7 Movies Competing For 82nd Oscar’s Best Makeup

I’m startin’ to get tired of hearing AVATAR getting nods left and right even for categories that it doesn’t deserve like best writing. Bloody hell! Thank God for achievement in makeup. But then again, this is also a category that sometimes could get silly because a few years ago, Norbit was nominated for Best Makeup and not too long before that Cinderella Man was nominated for Best Makeup, I remember comedian Jon Stewart who hosted the Oscars jokingly said how hard can it be to make Russell Crowe look like he was in a fight. But here are the 7 shortlisted movies currently in competition for the top 3 places for Best Makeup…

• DISTRICT 9

• IL DIVO

• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

• NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN

• THE ROAD

• STAR TREK

• THE YOUNG VICTORIA

I haven’t seen Il Divo, I thought it was a 2008 movie but apparently it opened limited here in the U.S. back in Spring of last year. I say PARNASSUS, THE ROAD and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 should be the 3 nominated. Movies like THE YOUNG VICTORIA usually end up in best costume category instead.
What are your 3 choices?

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre and televised live by the ABC Television Network.