And the Oscar goes to the rightful box office hit!

I, a film enthusiast, checked my flixster/rotten tomatoes app like I do every week on my wonderful, but incredibly intimidating, Android phone. I must keep up with the latest hits and busts and box office standings. Today I was searching for showtimes for The Lion King 3D (can't wait for that by the way), when I noticed that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 was still in theaters and was maintaining a fresh tomato status of 96%. One of the highest I've ever seen. This reminded me of Rolling Stone's Peter Travers and his review of the film. And I couldn't help but fast forward to this years Academy Awards show. Like Travers, I expect to see some Academy recognition for the most successful, and not to mention BEST film franchise of all time. The films have been nominated for the nerd awards of course. But I'm looking for best actor and best picture here! I know the pretentious Academy snobs typically feel inclined to choose the artistic and unwatched film where nothing happens but a nothing that means something. But I'm over it. I'm hoping that because they've upped the nominations to 10 rather than 5, the film may actually make it's way into the group. And because the Academy is terrified of Harry Potter fans (and by george, they should be), maybe they could be bullied into choosing what I, and many other fans, deem the best film in the series. And the best film of the year. I'm not going to review the movie. You've all seen the movie. But if I see one more film like The Hurt Locker winning Best Picture, I think I may just decide to be a Tupperware or needlepoint enthusiast instead. Don't get me wrong, they are always emotional, well-written and extremely watchable films. But I will never buy Ordinary People or Annie Hall or Ghandi on DVD. But I have The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars, and E.T. And I watch them all of the time. And quote them. They are the films that we usually call our favorites. But because they made so much money at the box office, because they result in action figures and dolls, they can't be Oscar worthy. If Harry Potter gets snubbed again for the 8th and last time, muggles all over the country will go bloody mad. We are so emotionally invested in these films that we want them to be seen as something more than a box-office smash. The final movie was so well-written, well-acted, and emotionally organized. It made me laugh and cry and cheer and clap and smile. It broke my heart to see it end. But an Oscar may fix that right up.