Oscars 2011 - The Build Up

The New Year has only just begun but the build up to the 2011 Oscars has already begun. Studios tend to delay releasing films they believe have a good chance of garnering awards so that they are timed to release not long before the awards season. Hence, the hot favourites (see Oscar predictions) for the 83rd Academy Awards are only now hitting the screens in the UK.

The Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky and The King's Speech by Tom Hooper are probably the most likely to pick up the gong for Best Picture. Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich is in with a good outside chance. But can John Lasseter's Pixar really land the big one this year? They have of course won several Oscars for animations and animated short films. Inception by Christopher Nolan (you can see his short film Doodlebug by the way) is probably a little too complex despite being a beautifully crafted film with moments of pure magic!

After that, The Social Network by David Fincher, 127 Hours by Danny Boyle, The Way Back by Peter Weir, 

The Fighter by David O Russell, and The Kids Are All Right by Lisa Cholodenko lead the chasing pack. 

I feel that too many Brits have won (and even dominated) the Oscars over recent years and the academy will reward an American - probably Aronofsky (who was laughed out of Cannes with The Fountain if you recall).

To see if I'm right, check in regularly with oscars-2011.com