SLUMDOG!!!

1st of all, I went 13 for 24 on the picks, not bad when you realize I only saw like 3 relevant movies. One of those movies of course is the one which I immediately declared best movie of the year, and sure enough, lookie lookie what 2008's Best Picture is (not to mention the movie that won 8 of the 24 Oscars).

Here now, your YouTube of the Day:

The Oscars

I usually couldn't care less about the Oscars, but Slumdog baby Slumdog, so let's make picks. Oh by the way, if you know where to look, feel free to use these picks as gambling advice. But bear in mind that most of these are complete guesses since some categories contain only movies that I haven't seen.

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader

Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Animated: Wall-E

Art Direction: Dark Knight

Cinematography: Slumdog

Costume: Benjamin Button

Directing: Slumdog

Documentary Feature: Man on Wire

Documentary Short: The Witness

Film Editing: Slumdog

Foreign Language: The Class

Makeup: Benjamin Button

Music (Score): Slumdog

Music (Song): Jai Ho, Slumdog

Original Screenplay: Wall-E

Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog

Visual Effects: Dark Knight

Sound Editing: Slumdog

Sound Mixing: Slumdog

Short Film (Animated): This Way Up

Short Film (Live Action): Manon on the Asphalt

Best Picture: The Dark Knight Slumdog

The Best Movie of 2008

I did guaran-Dachs-tee there would be a blog post today, so to whoever I said that, click the ad.

Of course, while I guaran-Dachs-teed a post, I didn't say anything about the length, so some quick thoughts on some random crap while I study for the LSAT.

Slumdog Millionaire is a freaking awesome movie. I was going to do a whole review but most people I've spoken to today haven't seen it yet, so let's just say it is well deserving of its Golden Globe for Best Picture, it'll be well deserving of many Oscars (yes, it's better than Batman, no, I didn't see The Wrestler), so go see it.

The Knicks managed to beat the Hornets in New Orleans. Naturally, Tim Thomas sucked in the 2nd half, but fortunately D'Antoni had the bright idea to yank him out of the game before it was too late.

The blog's prognostication went 0-4 this week. Not good times, but in all fairness I did switch one of my picks to the Eagles so yeah! 1-3!

And finally, Jim Rice? Really?!

UPDATE: Holy crap I can't believe I forgot this story. So we're at the theater, and while in line there's a couple behind us talking about which movie they should see. While the whole conversation was hilarious, one movie discussion stands out from all the others.

Dude: Hey, what about Seven Pounds? I heard that was good.
Chick: Who's in it?
Dude: That guy, he's tall, he played Ray Charles. One of the Wayans brothers I think.