Let the Negative Campaigning Begin!

Here it starts, folks. This is the time when contenders must literally duke it out in the ring as various stories pop up here and there, some valid, some not so valid. Beware the frontrunner. We are now seeing a plentiful array of “David Fincher is an asshole” stories sprouting up like weeds.¬† Let’s see who’s next. There aren’t a lot of films who can win this baby. Basically two films, as far as I can tell right now, have the power to win: Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire. No one is going to take shots at Slumdog, not the way they did with Juno and Little Miss Sunshine.¬† Maybe the whole “faux Bollywood” idea could be floated. If The Dark Knight were even the remotest threat it would be sliced and diced so easily. Frost/Nixon can be poked and prodded as not being historically accurate and Milk could be just “too gay.” So you know, there’s something for everybody in the grab bag of dirty tricks.

And negative campaigning is an annual tradition, in case you were wondering if it really exists.