{"id":4395,"date":"2013-02-25T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2013-02-25T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:20:41","slug":"oscar-opinions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2013\/02\/oscar-opinions\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, for the first time in memory, I watched the Acedemy Awards ceremony<\/a> last night without having first seen any of the Best Picture nominees. In fact, the only nominated films in any <\/em>category that I saw were Brave<\/em> and The Avengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Actually, I didn’t even watch the whole program. We turned it on late, thereby missing the opening monologue, which is generally the most entertaining part. I also went to bed early, and didn’t know who or what won for actor, actress, director, and picture until this morning.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that I really have nothing to say about Argo<\/em> winning for Best Picture. I hear it was a slight upset, as Lincoln <\/em>was\u00a0favored and Life of Pi<\/em>, by virtue of its numerous nominations, was second-favored. Ask me in a few months, after all these flicks have been made available on DVD, and I’ll be happy to offer an opinion. In fact, I’ll probably offer my opinion here, on this blog, even if you don’t ask.<\/p>\n

But in keeping with the spirit of the Oscars, I present this list. Below you will find a list of all the Best Picture winners since 1990. In the third column, I offer my (very brief) opinion.\u00a0The\u00a0one-word opinions breakdown thusly:<\/p>\n

Bravo!: The Academy nailed it, as far as I can see. In other words, I’m in complete agreement with that year’s win.<\/p>\n

Fine: There were better options, which I list in column four, but the film that won was a good choice, and I can’t really gripe about it.<\/p>\n

Meh: This film wasn’t my thing. There were better options, which I list in column four, but I can still see why they picked this one. I can respect their choice, even if I disagree.<\/p>\n

Yuck: I am baffled that this crap was even nominated, and utterly shocked that it won. What were they thinking? Is it too late to do this year over again? I list two superior choices in column four, though I could easily list another\u00a0five or six\u00a0preferable films from that year.<\/p>\n[table \"16\" not found \/]
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