I’m predicting that being snubbed for Best Picture will now force Chris Nolan — despite his strong inclination against — to introduce Robin into the Batman series and make him autistic.
I think Slumdog Millionaire still has to be the favorite to win the Oscar, if only because “It is written” would be a great self-fulfilling prophecy, er, destiny that ties back into the film itself. Meta! The headline writes itself. Then again, never underestimate the Academy’s affection for purty schmaltz (I’m looking in your direction, Benjamin Button).
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January 22, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Ian Robbins
They also snubbed “The Hottie and the Nottie”. How dare you not mention that.
January 22, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Sickly Italian Boy
I remember when the “Heuristic Squelch” used to change the titles of recent movies into porn titles. Here’s what I came up with. Maybe, you can do this for all the Best Picture winners for the years you have been alive…
10. The Bi-Curious Case of Benjamin’s Butt
9. SlumDoggy-Style Millionaire
8. Rachel Getting Banged
7. Milf
6. Frost/Nixon/Cheyenne/Alexa
5. The Reamer
4. In Brothels
3. Tropic Thunder Down Under
2. The Extra Inch
1. Vicky Christina Barcelona
January 23, 2009 at 10:52 am
War
For the third film, Batman needs to rescue Holocaust survivors. And then have sex with Kate Winslet. That will do the trick.
January 23, 2009 at 8:23 pm
ichaffee
Ian – The Razzies took care of TH&TN.
SIB – I’m thinking I should just turn over the blog to you and we can change it to sicklyitalianboy.wordpress.com. I will work on that list, though.
War – If The Watchmen hews as close to the source material as is rumored, it might have a shot. Other than that, I think the next Captain America movie probably has the next best chance of a superhero movie getting a nomination. If you’ve got Nazis in a film, and you treat the subject matter with a modicum of gravity and sensitivity (eg. not She-Wolf Of The SS), you’re already about halfway there.