The National Board of Review claims Martin Scorsese's adaptation Hugo, to be the best film of the year.
Surprised? Don't be.
There have been a number of extremely popular and acclaimed children's films throughout the years, none of which have made an impact on award season other than in animated categories.
However, the National Board of Review has had a feud with the mainstream Oscar-buzzing media dating all the way back to the 1930s. As the second oldest film awards next to the Oscars, the NBR has ever since tried to award films the Oscars wouldn't.
So to speak, this victory for Hugo in the Oscar race is marginal at best.
What is important is the NBR posts a top-10 list for the year, which we can almost always pick out the future Oscar nominations. Here's what we got:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
The Tree of Life
War Horse
No surprises except maybe J. Edgar, who had an underwhelming box office performance and sub-par reviews. If there were 5 Oscar nominees, you can certainly find them here, save a late surge by an independent film (like Take Shelter).
Not Surprisingly however, Best Actor went to George Clooney for The Descendants, and Best Actress went to Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin.
You can find the whole list in the award section. I'll be back later this week with hopefully more clarity of the race and pray, more witty commentary...
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