The Hangover

I was reading my go-to Oscar Blog today written by Dave Karger for Entertainment Weekly and he wrote about how there was speculation that the summer blockbuster The Hangover could potentially become an Oscar contender. I had to read this a couple times before it sunk in, would the Academy really stoop that low just to score some ratings? I always thought Academy members were much classier than that--guess I thought wrong. I mean come on! Why don't they just nominate The Ugly Truth and G-Force while they're at it? I was really excited when they announced that there would be ten Best Picture nominees because that meant more films to root for come February but now I'm reigning some of that excitement back in. Who knows I could just be jumping the gun and the Academy could prove me wrong. I hope they do.