Oscars 2012Let the predictions begin
22.05.12
Oscars 2011. Tinsel Town is full of new, young samurais, some of who may surprise us in a year or two. But for us old guys, it's safe to see there are no new Polanskis or Coppolas, no "Godfathers" or "Bonnie and Clydes" or "Chinatowns." But at least we still have Woody and Scorsese and Terence Malick. We can at least hope the "Artist's" Hazanavicius and "The Descendents" Alexander Payne have future surprises in their man-bags.
Some nominations don't surprise, others do, and some are silly. To nominate the TV special "Bridesmaids," is it someone's idea of a joke? It's a long SNL skit. And setting a place at the grownups' table for young Jonah Hill along side Plummer, Von Sydow and Nolte, is just silly.
Here then, are the thoughts of one critic, one life-long film buff and movie historian. Many will disagree, some will not. It's sort of a free country.
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WHO WILL WIN: "The Artist," because Hollywood's younger crowd is into it, and there was a place
Source: Kennebec Journal