And the Oscar Goes to…
February 1, 2012 | TV/movie addiction
Just in time for Oscar Season 2012, I’d like to give my final ranking of last year’s best picture nominees and award my own belated, yet incredibly important, Hollow Squirrel NotOscar Best Movie of 2011 Award (aka HSNOBM 2011`):
Last you knew, I’d seen seven of the 10 best pic nominees and this was the order of my preference:
1. The Social Network
2. The Kings Speech
3. 127 Hours
4. Inception
5. Toy Story 3
6. Winter’s Bone
7. The Kids are All Right
I finally saw Black Swan this past summer with our family babysitter– dang. That was creepy, and Mila Kunis is stunningly gorgeous. I think it was worthy of a nomination. You’ll see where it fits in the list at the end of the post. Nail-biting, isn’t it?
Then showed up on Netflix, so we caught that last month. That was good, too — I love the Coen brothers, and I hadn’t known before seeing it that Matt Damon was in the movie. Jeff Bridges is wicked talented and deserved the nomination. I love how much he loves acting. I also love that I live in a time period with better dentistry practices. There were some gnarly chompers on deck.
And just this week, I made my husband watch , which watch out top of the chart, because holy jeeez that was some good acting. A well-deserved Oscar to Christian Bale as supporting actor. I’m still not sure why Amy Adams was nominated. She was good, but not nomination-worthy. Also? Crack is whack.
SO, the FINAL list of the venerable Hollow Squirrel Oscar Movie Review (2011…because YES, it’s hard to believe, but the
1. The Social Network
2. The Fighter
3. The Kings Speech
4. 127 Hours
5. True Grit
6. Black Swan
7. Inception
8. Toy Story 3
9. Winter’s Bone
10. The Kids are All Right
Yep, that’s right. I’ve gotta sew up some ribbons for the winners and runners-up. It’s over, people. Roll up the red carpet and head home.
I’m already on the path to seeing the nominations for THIS years awards… I’ve seen “Hugo” (seriously? Best Picture nominee? booooooo.) and redboxed “Moneyball” today. I plan on seeing “The Help” this weekend…and then I might actually have to *gasp* go to the theater.
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February 1st, 2012 at 7:37 pm, alison Says:
When I saw Hugo, the first thing I said was “can we go see it again tomorrow?” I absolutely loved it
Moneyball so-so (but baseball and Brad Pitt are a nice combo for little old me). The Help. I’ll be interested to hear what you think. Miss you!
February 1st, 2012 at 8:00 pm, alison Says:
Fair enough
I’ve talked to a couple of people who didn’t like it, or, like you said, thought it was flat. It swept me away, but then again, so did Titanic. I’m so lame.
February 1st, 2012 at 10:02 pm, Beth Says:
I appreciate the reviews because out of your top 10 I have seen one- Toy Story 3. Some day I’ll get around to them.
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:52 pm, Audrey Says:
I watched Black Swan a couple months ago and…wow, yeah. That was some dark, creepy cinema right there. I heard that Natalie Portman did all of her own ballet in that movie, and she wasn’t a ballet dancer before. That, more than anything, blew me away. She was doing some seriously hard stuff!