Considering I’ve seen seven of the ten films up for the Best Picture Oscar tonight, one of the following two things must be true: Either the Academy is selecting movies that are more in the mainstream — it wasn’t all that long ago that I hadn’t even heard of half the films that were nominated, much less seen them — or that I have way way way way way too much time on my hands to see all these movies.
While I am absolutely certain that Natalie Portman and Colin Firth are stone-cold locks to win Best Actress and Best Actor statuettes, the category I’m most looking to seeing who wins is for Best Documentary. The award typically goes to a predictably worthy endeavor about suffering but this year I hope the Oscar gets awarded to the film about art.
Even though I have no idea what other documentaries are running against it, Exit Through the Gift Shop is my hands down choice to win the golden paperweight this year. Granted, I just saw it for the first time not even twenty-four hours ago, it’s not like I’m a newbie to the street art scene. You can ask any of my former students (from around 2003-2008) about the OBEY sticker on the front wall near the ceiling of my classroom for verification if you don’t believe me.
Anyway, I can’t definitively tell if the movie is a hoax or not. While I’m about 90% certain that it is an epic put-on, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit to learn that Mr Brainwash is a legitimate artist. Click here to figure out who the heck that is and what the movie is all about.
But the main reason I’m pulling for it to win is to see if Banksy shows up to accept the Oscar. Who will he be wearing and which party will he be attending?
The Adventures of ALS Boy 
u are so updated. I have not seen even one film from this year’s Oscar.
I and my friends wanted to see Buitiful but guess what? We missed the date, and when we decided to go to a cinema they were not showing the film any more 😀
I want to see Black swan, The Kings Speech and The Norwegian wood.
We just watched a movie called “Waste Land” which was fabulous. It was a documentary, but nothing like what we expected from the description. We got it through Netflix. I would highly recommend it.
I will put it in my queue asap
the Kings Speech is an amazing movie, even though im only 14