Logorama is a story told entirely using logos for companies, products, groups, etc. It won the 2010 Oscar for Best Animated Short Story, and quite frankly, it’s pretty damn good. Give it a look.

I have my own, personal, no-bullshit Oscars (p)review over on TheGamerzZone. Below is my take on the Best Picture category.

Nominees: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air

Dances With Smurfs, Explosive Ordinance Disposal, and the 2010 iteration of Animated-Feel-Good-Dramadey.

Winner: Avatar

Is anyone really surprised by this? Avatar would have won even before it came out. I won’t go into the details on why I detest Avatar, because it’s be covered before by better writers than I, but I’ll simply say, I’m not a fan. Chances of winning: 95%

Dark Horse: The Hurt Locker

Another movie that people can’t seem to shut the fuck up about. Though is movie is compared to Dr. Strangelove, itself a brilliant film, Hurt Locker is a politically charged movie without any politics in it. If you’re going to be a satirical commentary, you have to have satire, and if you want to be a serious take on a serious war, you may want to try mentioning it. Chances of winning: 5%

Who Should Win: Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds was both a very smart film, with an exciting narrative and interesting characters, and a wholly enjoyable one, not once feeling boring or dragged out, even with most of it being in other languages. Chances of winning: <1%

Deserving Others: The Hangover, Star Trek, and District 9

It’s no surprise that these two films were some of my favorites from last year. The Hangover is one of the best comedies in a long time, and it managed to become nearly universally popular, an accomplishment that comedies struggle to achieve. Star Trek managed to make a new film in an existing series, with new actors, years after even the most recent series ended, and not piss off the entire fanbase. District 9, while not being nearly as edgy and unique as everyone thinks it is, at least it did try a new take on sci-fi and did so while talking about a different racial segregation, rather than doing the overdone and insultingly inaccurate Black American and Native American concepts.

So, head on over to TheGamerzZone.com and check out my full review.