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Welcome to the 2012 Academy Awards, a year just outside our ‘test-of-time’ range for judging the merits of the winners, non-winners, and forgotten gems. This year featured a lot of very good movies but no true odds-on favorite, which is why the eventual winner is seen as kind of a let down. So who or what should have won? What should have been nominated and wasn’t? Are there too many nominees in the first place leading to a paradox of choice (where it’s hard to even make a decision). Not to mention, what might be the best movie of the year wasn’t even considered for a Best Picture Oscar. Bruce and “Tex” get into it all as they try to make sense of a crazy year with Oscar imitating Art… Or in this case, The Artist.
Movies Mentioned
(*Recommended)
Tower Heist
*The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
*The Help
*Midnight in Paris
*The Artist
*Hugo
*Moneyball
*Warhorse
The Tree Life
*Bridesmaids
*We Need to Talk About Kevin
J Edgar
*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
*Drive
*A Better Life
*Bicycle Thieves
*Celebrity
*Take Shelter
My Week With Marilyn
The Prince and the Showgirl
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
*Albert Nobbs
The Iron Lady
*Young Adult
Warrior
Beginners
*21 Jump Street
*Superbad
*Margin Call
*The Father
**A Separation
*The Ides of March
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Welcome to the 2012 Academy Awards, a year just outside our ‘test-of-time’ range for judging the merits of the winners, non-winners, and forgotten gems. This year featured a lot of very good movies but no true odds-on favorite, which is why the eventual winner is seen as kind of a let down. So who or what should have won? What should have been nominated and wasn’t? Are there too many nominees in the first place leading to a paradox of choice (where it’s hard to even make a decision). Not to mention, what might be the best movie of the year wasn’t even considered for a Best Picture Oscar. Bruce and “Tex” get into it all as they try to make sense of a crazy year with Oscar imitating Art… Or in this case, The Artist.
Movies Mentioned
(*Recommended)
Tower Heist
*The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
*The Help
*Midnight in Paris
*The Artist
*Hugo
*Moneyball
*Warhorse
The Tree Life
*Bridesmaids
*We Need to Talk About Kevin
J Edgar
*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
*Drive
*A Better Life
*Bicycle Thieves
*Celebrity
*Take Shelter
My Week With Marilyn
The Prince and the Showgirl
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
*Albert Nobbs
The Iron Lady
*Young Adult
Warrior
Beginners
*21 Jump Street
*Superbad
*Margin Call
*The Father
**A Separation
*The Ides of March
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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