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Friday, February 28, 2014

The Oscar Should Go To

Just because they take home an Oscar doesn't mean they deserved it.
By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin)

I watch a lot of movies. Too many, probably. In the Academy Award categories that anybody cares about (i.e. excluding documentaries, short films, and foreign language films), there are a total of 30 different nominated films. I've seen 28 of them. I feel like this makes me qualified to discuss the merits of these films. And considering the average age of the Academy voters is 62 (no, I'm serious, that's a real thing - 86% of the Academy is over the age of 50), I feel like I can offer a different perspective. Here are my thoughts on each of the relevant categories.