If Avatar wins best picture, I will strangle a kitten.

The Academy Awards nominations were announced on Monday, and of course there has been an endless amount of buzz around the internet, mostly focusing on James Cameron's brainless hippy-themed trip of a film, "Avatar". According to a poll on Yahoo Movies, 39% of voters think it deserves best picture. That might not be a majority, but it is more than 8 of the other nominees votes combined. The second place is "The Blind Side" with 27%. I haven't seen the Blind Side, but I know it probably doesn't really deserve it either. More unsettling is that 50% of voters thought Cameron deserves the "Best Director" award. Also, 72% of voters think it deserves Best Cinematography, which I strongly disagree with. I have yet to see many of the nominees, and probably will never see many of them, but I still know Avatar doesn't deserve crap.

Last year's winner, "Slumdog Millionaire" was nothing short of a masterpiece. This year is a jumble of odd picks, and the sum of their parts is so sad that Avatar is actually the frontrunner. If Avatar wins best picture on March 7th, I will be furious, and you should be too.

Here are the noms for best picture, in case you've been living under a rock and don't know yet.

Avatar (most overrated movie of all time)
The Blind Side (haven't seen)
District 9 (a fantastic movie, my pic out of the 10)
An Education (haven't seen)
The Hurt Locker (haven't seen)
Inglorious Basterds (haven't seen)
Precious (haven't seen)
A Serious Man (haven't seen)
Up (good, but overrated)
Up in the Air (haven't seen)

I have a few movies to see, but as of now my pick for best picture goes to "Zombieland". That movie rules all.