A couple of years ago I made a commitment to myself to watch every Oscar 'Best Picture' nominated film. It was an easy year to do so, with There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Juno, Micheal Clayton, and Atonement on the "Best" list. In the end, second best No Country won the Oscar.*
I failed to meet my commitment the following year, but I am determined to get back to the cinema to judge Oscar choices this year.
So fuck you, Academy.
Why? Because the 2010 Oscar nominations are out, and this year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has changed back to ten nominations for the Best Picture category.
Ten films in a short space of time. Okay, it's not so tough as that, because I've already seen four of them. Three of those were pretty darn good: Up, District 9, and Inglourious Basterds.
One, Avatar, was pretty darn crap.
And given the Academy's record of highly questionable taste, I'd be surprised if more than half of the remainder will be worth seeing.
Well, we'll see - I have until 7 March (US).
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* There Will Be Blood was the best movie, but No Country for Old Men was also excellent. Juno and Atonement were not bad and had aspects of interest, and Micheal Clayton was somewhere in between.
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