Thursday, February 22, 2007

Graphs Can Explain Everything

One of my new favorite blogs is Indexed, which uses venn diagrams and other mathematical charts to explain everything in life.

For example:

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

My First Post in 12 Days... My Ocsar Preview

12 days might be the longest I've gone without posting in the last year...

Anyway, here's my rundown of what I think will happen, what I want to happen, what I should've seen and what should've been nominated in each of the major categories.

Actor

Will win... Forest Whitaker
Should win... Forest Whitaker
But I haven't seen... Ryan Gosling, Leonardo DiCaprio or Peter O'Toole
And... Aaron Eckhart should've been nominated for Thank You For Smoking

Supporting Actor

Will win... Eddie Murphy
Should win... Alan Arkin
But I haven't seen... Djimon Hounsou or Jackie Earle Haley
And... Greg Kinnear should have been nominated for Little Miss Sunshine

Actress

Will win... Helen Mirren
Should win... Helen Mirren
But I haven't seen... um, anyone but Helen Mirren
And... I should have seen more movies with strong female leads this year

Supporting Actress

Will win... Jennifer Hudson
Should win... Jennifer Hudson
But I haven't seen... Adriana Barraza, Cate Blanchett or Rinko Kikuchi
And... Meryl Streep should have been nominated for Prairie Home Companion

Director

Will win... Martin Scorsese
Should win... Martin Scorsese
But I haven't seen... Alejandro González Iñárritu, Stephen Frears, Clint Eastwood
And... the late Robert Altman should have been nominated for Prairie Home Companion

Picture

Will win... Babel
Should win... The Departed
But I haven't seen... Letters from Iwo Jima or Babel
And... The Pursuit of Happyness should have been nominated

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