Might as well keep up tradition here on Gladiators. The nominations for Best Picture were announced yesterday, and while The Town was a surprising omission, the ten nominees are at least worthy of a haiku — though I’m still skeptical about the validity of The Kids Are All Right. Just saying.
Black Swan
She transmogrifies
to sultry insanity
and sex incarnate
The Fighter
There’s junkbags galore
And white-trash rumbling siblings
with a crack-head bro.
Inception
mind-twisting effects
an award-snubbed director
the top better stop spinning!
The Kids Are All Right
An amazing cast
Caught in pseudo-novelty
And clichéd conflict
The King’s Speech
Firth’s winning this year
To atone for last year’s loss
To this year’s Cogburn.
127 Hours
An exercise in
Danny Boyle whitewashing gore with
Scenery sublime.
The Social Network
Self-isolation
Begets a billion dollars
And some enemies.
Toy Story 3
Drives home nostalgia
Warns against curmudgeonry
Pixar scores again.
True Grit
A remake that is
An homage to Hathaway
And true to Portis.
Winter’s Bone
Chilling tale of young
Ree, battling social lines
Born from poverty.
