As one wise person once said on The Wire: “Deserve got nuthin’ to do wit it.”

I ask because every website I’ve been to today ranges from indifference to adamant hate for the film, and now that it bumped The Dark Knight, I can only imagine that hate will grow. The most common reaction to its Best Pic nom is simply, “ugh.” Sorry, but that doesn’t say much for the film. And if thats the case, what’s with Oscar? It’s like Crash, and it hasn’t even won yet.

Also, I hate that Benjamin Button wound up with the most noms, and 13 of them at that! Even if it doesn’t win a single one, people might perceive it as the film of the year (if they haven’t seen it already that is), which it is most certainly not. Forrest Gump was the popular favorite the year it came out, much like Slumdog is this year (and Dark knight for that matter). It didn’t win all its Oscars solely because old people loved it. Everyone loved it, and it is seen today as a classic. It has a, dare i say, “magic” quality to it. Benjamin Button does not. Out of all the people I know who’ve seen Button, only a few liked it and it wasn’t wholeheartedly either. So yes it has alot of noms, but I can’t imagine it winning many.