Who Should've Won, Who Should Win & Who Deserved

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I have been doing not so bad with the awards season film reviews that I had promised would be the primary feature on The Long Take until the end of Oscar Night, if you don't mind me saying that. I look back and see I have posted 7 reviews that is relevant and 10 posts in total this month and this is way above my average. I will take this chance to congratulate myself for learning how to fulfill my promises.

So far I have been posting reviews of films only because this is the time of the year when I spend the most time watching movies and I barely have enough time and energy to keep writing reviews for them as I go. I am still behind schedule as I am yet to review a few of the year's most talked about films (a.k.a. the ones with most nominations); but I am aware that in order to make this feature more complete, I need to write some higher-level articles that analyze what's going on in the awards circles at this time of the year. In line with this notion, I have pinned down what additional features that this article series need most; and I would like to share them with you, as always.

1. In all my arrogance, I have decided to inform you about who I think should've won in the Golden Globes, who should win in the upcoming Oscars and the films/people that really deserved to win in the categories specified by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). They might appear slightly confusing at first glance, so let me clarify:

• Who should've won in the Golden Globes is a post where I proudly declare my choices for deserving winners among the nominees presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In years to come, this post will always come after the winners are announced because, frankly, I never have enough time to be able to see all the nominated films before the Golden Globe night and I don't want to make up my mind based on my prejudices and preconceptions.
  
• Who should win in the Oscars is a post where I write about my picks among the nominees presented by AMPAS. I should be able to post this before the Oscar Night because after that, the excitement for the whole thing dies down and awards season comes to an end.
  
• The year's real deserving winners is where I freely choose the should-be-winners for almost every Oscar category according to my own criteria - therefore the nominees are of no interest at this point. This one should come sometime after the Oscar Night because I want it to be more conclusive than tension-heightening.
  

For all these three post, I will also analyze, hopefully every year, what percentage that the awards organizations were able to get the winners right. Yes, I am that full of myself. On the other hand I think it makes more sense than trying to guess the winners, unless you are gambling on them (which I also did in the past) so at least I have good reason to be.

Due to the sheer number of categories, the commentary on each one needs to be short so don't expect anything epic.

2. Year's Oscar Commentary will be an article, where I will elaborate on notable aspects of the year's Oscar nominations. Although Stephanie Zacharek commented recently that this stuff was too unimaginative to be interesting, I still think I can see certain patterns in the way the Academy behaves and those should be of interest. Besides, every year there is a little bit of surprise here and there so it's not an entirely pointless effort.

I predict that it will be in the nature of this article to be kind of repetitive; you might see in it what hundreds of others have already said but every now and then I might catch something original so I'm hoping it'll be a worthy read. Obviously, I will not steal from people without giving credit but I don't read that much so I can't guarantee 100% originality. After all, a surprise is a surprise for everyone, not just me.

3. Conclusive Article of The Year will be an annual wrap-up of things and will include:

• Best 10 Movies of The Year: It's the tradition that everybody abides so why shouldn't I? There is no big suspense here as you can always track the latest situation with my best 10 list on the left bar. I will try to have a review for all the films in that list so that the list itself will consist only of links to my original articles and maybe a few sentences for each entry.
  
• Worst 3 Movies of The Year: Similar to the one above, I will celebrate the people who were able to come up with the most unpleasant things we have seen on the silver screen in the given year.
  
• Conclusive Commentary: A little bit of blabber about the year in general in terms of movies. Notable details, things to be remembered in the future and whatever else that I see fit.

The awards season period in The Long Take will come to an end with this wrap-up post so it will be the latest among all these.

So... More features means more promises - I can only hope I will be able to keep up. Until then, stay tuned.