Not any great surprises, here's what we can take away from last night
The King's Speech is a favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture
Natalie Portman and Melissa Leo extended their leads in the acting races.
Betty White is too funny to be 89
Some actors need help telling jokes (darting my eyes suspiciously at John Hamm)
Gratuitous explosions were on hold for a day (too bad The Mechanic might've been number one at the box office)
I understand I flip flopped gradually throughout the recent weeks, I now understand Hollywood attitude towards The Social Network, and even though I completely disagree, the academies will never compromise the watch-ability of the film they choose as their top prize.
I still have yet to talk to anybody who has been rattled or shaken so intensely by The King's Speech that they feel it might deserve Best Picture.
Writer's Guild coming up, also updates in the awards section.
For now,
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Hey Zach,
ReplyDeleteGlad your blogging. And I get your enthusiasm for the Social Network, which was a great film, but at some point the critics “should win because it is relevant to our current culture" theory had to fail. (Full disclosure, I’m cheering for Speech.)
If that’s the criteria, then All the President’s Men should have won Best Picture in 1976. (Watching the destruction and resignation of a President!!) And like SN, all the precursors leading up to the Globes had President’s Men winning best picture, and yet they failed to grab gold. Rocky did instead—which like Speech, was a sentimental favorite.
Elizabeth M.C.