What are you ranting on about...? I have never siad that it is in any danger of losing BP now. But a guilds sweep (that some did expect) is just not happening.

I think the problem with beating The Artist is there's no clear alternative...you have The Descendants as sort of the runner-up critical darling, then you have Hugo as the most-nominated, and finally you have The Help as the SAG ensemble challenger a la Crash/Inglourious. I actually think that despite the fact that The Help missed out on key categories that its in the best spot to beat The Artist for a couple of reasons: (1) huge box office and popularity with the Oscar-voting folks (old people lol) and (2) the book is immensely popular.

But saying its in the "best spot to beat The Artist" is like picking the best team to beat the Harlem Globetrotters. The Artist ain't losing...you can't imagine how many times I've heard from folks that The Artist is a must-see. I was watching a college basketball game and the announcer told his partner that he had to go see it. I was watching a political show, and the commentator randomly inserted it into the conversation as a must-see movie. It's really captured people's imaginations. And because it's so well-loved, it'll probably drag Jean Dujardin across the finish line too.

what a boring year for oscars, I am going to skip it all together for the first time in a while.