The Oscars are a popularity contest among the Silver Screen Elite. Clearly not a popularity contest of blockbusters or income. If that were the case, we wouldn’t need a suspense filled Oscar show to present the winners. So it was interesting to see what films the Academy is keeping an eye on in the next year. Who will be the next Slumdog Millionaire?
Latino Review shares the list:
The movies that they previewed were Sherlock Holmes, Funny People, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Public Enemies, Julie & Julia, The Soloist, Up, Fame, Terminator Salvation, Inglourious Basterds, 500 Days of Summer, Amelia, Old Dogs, Angels & Demons, Whatever Works, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Monsters vs. Aliens, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and much more!!
Personally I have my eye on 500 Days of Summer because I have yet to be disappointed by anything with Zooey Deschanel in it and it looks like a great film. That and the Soloist. However I was a little puzzled when another carbon copy Eddie Murphy Family film was on the list and then followed up by G-Force with action super spy guinea pigs in it.
Those are on the hopeful list? I can see why some are on their list, while others I wonder if someone was bribed to put them on the list.
What movies do you think will be on the plate for Oscar nominations next year based purely on what little we have seen of this year’s releases?
