For sheer entertainment factor alone, I'd put Inglourious Basterds at the top of the list of Best Picture nominees. Nerve wracking, hilarious, ridiculous and disgusting all at the same time - that's a good Quentin Tarantino film in a nutshell. (A bad one, such as Kill Bill in my opinion, is disgusting, boring, and features way too much Uma Thurman - oh wait, I already said boring).
Christoph Waltz was fantastic (and deserves to win his Oscar) and Brad Pitt was a hoot (although in the movie less than you'd imagine from the trailers). As in all good Tarantino films, the dialogue (in four languages I might add) was practically poetic - if the poet was completely insane.
I'd give it a solid 9. My final pick for Best Picture is a tie between Inglourious Basterds and Precious, neither of which stand a chance to win - of the two that are likely I'd rather see Hurt Locker than Avatar, because James Cameron is a tool (and his script was crap), and because it'd be the little guy (or girl) beating the big corporation.
And now - back to watching 5 month old dvd's from my Netflix queue.
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