I was getting my daily dose of Digg, when I found this article. It looks like the Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, February 22, and will be hosted by Hugh Jackman. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will go through with their annual spewing of the nominees this thursday morning, and MovieRetriever.com seems to think they know who will be chosen.
Naturally, my first reaction upon seeing this article was “Oh crap. This just means that we will soon be one more movie behind on our long list.” At least I remembered to put the Netflix envelope in the mail today, and we will hopefully be enjoying the next movie on the list very shortly — which will likely be next weekend, since Madison and I seem to have schedules that only involve work and sleep during the week. Oh, and of course she is in D.C. until late tomorrow night at the inauguration. Lucky her! You can see pictures and read of her adventures here.
To get back on topic, I read through their predictions to a little bit of dismay. Look at their predicted list of Best Picture winners:
Now, the problem here is that the only movie on this list that Madison and I have seen is The Dark Night. And while the Dark Night was an excellent movie, I do not predict that this comic book adaptation will take home this coveted award. Which means that we will most definitely be adding another movie to the list shortly.
As a sidebar, I was happy to see certain predicted nominations, specifically for actors and actresses from Doubt. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams are all slated to be nominated in their respective categories for this film. I went to see this one on New Years Day with Madison and her family, and must say that it was an excellent film. Meryl Streep was especially amazing in it, and I am happy to see her slated for a nomination. This was definitely a good film, and worth checking out if you are going to the movies, which is an activity that I would highly recommend in this lame weather we are having right now (winter == lame). I hope to post again soon with another movie review!