Acadamy Awards!

So the list of Oscar nominees was released recently, while I don't want to go through everything on the list I do want to talk about the category of best picture. This year they have blown the gates open and instead of a meir 5 nominees there is a whopping 10. Any way I've seen almost all of them I'm gunna do what I do best, and be a judgemental prick and rank em. This list is in order of who I think should win.

#1 Up!

Up! is not only up for Best Animated feature but also Best Picture. And it damn well should be because it certainly is the best flick I've seen this year...or in a long time. Just a damn good story, I gotta hold back tears every time I watch it.

#2 Up in the Air

Up in the Air turned out to be a whole lot better then I expected. Clooney rocked, the story was consistent and it was my favorite kind of ending (won't spoil it)

#3 The Blind Side

. Usually I hate Sandra Bullock but god damn was this flick powerful.

#4 Precious

Fuckin emotional. Monique, who you usually only see as a comic gives one hell of a performance. At points this flick is hard to watch

#5 District 9

I loved this movie. The whole idea of it is so accurate to how we would treat aliens if they were to come here. Never in a million years would I have expected it to be up for Best Picture but it almost makes up for last years Dark knight snub.

#6 Inglorious Bastards

Quinton Tarentino made one hell of a flick. Brad Pitt is phenomenal and even Mike Myers is great. An all around entertaining flick, also didn't see a best picture nom coming but it's awesome that it did.

#7 Avatar

This is the last of the nominated films I have seen. It is at the bottom because over everything else, I look for a great story and Avatar just didn't have it. Nobody is denying it looked great but a good film, a film worthy of Best Picture status needs more then that. I don't care how much was spent or what box office records it broke Avatar is not the greatest film to come out this year, and certainly isn't of all time. Sorry James Camron but I'll be pissed if this wins.

The other 3 movies nominated are "An Education", "The Hurt Locker" and "A Serious Man" I have not seen these flicks yet but I plan to and will update this after I do. For a list of all the other Nominees in other categories visit http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=56476.

That's all for now folks