Weekend Update #8: It's Oscar night!

Some off-hand predictions about what'll happen later in the night.

all images via AMPAS

It’s Oscar night tonight! You know what that means - people are gathering to celebrate what they think are the best films of the year and a handful of other great movies are certain to be ignored. But I’ll be rather honest, I think this year has also brought out one of the strongest Best Picture lineups that I’ve seen in quite some time. It’s easily one of the strongest I’ve seen in that there’s only one nominee that I didn’t like - and usually there’s at least three that I’m not fond of.

But even then, it’s also one of the strongest Best Picture lineups I’ve seen in the sense that I’ve loved most of the nominated films this year. There were a handful that I wish ultimately had made the cut, but right now, I’m here to comment on what I find to be the best of the bunch. Unfortunately, I can’t offer much to comment on with the short films (this is the first year I’ve actually went out of my way to watch all of them, too), but I’m happy enough with everything I was abl…