My older brother, Gordo, his girlfriend, Brittany, and I usually make bets on who will win the Oscars. We keep a running tally of who guessed correctly for each of the categories, and then the overall winner gets bragging rights until next year.
It’s usually a friendly competition, but this year the stakes were raised on the Best Director category.
Gordo and Brittany said Fincher (The Social Network). I said Hooper (The King’s Speech).
Their reasoning for Fincher: he deserves it.
My reasoning for Hooper: complex equations involving statistical analysis and even one very intense psychic dream about a crazy gypsy woman named LaQuisha who looked at bird droppings before proclaiming that Hooper would be victorious.
Turns out that statistics and LaQuisha’s bird droppings were right.
And I find this extremely funny because Gordo and Brittany prepared for this night by watching all of the major contenders in all of the major categories. Which means that they spent lots of money going to theaters to better prepare themselves. They could practically tell you anything you wanted to know about each of the movies.
I, on the other hand, didn’t watch ANY of the movies. Not a single one.
Now did that make them more qualified to choose than me. It should have; however, I like statistics.
See “the Academy”—whoever that includes—hardly ever picks best director based on merits. They pick the movie that they think should win Best Picture and then Best Director automatically follows.
Therefore, since all three of us agreed that The King’s Speech would win the Oscar for Best Picture, it logically followed that we should vote for Hooper. But noooo. They didn’t want to listen to me. They said I was crazy. Crazy! Me!
So just before they announced the winner for Best Director, my brother decides to raise the stakes. Instead of simple bragging rights, he wagered an expensive bottle of alcohol of the winner’s choice—that Fincher would beat out Hooper.
Guess who’s expecting a nice, expensive bottle of German wine? In fact, the perfect wine to enjoy with celebratory cheesecake.
P.S.—In case you’re interested in the totals. I won the bragging rights as well.
Tiffany – 17
Gordo – 14
Brittany - 13
The King's Speech was an excellent film. You should watch it.
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