And so another Oscar potential has opened to average reviews and has all but tanked in it's chances to get Oscar nominations. Oh don't get me wrong, there is likely some nominations in the cards. Art direction, score, song, cinematography, and costumes are all a given for this film. But Best Picture, director, actress, screenplay, and so forth...that may be asking too much. If this movie gets any major award nomination it will be for Hugh Jackman for Best Actor, who actually steals every scene he is in and has played a role that will solidify him as an A-list actor. So why do I have this under the Best Picture predictions on the side-bar? Well, basically, this movie still has a slimmer of a chance in getting nomination.
That slimmer would involve the movie making a lot of money, and the opening weekend could suggest a nomination despite some of the problems with the film. So for now we'll wait and see how it does over Thanksgiving weekend. If it makes decent money, we'll keep it there for a couple more weeks. If it doesn't, then it will be gone by Tuesday (in time for you to pick up "The Dark Knight" on either DVD or BluRay). I did see the movie tonight and I'll be writing a full review soon, but to sum it up easily I'll use the term Oscar hopeful's hate to hear: It was good but not great.
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