Not a chance. But that didn’t stop Defamer from outlining the far-fetched scenario in which the pic with the most nominations puts up a bagel. We’re yet to actually meet anyone that thinks ‘Button’ is as good as the Academy would indicate. But then again their penchant for sappy, over the top, excessively conceptual dramas is well documented.
Success in the technical awards is probably a foregone conclusion, although they argue “The Dark Knight” could do well in those categories behind sympathy for being snubbed elsewhere. At this point we would settle for a shutout in the areas it’s most undeserving – Brad Pitt’s monotone, heavily CGI assisted performance, Eric Roth’s recycling of the script that won him an award in 1994, and a Best Picture that nobody loved. What we would give to be a fly on the wall at whatever party David Fincher stumbled in to, if this were to actually play out…
I was just thinking about this happening the other day, and must admit it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Two of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption and The Thin Red Line, were both nomed for 7 Oscars and didn’t win a single one, and those were GOOD movies!
On the flip side, Button is the 11th film in history to get at least 13 noms, and 7 out of the other 10 went on to win Best Picture. Two of those films were Shakespeare in Love and Chicago (God how did those films do so well?) and another was Forrest Gump himself.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was good, but not great. I found it cold and emotionally distant.
YAWN…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button reminds me too much of Forest Gump. After all, they both loved a girl and worked on a boat.
YAWN…
Is there a manual that comes with these criticisms for Ben Button that no one told me about?
It’s time to get some new material.
Any time a flick gets 13 nominations its going to be polarizing. If you feel we are spending too much time covering it at the expense of other stories, by all means let me know what we are missing.