American Digest’s movie reviewer, Jeremiah Lewis, has posted his predictions for the Academy Awards this year. I haven’t seen any of the nominated pictures this year (odd for someone who’s as great a movie buff as I am) so I can’t comment intelligently on who will, won’t, should, or shouldn’t win.
Over the years I have noticed a kind of mob behavior dynamics in the Academy’s behavior. So I suspect that if it’s a Ray year, Ray will win a bunch of awards, if it’s an Aviator year Aviator will come away with several statuettes, etc. Based on the trailers I’ve seen and the commentary I’ve heard despite the fact that he’s sort of sentimental favorite (since he’s one of the acknowledgedly-great directors who’s never taken home the gold), this will not be Scorsese’s year. Sort of like the old Bob Hope quip: “Welcome to the Academy Awards or as it’s called in my house, Passover”.
I suspect it may be a Million Dollar Baby year.
GO MILLION DOLLAR BABY!