LIAH #1004

eventful week to say the least. we had this big film shoot Tuesday, 16mm. i havent seen the dailies yet, hopefully it works out.
i found out yesterday that the oscars were this sunday. not that i didn't know about the oscars, obviously, but i really only knew ballpark of when they were. and they're this sunday. and i'm not working this sunday! how could you not be entertained by alec baldwin and steve martin? that's a killer 1-2 punch, especially if it's in any arena besides a nancy meyers film. to be fair i didn't see it's complicated but please i know the type of film. not my cup of tea.
my picks? predictions? we'll start with predictions. well the obvious choice is hurt locker for best picture. in andrew southard's world, NOT that i didn't absolutely LOVE the hurt locker, but inglorious basterds FTW. damn, i never thought i would actually use FTW in online talk, but it happened. yep. ropeofsilicon, the greatest movie website there is, predicts that inglorious could be a dark horse candidate, like crash was with brokeback. i'm seeing it happening. why not? and once again, i am a HUGE fan of the hurt locker and kathryn bigelow(point break anyone?), but i don't know how you don't give james cameron the oscar for best director. i mean avatar, best picture? definitely not. it'd be an outrage if it win's best picture and a slap in the face to the entire writing industry. but, directing wise, the man put together a visual masterpiece. he worked 3 years on it, had every intricate detail worked out. the man invented his own technology for the film. i'm pretty sure he deservedly should get best director.
we shall see, we shall see.