Good Morning Special Oscar Nomination Day Cousin,
Every year on this special day, I feel very close to you, because of that one time when we tried to wake up at 5:00 AM in order to watch the announcement live. That was a great -- well, I don't actually remember much about it because I slept through it, but it was a time. Anyway, they're here again and I feel like we should say something about them. Since I'm horrible at predicting anything, I'm going to note instead who I think should win. And I haven't seen many of the nominated movies, so this is really about my prejudices, rather than any objective evaluations of the art involved. So, not that different from your average Academy member:
Picture. The Departed. This is easy, because Little Miss Sunshine was overrated, The Queen was actually bad, Clint Eastwood needs to atone some more for Mystic River and I didn't like Babel the first time I saw it, when it was called Amores Perros. Children of Men should have been nominated, though, and should have won.
Actor. Ryan Gosling. Come on! He was on Breaker High and he dated Sandra Bullock. Except. What if he wins and then disappears, a la Adrien Brody? So I'm conflicted. Actually, the only thing I know is I don't want Will Smith to win, because it's H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S.
Actress. Give it to any of them -- I like them all. Um, everyone's already decided that Mirren's going to win, right?
Supporting Actor. Duh. Jackie Earle Haley.
Supporting Actress. I'd like either Jennifer Hudson (because she is lovely) or Rinko Kikuchi (because of the crazy/avant-garde fashion) to win.
Director. Scorsese. Or Paul Greengrass.
Foreign Language. Volver's not nominated, which sucks. Pan's Labyrinth was really good.
Adapted Screenplay. Children of Men. No, Borat. I didn't realize that Todd Phillips was one of the writers. That's kind of cool.
Original Screenplay. This one's easy: Guillermo del Toro. However, I did like this screenplay better the first time, when it was called El Espinado del Diablo.
What do you think?
Love,
-- Pete
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