While I did not go so far as to print my own ballot, I did make my own educated guesses. I'm not sure how many I got right, but I was 3 for 3 on the big ones- Best Actor, Actress, and Picture. What some people don't seem to understand is that having the most critical acclaim can be a good thing. These awards are not about different tastes in genres, or being the most well-known in a category. It's about pure, raw talent. Yes, Natalie Portman and Colin Firth were predicted to win by pretty much everyone. Can you honestly say they didn't deserve it? And do you know why? Because they were obviously good. I don't know one person who saw either of their movies and didn't walk away with positive things to say about them. That's what it's about. Does the movie speak to you? Do you sit and watch and say, "whoa, that was good." That is how an Oscar is won.
Movies are meant to take you to another place; to transport you out of your own life for an hour or two; to make you forget about your own joys and fears and let you experience someone else's. If a movie can do that, then it deserves acclaim. So, when you stand around the water cooler at work and critique everything you didn't like about last night's award show, remember this: the winner won because the most people liked them. They didn't win because they spent the most money or had the biggest name. The academy saw their talent, and was taken away by their performance, the way a motion picture should.
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