Oscar Predictions Part 1

The Academy Awards are just around the corner, so it's officially time to announce my prediction for the big show!!

The first category we're going to tackle is Best Picture, the biggest award of the night. This year the academy changed the rules, now allowing 10 films to be nominated for Best Picture, as opposed the traditional 5.

This year's nominees (for those of you who have not voted on the poll yet!) are:

- Avatar

- The Blind Side

- District 9

- An Education

- The Hurt Locker

- Inglourious Basterds

- Precious

- A Serious Man

- Up

- Up in the Air

Who Will Win:

The Hurt Locker. Over this entire awards season it's been between Avatar and this film about a bomb defuser in the Iraq War. The film received rave reviews from practically everyone, even James Cameron, who said that it was Kathryn Bigelow's year (the director of the Hurt Locker and ex-wife of Cameron).

Who Might Pull an Upset:

EVERYONE saw Avatar. Everyone was amazed by Avatar. It's officially the highest grossing movie of all time. Most blockbusters are usually overlooked when the academy chooses best picture, but it's hard to ignore Cameron's masterpiece. It is truly a work of art.

Why the F is this Film Even Nominated:

The Blindside!?! Are you serious? I know that they want to draw in viewers for the show, and the Blind Side was another huge hit, but honestly, as my editor at Worcester Mag said, "It's a Lifetime film at best."

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