Fantasy Football is over.
I know I could play in some silly “playoff league” but I’m actually ok with taking a break from fantasy sports at this time of the year. Baseball season is right around the corner.
However I’m always itching to analyze, make some picks, and play some fantasy games. Well something besides Fantasy Congress.
So I’ve decided to startup my prep work to dominate my Oscar pools. Last year I participated in a pool and I had a great time trying to watch the nominated films and make some educated picks. I quickly realized I didn’t have enough time to watch them all so I’m going to start watching now. Not only will my movie watching make me better informed for Oscar time, it’ll also force me to keep up with my films (in a time where I’ve been terrible with my Netflix queue.)
So even though Oscar nominations probably won’t come out til the end of January, I’m going to get a head start by choosing some films from the Golden Globes nominees. Here’s my list of films I think could get Oscar nods:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Burn After Reading
- Revolutionary Road
- Milk
- Doubt
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The Dark Knight
- The Wrestler
- Frost/Nixon
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- In Bruges
- The Reader
- Happy-Go-Lucky
So fire up my Netflix queue and grab your movie tickets- I’m playing to win this year!
Update: I had so much fun treating The Oscars like a fantasy sport I’m making this an annual tradition! Click on the Oscar Watch link above to see all my Oscar reviews and subscribe to my RSS feed to get all my reviews for this year’s Oscar watch!
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