"Academy Voter,
Why is Atonement dead? It's because I like it, isn't it?
That said: I'd be utterly shocked to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly get a Best Picture nomination. Best Director, no, but Best Picture, yes. Of course, I suck at predicting the Oscars, so I'm all ready to be shocked. But whatever. Go Atonement! Is it just me, or is the quality of the critical darlings really high this year? Usually there's one movie every year that is popular that just grosses me out/leaves me absolutely cold (Almost Famous, Amelie, Finding Neverland, Brokeback Mountain, Babel...). I can't really think of any, this year. Once, I guess, and it's not like that movie was flat-out bad, and the only major noms it's getting are in Song, which I absolutely cannot begrudge it.
That said: I'd be utterly shocked to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly get a Best Picture nomination. Best Director, no, but Best Picture, yes. Of course, I suck at predicting the Oscars, so I'm all ready to be shocked. But whatever. Go Atonement! Is it just me, or is the quality of the critical darlings really high this year? Usually there's one movie every year that is popular that just grosses me out/leaves me absolutely cold (Almost Famous, Amelie, Finding Neverland, Brokeback Mountain, Babel...). I can't really think of any, this year. Once, I guess, and it's not like that movie was flat-out bad, and the only major noms it's getting are in Song, which I absolutely cannot begrudge it.
