Well, that settles it. Whatever chance Precious had of winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards has officially been erased. Last night at the Spirit Awards, Precious won five prizes, including Best Feature and Best Director, and at any other major awards show that might be a good thing. But the Independent Spirit Awards NEVER successfully predicts the best picture winner at the Oscars. Remember Brokeback Mountain and Little Miss Sunshine? Brokeback was considered the overwhelming favorite to win Best Picture and Little Miss Sunshine came into the Oscars riding a wave of momentum from SAG and Producer's Guild wins. Both films eventually won Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards and boths promptly lost out Crash and The Departed respectively at the Academy Awards.
Now, obviously I'm not saying that Spirit Awards has a direct impact on Academy voters preferences. I'm just saying that 100 percent of the time the Spirit Awards and the Oscars disagree on best picture. I'm not too upset about this, but Precious was my favorite of the ten nominated films at the Academy Awards. By the way, what happened to the love for Precious? Presumeably, the best picture race has boiled down to Hurt Locker vs. Avatar--although some would have you believe that Inglourious Basterds could win as well. Aren't there any Academy voters loyal to Precious?
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