The 2012 Oscars telecast is scheduled for February 26th, just over one month away. I've been at this whole "Oscar Watch 2011" business for about a month now, so it's probably a good time to put up something of a status update, no?
Initially I came up with a list of eighteen films for my "to watch" list. One nominated film was not on my initial list (The Artist), so it will have to be added. I've worked my way through eleven of those films and have written reviews of nine of them as I write this (eight can be read right now, the ninth will be posted later on today, with the other two hopefully written at some point this weekend). For the sake of saving myself some time (and money!), I will eliminate movies not nominated (for now... if I have the time/money/opportunity, I will see them to discuss snubs). This leaves me with three nominated films:
- The Artist
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Hugo
As I am writing this, I'm looking back and starting to put the movies I have seen in some sort of order. Now, I'm not going to spoil my final list... but let's just say that I'm hoping one of the three remaining movies blow me away, or else my final judgement of this year's nominees will not be a positive one.
