Really, Hasbro? Really?

C'mon, Hasbro. Get the fuck outta here with that shit, son.

"Best Picture" Doesn't Mean A Lot These Days

Not when something as mediocre as District 9 can get nominated for it, anyway. If the Academy was going to expand the category to ten nominations, one might think that would open the door for more quality films to be included. One would be incorrect, but one might think it. No, all it meant was that a movie as forgettable as District 9 makes the cut. Here are the nominations:

1. Avatar
2. The Blind Side
3. District 9
4. An Education
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’
8. A Serious Man
9. Up
10. Up in the Air

Can you name ten movies from 2009 that were better than District 9, but didn't get nominated? I can.

1. Zombieland
2. Watchmen
3. Terminator: Salvation
4. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
5. Taken
6. Star Trek
7. Public Enemies
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. The Hangover
10. G.I. JOE: The Rise Of Cobra

I can think of at least five movies from 2009 that I haven't even seen yet, but I'd wager good money on all of them being better than District 9.

1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. State of Play
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. The Men Who Stare at Goats
5. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

And keep in mind that Smurfs 3D has a nomination this year, but The Dark Knight was not nominated last year. Are the members voting to nominate the movies or the heavy-handed metaphors? Seriously, what are they watching?

Update from February 13, 2010: Add I Love You, Man to the list of 2009's movies that were better than District 9.