Rodney Takes a Nap: Oscars as Sleep Aid
For the first time since I started watching the Oscars seriously around '93, when "Schindler's List" swept all before it, I think this year's ceremony will be among the most predictable of them all. I wasn't around when "Ben Hur" came out, so I don't have a comparison (except, perhaps, "Return of The King", but I wanted that film to win, so the point is voided) in film lore of something being almost such a certainty to win, it's a one-horse race.
As an Aussie, I hope and pray Hugh Jackman does the business this year, as host. Given his proven reputation for hosting shows, such as the Tony's (seriously, if I ever had to say that I had won a Tony I reckon people around the office might think I'd been eating hash-filled cookies... who calls their awards the Tonys? Oh wait, the Academy Awards are called the "Oscars", so I guess that's okay!) I think Wolverine will be fine. As long as he doesn't have an on-stage appearance with Meg Ryan, I think we'll be safe with Hugh. As long as he doesn't try and do some sort of parody of Christian Bale flipping out, the whole show will be a classy, solidly familiar affair, with little deviation from the norm.
I read Beau's report on why "The Dark Knight" should have been nominated, and honestly, there's not a lot more I can add to what he's already said, (gee, thanks Beau for stealing all my thunder!) and I think anything I do say will just be treading old ground. "Dark Knight" was not nominated, and we'll all just have to get over it.
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