Movieline Ranks the 4 Biggest Longshots of the 2010 Oscars
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: The Secret of Kells
SURPRISE FACTOR: 10
The number of people outside of Ireland or Belgium who have seen The Secret of Kells numbers in the halves-of-dozens.
DESERVEDNESS FACTOR: 4
It's a very beautifully drawn film, but a little Cartoon Network in scale. The nomination is the award -- and yet! Anything can happen.
SPEECH FACTOR: 6
Who doesn't love seeing a nobody become a somebody on Hollywood's big night? Tomm Moore, come on down, you're the next contestant on Who Is This Oscar Winner?
OUTRAGE FACTOR: 9
Between all the Up-ophiles and Fox-iacs rooting for their favorites, a win for Kells could result in the members of the Academy being dropped from hot air balloon in the dead of night or flushed out of their headquarters with a high-powered hose.
OVERALL UPSET SCORE: 29/40
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Take the number of women in the world. Minus the number of women in the world who worship at the Church of Oprah.
That this is very, ridiculously true makes me laugh, as one of those remaining women. There are women that I know who don't necessarily follow the religion outright, but they do in their hearts and philosophy.
The third act of District 9 felt like a video game, true, but it was such a *better* video game than Avatar. Less "OMG WOULD THE DAMN BOSS STOP GETTING THE F' UP SO I COULD WATCH THE DAMN ENDING CUT SCENES?!?! DEAR GOD."
Oh, man, would I love that upset.
Stanley Tucci - DESERVEDNESS FACTOR: 2?? Really? I thought that was one of the most chilling performances I had ever seen, so brutal and inhuman..
I was not in the majority during District 9 release in the theaters. I could not stand that movie! I will say that District 9 was certainly more original than Avatar, but I could not get into the movie at all. The acting wasn't too good and the writing...all I keep thinking about was that scene where the main character calls his wife on his cell phone. No Bueno.