This might be a stupid question, but how does The New World qualify for composer?

This might be the second stupid question, but "Julie Christie - La Vie en Rose" left me puzzled.. who was nominated? Christie or Cotillard?

Kris,

Shouldn't your predictions always be, well, your final predictions? I don't understand why you'd want to post "experimental" predictions that you don't personally believe in. It's only going to confuse your readers.

For instance, "There Will Be Blood" should not have suddenly jumped to #3 when it wasn't on your Top 10 a week ago. I could understand it jumping to #7 or so, but posting such "reactionary" predictions, even if they merely experimental, is a bit hasty. It seems like you're shuffling your deck just because you enjoy shuffling it.

John,. not that I didn't think I was painfully clear in the item above, but I'll say it again. I had no idea how to predict after the critics weighed in theis weekend. The waters were doubly muddied and so I figured, rather than leaving a black hole in the week, I would offer up a set of charts that reflected what the race would look like if one were to simply go by the week's happenings. And, my hypothesis was correct - the predictions look completely wrong.

Anyway, it shouldn't confuse readers who actually READ the copy.

And FYI, I do enjoy shuffling my deck sometimes. What can I say?

Anyway, like I mentioned, next week we'll be back to business around these parts and I'm sure the readership will have something else to complain about.

I did read your post; don't assume that I didn't.

I just don't understand the idea of posting predictions based on solely one week of news. It's like predicting the Super Bowl winner going off of only last week's games. I know that you did it just to post something, but ehhh, posting nothing would have been better than posting something you're going to renounce a week from now.

Oh well.

Understanding the vastness of Kristopher Tapley's mind is a colossal task indeed. But don't give him too much grief, boys & girls. Let him shuffle his deck till the cows come home. He truly does enjoy that - & I think he's earned the right...

Into the Wild doesn't deserve a Best Picture nomination in my opinion.

The story lacked any real substance, and the film was at least a half hour longer then it really needed to be. I loved the cinematography, and the music...but a Best Picture nomination?? Hopefully not. The film would have made a much better documentary, like Werner Herzog did with "Grizzly Man" (the film about Timothy Treadwell).

Are the new, post-BFCA charts with INTO THE WILD taking major jumps in every catagory real predictions or just experimental, pretend ones? I can't tell from reading the copy.

Oh, they're real ones, Summer's Eve.

The BFCA. Is there a more vanilla critics group out there?

I just was browsing the list of critics who belong to the BFCA, most of whom I've never heard of, and who I do I happen to stumble across but Kris Tapley.

I didn't know you belonged to them. Did you ever make this known? Regardless, pretty cool.