Re-watching Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, I realize the truth of that statement. For if Robert Downey, Jr. can get nominated for playing an erstwhile black man, surely NPH deserves some kudos for playing a hallucinogen-abusing poon hound.
Whatever, here's who's going to win the Academy Award on Sunday.
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire - Weinstein's 11th hour Reader push won't pan out, especially for a Holocaust movie that makes the Germans sympathetic.
Best Director: Danny Boyle - See above.
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke - Don't get me wrong; Sean Penn was fantastic in Milk, but Rourke's story speaks to anybody in Hollywood who fears the icy immersion of obsolescence. Which is to say: everybody in Hollywood. Also wins the dead dog sympathy vote.
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Academy slips into "We've Nominated Her A Bunch of Time And She Hasn't Won Yet" mode, Melissa Leo should win this, by rights. And Frozen River should be nominated for BP.
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon...ha ha, not really. In case anyone cares, Josh Brolin was really fucking good, too.
Best Supporting Actress: I know the odds are on Penelope Cruz, but I still maintain she's not really all that great, so I'm going with Viola Davis. Somebody from the Doubt ensemble needs to win.
Best Animated Feature: Wall*E - There are many who think this should've been nominated for Best Picture. I'm not one of them.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay: Milk It is a really good movie, it oughta win something...