senate held a meeting to pass a bill allowing benefits to about 12 million unemployed workers in this country. And it seemed it would pass, too. That is...until Majority Whip Dick Durbin asked if there were any rejections to this bill, which would mean that the bill would not be passed. Then, in a blink of an eye, the angry former MLB player/old fart stood up and rejected the bill, not only shocking the entire Senate but also stopping it from being passed.
As you might expect, the Senate tried to pass the bill again. Bunning rejected... again. Then, the tactics began. They used reason and understanding. Bunning still rejected. They used peer pressure. Bunning rejected.
They essentially used every trick in the book to try to make Bunning go along with it. But no matter how much they tried, both democrats and republicans, or how he wanted to watch the Kentucky/South Carolina basketball game, Bunning stood up for his rights and used that "liberum veto" clause, no matter how unpopular it seemed. He did eventually go along with it a few days later (wuss), but for those few days he proved to everyone, children and adults, that it is indeed okay to stand out and not be influenced by peer pressure. And for that, I say bravo, sir! Bravo!
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And that's the way it is! I'll be back tomorrow with a new batch up random thoughts. Until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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