Oscar Prediction: Best Documentary Feature

i think i've almost caught up with these Oscar predictions (although i'll almost certainly fall behind this weekend) so let's keep them coming.


the nominees for Best Documentary Feature:

• Darwin's Nightmare
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball
• Street Fight

my prediction: March of the Penguins. of the five nominees, three of them managed to generate some modicum of buzz--Enron, March and Murderball. but March of the Penguins managed to generate so much buzz that it has almost become ubiquitous since its release--so ubiquitous that when i went to my mom's this past weekend i noticed a stuffed penguin with a baby penguin between its feet (much like the picture above.) she wouldn't have had such a thing before March made its debut. it is rare that a documentary, which is probably the most ignored film genre by the American movie-going public, can manage to draw moviegoers to the theater when most people are avoiding it like the plague. that alone will get March of the Penguins the award.

next: Best Animated Feature