Oscar Picks

The time has come for my annual Oscar Picks post. By annual I obviously mean this is the first time I've ever  done one and hopefully I'll remember to do one next year. Anyway, let's get started.

Best Picture
Nominees:

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Prediction: I think it will be The Artist. I just think it's the kind of a movie that the Academy folk likes. It's different than most of the stuff out there but it's not groundbreaking or way out there.

Actor in Leading Role
Nominees:

Demian Bichir
George Clooney
Jean Dujardin
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt

Prediction: It's between Jean Dujardin and George Clooney  for me. Clooney is basically Mr. Hollywood. They like him as a spokesperson for the rich, famous and marginally talented so I think he would get the popular vote but  Dujardin is sort of the new charming intriguing guy at school so it could go to him.

Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Glenn Close
Viola Davis
Rooney Mara
Meryl Streep
Michelle Williams

Prediction: Michelle Williams. Meryl Streep is always a good choice and she probably will get loads of votes but I think there is more buzz around Williams and I'm sure that Hollywood finds Marilyn Monroe more interesting than Margaret Thatcher.

Actor in Supporting Role
 Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh
Jonah Hill
Nick Nolte
Christopher Plummer
Max von Sydow

Prediction: Kenneth Branagh. Once again the charm of Marilyn Monroe will be the deciding factor here. Unless the academy tries prove that they're hip and go with Jonah Hill but I doubt it.

Actress in Supporting Role
Nominees:

Berenice Bejo
Jessica Chastain
Melissa McCarthy
Janet McTeer
Octavia Spencer

Prediction:  This one is tough. I think it will be between Spencer and McCarthy. Personally I didn't find either of those performances Oscar worthy but their characters are much beloved. I am leaning more towards Spencer on this one.

Animated Feature Film
Nominees:

A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Prediction: I have not seen any of them. This category tends to be rather stupid for me because obviously there aren't many animated movies being made and so the Academy just throws in the ones they've heard of. I'm going to go with Chico&Rita  for the simple reason that the poster looks cute... I'm going to guess that that's how the Academy will be choosing a winner in this category as well. Or maybe they'll just pick Rango because Johnny Depp was in it.

Cinematography
Nominees:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Prediction: I am going with Hugo or War Horse.

Directing
Nominees:

The Artist- Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants- Alexander Payne
Hugo- Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris- Woody Allen
The Tree of Life- Terrence Malick

Prediction: Well I think that it is a law that when nominated Scorsese and Allen  must win but I also think that the Academy will try to remedy the whole situation of The Artist winning Best Picture that they might award this to Alexander Payne. I know, my commitment to a decision is comparable to George Clooneys' commitment to a woman.


And that's about it. There obviously are other categories some of which are rather interesting but I'm not even going to attempt to guess the winners because I am that clueless. I do think it's safe to say that Iran will not win in the Foreign Film category.  

People suck

Yesterday I read a lot of news articles. About halfway though my day I lost the will to live in this world. Not only are there people out there doing horrible things to other people but there are also horrible people who comment on those stories. There are so many idiots in this world with completely distorted view of reality. I'm not talking about those people whose political and moral views oppose mine so much that I think they're morons, I'm talking about those people who read a story about child abuse, murder, death, illness and then comment things like "one less person in the world, no big deal". I know that some people comment those things just to upset others and they don't mean it but I think that makes them even worse than the people who actually do mean it. You know it's a horrible thing to say but you still think it would be funny to say, just to anger the people who just read a heartbreaking story. Real winner you are! 

The mirror of your life

Have you ever wondered if there is someone in the world who is dealing with the same things that you are?

The web is full of quotes that will tell you you're not alone, that people have felt the way you felt and got through it and all sorts of other cheesy affirmations, but is that really true? Sure, many people have experienced death of a loved one, an injury, illness, a broken heart, loss of job, abuse etc etc. but what about those more specific things. Is there someone who has experienced death of a loved one in the same way that you have? Lost the person in the same way and felt about it the same way? What about less tragic things that normal people seem to deal with without thinking twice but for some reason to you they seem like most horrible things that could happen? Is there anyone else out there who is as weird as you? For whom the obvious solution to said problem is the equivalent of deciding to climb Mount Everest by yourself while a firing squad aims at you and every person in the world is standing around pointing and laughing. I sure hope so.

Stuff

So I cleaned today, so that's nice. I feel a little better about existing when I have a clean area to work in. Maybe I'll paint my nails a little later. I meant to do it three weeks ago but I didn't. Time really does fly, which is why I have to go now and do stuff that I haven't done and now the deadline is too close for comfort. 

I decided that my new goal for this blog is that at least one of my posts this year will be interesting and I will actually say something of value in one of them. Here's to hoping! 

hi stranger

Hey,

so....long time no see. so, how's it going? oh yeah? good, good. me? oh yeah fine yeah. What? oh yeah definitely we gotta catch up soon, totally. yeah. ok. bye now.

Sticking to it.

It's January 8th/9th, are you sticking to your New Year resolution? I obviously am, I mean look at the many posts I made so far....teehee. Seriously. It's hard to stick to something you don't really HAVE to do. it's hard to make yourself make the time. I know that in the coming days there will be no posts, but that's planned. I don't mean I planned to specifically not blog during the second week of January, I just won't be able to. But once I am able to do it again I hope I can stick to it.And I hope I get rich overnight. I feel like whatever I write from now on will just be rambling so I shall go now.

Happy New Year!

As 2011 was coming to a close I thought to myself, what sort of "resolution" I should make. I normally don't make any because there isn't anything that I decide I should start doing once January hits. However, this time I thought, I have this blog that I would like to update more often and January seems like a good time to start to keep track of how much I post because it makes calculating much easier-math is not my strong suit. So there I was, in late December, resolving that I would post almost every day of the year. I figured I should give myself leeway, like certain number of days out of 366 or something but I should also be very strict and make myself post daily unless I truly can't. Well. It's January 6th today so I am clearly doing well.... yeah. I really do want to post here more often. Mainly because I am really good at explaining things to myself.I noticed this today when I was commenting on some news story and I started out with one thought but then as I kept typing I started to understand the opposing view. Me and myself have very thoughtful conversations with eachother. I think it's because all other people are idiots. Just kidding. Sort of. Maybe they aren't idiots, maybe they just think that I think they're idiots and so they withhold their opinion so as to not upset me...See what I did there? Yup. Clever. I know. :) I'm entertained by typing this so whatever, I don't care that you think I'm insane, you're just jealous that the voices don't want to talk to you.