And, the winner is...
Hollywood's Big Night Promises to be Memorable
Chuck Acheson
Issue date: 3/5/10 Section: Entertainment
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Best Picture
The winner of this year's "Best Picture" will be The Hurt Locker.
The Hurt Locker has been picking up momentum over the last few weeks and looks to be a lock for the award. This would mark the first time a movie about the war in Iraq won the award.
Following the win at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Kathryn Bigelow's magnum opus probably has a big night in store with this award and several others.
The only movie that looks to have a chance of spoiling the night for The Hurt Locker is James Cameron's Avatar. For some reason, after being visually and intellectually insulted for almost three hours, people leave the theater thinking they just saw some resplendent combination of The Smurfs, Star Wars and The Last of the Mohicans.
Don't worry, Avatar will still win all the truly meaningful purchasable Oscars for effects. But, effects don't win the big one. Especially when District 9 made the same moral points better and on a budget a fraction of the size of Avatar's.
I'd love to see District 9 win the award. It was a devastatingly beautiful film about racism, but I doubt the Academy would give it to a sci-fi indie film.
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) will be the first woman to win the award.
In addition to being the first female recipient of "Best Director," another twist makes this award race truly interesting. Bigelow is divorced from Cameron.
Cameron is a hot contender to steal this award from Bigelow. But, with the chance to finally give the award to a deserving woman, which is long overdue, who happens to be divorced from another top contender, the storyline is too good for the Academy to pass up.
Best Male Lead
After two breaks from tradition, I think the Academy is keeping it close to home for "Best Male Lead." I'm going with George Clooney (Up in the Air).
As part of his powerful performance, Clooney helped develop and create a character most people can connect with on some level and, despite his job as a corporate downsizer, with whom can sympathize.
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) is definitely the strongest competitor for Clooney for the award. And, Bridges could very well finally strike gold with his fifth nomination.
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