- Up in the Air
Oscars season is in full swing, and oh how magnificent it is. This year, the Academy has expanded the Best Picture field to 10 — making the nomination prognostication possibly easier than guessing the winner in a wide-open field.
This is my third version of making the Best Pic field prediction. My first two lists (see below) are at times laughable, in retrospect. Amelia get a nomination? Ha! Of course, at the time I could only imagine the Oscar bait offered up by the pairing of Hilary Swank and Mira Nair. Critically panned, including by the Flyer‘s own Hannah Sayle.
And Nine? Oh, brother. Not many folks had a good thing to say about that — Chris Herrington certainly didn’t think it was worth the trip.
So, with the hindsight of actually seeing some of these films, and with an education derived from Oscar-indicating honors, such as from the Producers Guild (why do producers need a guild? They run the world!) and the Golden Globes, here’s my current guess on the Best Picture 10. With an * if it’s new to my guess list.
Oscars X 3.0:
