Hollywood Awards

With the People's Choice Awards being handed out last night, and the Oscar nominations this morning, I have to admit I am very disappointed. I will start with the People's Choice (PC), which I think are the most important awards in Hollywood. The Hunger Games received way to many awards, considering the other movies nominated. In the category of Favorite Movie, I would put Hunger Games at third, with The Dark Knight Rises as first and The Avengers a close second; but all other movies are light years behind these two epic films. Next, the category of Favorite Movie Actress, Jennifer Lawernce was good but not great like Anne Hathaway, and both Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis put up better performances. And how can you even claim that The Hunger Games is a movie franchise when it has only released one film? The Dark Knight Trilogy should have taken that award or The Avengers with their amazing work, molding so many different films into one franchise and one story.

My scone beef in this post is the lack of The Dark Knight Rises earning an Oscar nomination today. Though I can't say for certain the film should win over films like Lincoln and Les Miserables, it certainly deserves a nomination more than Argo or Django Unchained. These movies are good films but The Dark Knight Rises is a great, once in a generation film! However, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons why the caped crusader was snubbed by the Hollywood elite again was the film's use of the talking points from the Occupy Wall St movement, a movement Hollywood greatly adored and supported, in their villains master plan. Christopher Nolan, the mastermind behind the Dark Knight Trilogy, gave a true glimpse of what that kind of mind set can lead too. But it also stepped on the toes of Hollywood hypocrites.

This is just my rant over the idiots of Tinsel Town!

NCAA National Football Championship

My predicition of the University of Alabama winning the BCS National Championship came through. Though the game was much more lopsided than I expected, I knew Saban wouldn't let his team loose again. With that said I would like to point out a few things. Alabam is a dynasty, though I do not think they will make it three in aa row next season; Nick Saban is the best coach in college football; the SEC is the most dominant conference in the nation and will be for years to come. Though I did say early in the season, that teams from the Sun Belt and other lower conferences couldn't compete with the SEC's best, I was wrong after seeing many of those teams push many SEC teams to the wire. However, the top teams from the top conferences couldn't handle the SEC, with only Louisville really dominating their SEC opponent. The Big Ten is a joke when compared to the SEC; do not get me wrong, they have good schools and produce great conference games and some of the greatest rivalries, they cannot compete with the SEC's best. Everyone wants to say Ohio State can compete under Urban Myer, and they are a good team, most likely the best in the Big Ten, but Saban would dismantle their offense and embarrase their defense. The Big 12 and Big East are crumbling; though the Big 12 has made could efforts to survive the conference reshifting, the Big East is doomed. The Pac 12 can try to brag all they want about their great offenses, but their defenses suck. Oregon's offense is amazing, but they do not play any strong enough defense to truely prepare them for a major show down with Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Florida, Texas A&M, or South Carolina. The reason the SEC has won the national title game for seven years straight is because they are tested so much during the season that the championship is just another game to them. Not that their opponents aren't good, it's just that they have already seen what they are capable of and where their weaknesses are and can fix them. This is what makes the SEC the best conference, and why, even with the new playoff system, they will continue to win the big game.

I said I do not think Alabama will three-peat next season and this is why, Saban is a great coach, but the SEC is gunning for him. He will loose at least one game, knocking him out of the conference title game. My predicition is either Florida or Texas A&M wins the conference and they will face an Oregon team that hasn't faced a real defense and will learn that there are defensive players out there that are just as fast as their offense.