Oscars Update 2

I've now seen 4 of the nominated movies, with 3 more coming this upcoming holiday weekend, and the final 2 on Oscar weekend. One thought on the film I watched this weekend: 


-While I thought Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was overly emotional- its not a 9/11 story, and if his father had died in a tragic car accident the story would be the same, but using 9/11 adds pre-cooked emotion to the story- I thought some of the acting- particularly the non-Oscar winners (yet) fantastic. Viola Davis, who I hadn't realized was in the film, was terrific, and Max von Sydow did better silent acting than anyone in The Artist.


Now, the chart:

My Oscars Scorecard

Over the next few weeks, I will be watching each of the nine Oscar nominated best pictures.* For each I will fill out the following rubric.


*except for Moneyball, which I saw in theaters when it came out.

Acting- Self explanatory. How good the acting is.

Production- All production aspects (special effects, music, etc.)

Script- How good the script is.

Oscarness- How well it fits into the type of movies the Oscars normally award.

Each will be graded out of 10. The 4 will be added up and have an overall score out of 40. 

So far:

I'll make a new post after I've seen a couple more movies.