Oscar has released their nomination for the 82nd Academy Awards. As predicted, Sandra Bullock got nominated for the category of outstanding actress in a leading role. What surprises me in this year's Oscar is that the Best Picture category was expanded up to 10 contenders from the traditional five. The have following been nominated for the category of Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up and Up in the Air.
I am so delighted that The Blind Side, one of the most pleasant and stirring movies I've seen so far, did make it to the list. However, I think this film and the other 4 were only benefited by the expansion of Best Picture category. Relating this to Best Director category (which remains with 5 slots), only James Cameron (Avatar), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Lee Daniels (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) and Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) did make it to the top five. Therefore, only Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air were the ones originally listed as the contenders for Best Picture. The other half of the nomination was only part of the extension. Nonetheless, I am ecstatic that The Blind Side is on the list; and of course, another very lovable film from Pixar, Up, made it too!
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