Could The Blind Side Score a Best Picture Touchdown?

Kyle: I have to say, Sandra Bullock has been in some pretty bad films, but she's usually fine to good in most of them. Seriously though, Sandy, find someone else to read your scripts after this.

S.T.: Why should she? She's two for three this year. I mean, I really liked her in The Proposal. Like, a lot.

Kyle: But All About Steve...whoo boy.

S.T.: Of course. I mean, it'd be great if these were better films.

Kyle: To use an Eddie Murphy analogy, it's lucky for her that she already got her Norbit out of the way.

S.T.: I agree, but that said, could All About Steve undermine her chances for Blind Side?

Kyle: Hopefully for her, people will have forgotten about it and remember The Proposal instead. Anyway, she's a well-liked movie star who's never been nominated in a huge blockbuster drama, competing in a weak category. She's in. As for Best Picture...now, when the 10 nominations rule change was announced, everyone assumed it meant that a big populist success would make it in. I'm continually surprised by how many people are thinking that means Star Trek has a shot, which I think has more to do with the time frame that the rule change was announced. I think The Blind Side could be that populist film. It's a drama, Sandra may get nommed, and it's an enormous success.

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