List of Oscar nominees

I catch some flak from the other guys for being an unabashed supporter of the Academy Awards. I’m a person that still believes they mean something and get totally wrapped up in the ceremony and whatnot. I make no apologies for liking the Academy Awards. Do they make mistakes? Sure, but other than the Splatcademy Awards, there isn’t any other award show that doesn’t get things wrong on occasion

Very cool to see District 9 be nominated for Best Picture. That’s the sort of film that never would have gotten attention from the Academy had they not expanded to 10 films in that category. Kudos to the filmmakers for that. It ain’t gonna win for Best Film or Director, but I’m totally rooting for Inglourious Basterds because it was by far the most original and freaking awesome film of last year. Even if I hated the Oscars I’d still watch this year just to support Tarantino. I really hope he gets best screenplay because I can’t wait to see his acceptance speech. Plus, Christoph Waltz has Supporting Actor in the bag. He deserves it. Glad to see Coraline nominated but it’s going to get murdered by Up. Avatar should win nothing but technical fx (possibly even sound) driven categories. It’s a technological achievement, not a cinematic achievement. Still, Inglourious Basterds has 8 nominations, only 1 less than Avatar and The Hurt Locker. I can get behind that and am really looking forward to the show!

I know my Splattercast compadres hate the Oscar’s, but we should totally set up a watching party

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