Just want to register one little opinion on the Oscar noms: In an otherwise snoringly predictable line up, I was pleasantly surprised to see In the Loop appear in the Adapted Screenplay category. For months now, I’ve been telling people this was the most hilarious movie I’ve seen all year, while feeling like I might as well be reporting a sighting of Big Foot. Is there anyone else in this whole wide world who is aware that this film even exists? Well, now there is. I hope it benefits from this boost, so I won’t have to feel so lonely when I am looking for someone to wax nostalgic with about the ample belly laughs it bestows.
One other little opinion (but I’m sure I don’t have to feel quite so lonely in this one): Glad to see A Serious Man squeezed in on the list of 10.