“[Oscar voters] tell the pollster, you or whomever, that they are voting for the serious gravitas-filled downer, Babel. But, mark my words, they are secretly voting for the pic that is their guilty pleasure, either Sunshine or Departed.'” — posted by a N.Y. Times reader named Judy in response to a “Bagger” piece. Something about the conciseness and sense of certainty in this remark has given me pause. I’m suddenly thinking I might be wrong in predicting Babel to win. I need to think this over.

February 23, 2007by Jeffrey Wells6 Comments