The Superbowl of Movie Awards - The Oscars

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It is that time of year again, it is my equivalent of the Superbowl - The Oscars™ On Sunday, the 83rd annual Academy Award ceremony will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Each year is different, last year it was all about 'The Hurt Locker' which is still one of my favourite films to win Best Picture.

This year, the field is very diverse - a good thing - yet, the Academy may err on the side of caution and go with the 'safe choice' and crown 'The King's Speech' as the winner. I'm hoping that 'The Social Network' will win. I think it is the more relevant film for our generation, as you will have noted in my previous blog entries.

The other contenders for Best Picture are: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours,Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone.

2010 was the first year where 10 films were in consideration for Best Picture, I'm still not sure that this is a good thing (previously there were five choices), however, it may draw attention to the smaller films which are usually overlooked and that's a good thing. 'Smaller' films such as 'The Kids Are All Right', '127 Hours' and 'Winter's Bone'. Smaller in this case meaning independent film and much smaller budgets. I loved 'The Kids Are All Right' which is the story of two moms raising their children who contact their sperm donor (aka biological father), whose presence in their lives causes a rift; '127 Hours' which  is based on the true story of hiker Aron Rolston who was trapped by a boulder and had to resort to amputating his arm to free himself; and 'Winter's Bone' which is the heartbreaking tale of Ree Dolly played by the excellent Jennifer Lawrence who at 17 looks after her younger siblings, trying to find their father before their house is taken away.

Any of these films would make a worthy Best Picture winner.