2001.

He pretty clearly makes his conclusion first, uncritically accepts anything that seems to confirm it and ignores or rejects anything that doesn't.

EDIT: And just to be clear, I am not a fan of 3D movies. They're never worth the $5-7 premium and I really hope to see the trend fizzle out and not become the norm. But a bad argument is a bad argument.

Most people seemed to agree that Scorsese's THE DEPARTED win was really more of a lifetime achievement award, too.

Likewise it's pretty commonly accepted that RETURN OF THE KING's Best Picture Oscar was really being awarded for the entire series, but they didn't want to give it to the same series three years in a row so they just let the last stand for all.

Pft. You'll be back.

Let's not confuse directing with screenwriting, though. While yes they are functionally the same in terms of telling the story, for the sake of an award they are necessarily, if arbitrarily, partitioned.

I like INCEPTION quite a lot and I think it shows Christopher Nolan to be a strong director, but not the best director of the year -- nor is the film really a Best Picture candidate. I don't think it's actually that convoluted, although it does have a lot of setup for imaginative possibilities that aren't ultimately paid off.

Oh, and Kevin Smith sucks now. He used to be pretty cool -- at the 10th Anniversary of CLERKS he was totally affable and approachable, I even got to chat with him one on one for a while -- but he's got this personality disorder where the more success he gets the more insecure and neurotic he becomes. I loved a lot of his early stuff but I really just can't stand him anymore.

Probably for the best. Either one of them would be at imminent risk of unwelcome sexual violation in that room. And that's not even including what my co-hosts might do.

I officially don't know what's going on in this thread.