I think Slumdog was my favorite of last year's films. But the Academy really screwed up IMHO. Films that should have been nominated for Best Picture that weren't: Dark Knight, Wall-E, In Bruges.

And this video should convince you that Benjamin Button isn't that great of a film. Just a film with some good performances. Not anything worth 13 nominations.

And if Tomei wins tonight and Winslet doesn't = Tomei - 2 Oscars, Winslet - 0 Oscars.

But I'll still watch tonight, if only for the dresses and to see how Jackman does as host.

bona posted his ranking of Best Picture Oscar winners and so I'd thought I'd post mine. (I've only ranked the ones I remember seeing, my knowledge of pre-1980 film is atrocious I know)

Shakespeare in Love
Schindler's List
Chariots of Fire
The Sound of Music
Million Dollar Baby
Rain Man
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Departed
Last Emperor
A Beautiful Mind
Forrest Gump
Kramer vs. Kramer
Terms of Endearment
Dances With Wolves
English Patient
Driving Miss Daisy
West Side Story
American Beauty
Amadeus
Silence of the Lambs
Out of Africa
Gandhi
Rocky
Titanic