Have You Forgotten?

Before I write this post, a total off-topic thought: "Have You Forgotten?" by the band Red House Painters is an incredibly good song. It was featured on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack a few years back. If you have the means, I suggest finding it. Moody and melodic.

ANYWAY.....Have you forgotten that you are a member of the Fantasy Film Studio League? I have not! Things are gearing up for the Academy Awards in a few weeks (two weeks from Sunday already!), and there are a few awards this weekend. We'll see the Writer's Guild Awards and the BAFTAs announced this weekend. That should shake up the scoreboard a bit and we'll have some updates on Monday to help launch us into the final stretch.

Incidentally, this weekend also features the premiere of Shutter Island, the new picture from Martin Scorsese. It's adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel which I read earlier this week. Good, intense, pulpy stuff. If you're looking for a fast read, this is it. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Best Picture-directing, Best Director Award-Winning Scorsese returns to non-documentary features. This movie has been postponed a few times which rarely spells good news. Look for a review posted to the blog soon.

In Academy news - The live musical numbers have been axed from this year's telecast. Instead, pre-recorded segments of the nominated songs will be played. The producers have done this in an attempt to reduce the length of the show. Also meant to reduce the time is the placement of the nominees in the theatre. Apparently, a lot of screen time is wasted waiting for people to walk to the podium to accept the biggest honor of their lives. So, instead, let's rush them on and rush them off!

READY FOR A BLAST FROM THE PAST?
Some of you have commented on the state of the scoreboard this year. How the game is not as fun with a runaway first place (me). For the record, it's still pretty fun if you're in the lead. But I get your point. Last year we saw a lot more movement back and forth on the scoreboard each week or after each nomination and award show.

For those of you who participated last year, I thought I would give you a reminder of what the scoreboard looked like at this time last year. This is what the scoreboard looked like last year just before the Writer's Guild, BAFTAs, and Academy Awards. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!

Name / Nominations / Wins / Points
Danny Sarnowski / 40 / 7 / 101
Mike Palovcsik / 43 / 3 / 95
Scott Engroff / 32 / 9 / 91
The Dekkers / 23 / 2 / 52
Ann Sarnowski / 19 / 0 / 38
Jake Sarnowski / 10 / 2 / 26

Things were a little closer last year, but we still saw a lot of movement after this weekend. Look forward to a post on Monday night to recap the Writer's Guild and BAFTA Awards and to refresh your memories of how things played out last year!

Enjoy the weekend!

Danny.