Last week, in response to the fairly bland and uninspired crop of Best Picture nominees this year, we asked our readers how many of them they actually enjoyed. And much like me, you folks were mostly negative on the movies that the Academy deemed the cream of this year’s crop. 76% of you said that you only liked two or fewer of the five nominees, with half those people liking one or even zero. 19% liked three of them, 6% enjoyed four out of five, and none of you were actually positive on all five. Of course, this negative skewing of results may be partially attributable to the results of last week’s bonus poll, which determined that only 25% of voters had actually seen all five movies. Another 25% had seen three of the nominees, while 8% capped their nominee viewing at two. And a whopping 42% of you had seen either one or none of them. And they wonder why Nielsen ratings for the ceremony are plummeting…
This week, in keeping with our Oscar theme, we’re presenting the first of three lists devoted to your Oscar predictions. First off, the supporting nominees. Most of us are fairly sure of who we think will take Best Supporting Actor, but what if Academy voters decide to throw the ultimate Oscar curveball by awarding someone whose name doesn’t rhyme with Teeth Dredger? Likely? No. But not impossible.
Somewhat more competitive is the Supporting Actress race. With consensus “overdue” nominee Kate Winslet honored in Best Actress rather than here, the race gets more interesting. Will Academy members mark their ballots for Viola Davis’ much-ballyhooed one-extended scene work in Doubt, or go for her younger and more fresh-faced costar Amy Adams? Will they invite Benjamin Button’s adoptive mama Taraji P. Henson back to the Oscar stage she appeared on three years back opposite Three Six Mafia? Can one-time winner Marisa Tomei make it two? Or will they, by awarding Penelope Cruz, remember a time when Woody Allen movies were the safest bet around in this category? You make the call:
As always, the comments section is open. See you next week!