Oscars handicapping [Pictures]
With this year's Oscar races entering the home stretch, here's my take on the frontrunners, possible upsets and who will go home from this year's Academy Awards empty-handed.
-- Chris Kaltenbach
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Best Picture nominee: 'Argo'
Having won nearly all the best picture accolades of late -- the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild, Writers Guild, probably even the Iranian Film Society's (although I can't swear to that one) -- a win by "Argo" here is starting to resemble a sure thing, which makes director Ben Affleck's omission from the Best Director nominations incomprehensible.
This could mark the first time since "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1990 that the director of a Best Picture Oscar winner wasn't even nominated. It's like the academy members think the film directed itself ... |
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fragaa at 6:01 AM February 22, 2013
I'm voting for "Skyfall". That was the best!
Jack Wibbe at 4:52 PM February 21, 2013
Play alongside King Kong, that is,,,
Jack Wibbe at 4:51 PM February 21, 2013
1. Les Miz was not about the French Revolution. You're off by 30 years.
2. Who could play alongside and then win an Oscar? Jessica Lange, twice. Jeff Bridges, once.
3. The criticism of Zero Dark Thirty is entirely deserved. They told the world that torture got us to bin Laden. They rewrote history -- like reshooting All The President's Men and saying that Pat Nixon was Deep Throat.
Not so sharp on analyzing movies, here....
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