Is '50/50' a potential Academy awards Sleeper?

I've been raving about '50/50' -- the Jonathan Levine-directed dramedy which stars Ernest Gordon-Levitt just like a youthful guy stricken with cancer -- for the days. Last evening, I used to be asked for essentially thought it could garner an Academy Award nomination for top Picture. My primary, knee-jerk reaction? Not really a chance! But, wait: why can't the most popular movie of year (so far) be nominated with an Oscar? You will discover a few reasons, just one is the fact that there is not any real discussion of the chances if nobody is mentioning '50/50' inside the same sentence as "Oscar," it probably cannot be nominated, right? Let's change that: thank you for going to Moviefone's official '50/50' Oscar campaign kick-off! Now, I recognize that you just probably haven't seen '50/50,' because it won't emerge until inside a couple of days. (We'll publish an even more-detailed summary of the film then.) But that's kinda the reason. Nobody saw 'Warrior,' (a film I loved but nowhere near around I loved '50/50') since movie is toast. No real chance for just about any major honours outdoors from the potential supporting actor jerk for Nick Nolte. (In addition to Nolte's nomination, which was a shoo-inside a few days ago, is searching pretty bleak nowadays.) Consequently: Don't allowed this to happen to '50/50.' Do not let the awful recollections of co-star and producer Seth Rogen's other cancer movie, 'Funny People,' scare you away. I saw '50/50' over recently which i still can't get its charm, wit, fear, surrealism and raw f-cking emotion from my thoughts. (And, that it's worth, I rarely visit softball softball bat for movies like I'm doing now.) Yet, for just about any film that we like around I really do '50/50,' why am I so reluctant take any chance to have an Oscar nomination? Because films like '50/50' aren't usually nominated. 'Terms of Endearment' (a film stated in '50/50') won Best Picture in 1983 and, initially, covers similar ground. But, not always. 'Terms' was more an account of a failing marriage that ended with cancer -- certainly difficult riot! '50/50' is all about cancer, but it's also quite funny. It's certainly not really a pure, straightforward comedy -- but any hint of laughter in route is not examined while using kindest of eyes with the Academy. However, when the were the eighties and early 1990's, I'd feel fairly comfortable putting '50/50' in the center of the Oscar race. Ultimately, that was a period of time period which saw 'Tootsie,' 'Working Girl,' and 'Ghost' all leave with Best Picture nominations. 'Tootsie' is great, but sometimes you'd suppose movie acquiring a best picture nomination today? Which may be the problem, I've become hard-wired to recognize this type of circa-2011 Best Picture nominee should certainly appear like. (Also, similar to in 1982 if the was difficult to fathom a movie being nominated for top Picture that featured Bill Murray, it's hard to create a movie this season getting nominated which has Seth Rogen -- but, for f-ck's sake, it will.) An Oscar movie should certainly appear as an arty period piece or -- since the expansion up to ten films -- a "congratulationsInch action blockbuster that has little chance of winning, but enhances the ratings in the Academy awards telecast. (Think: 'Inception.') '50/50' doesn't appear like either of people, so -- in my opinion -- it is not an Oscar movie. But that's this kind of bullsh-t reason not to go near softball softball bat for '50/50.' That People am. The next. So, inside a couple of days, visit '50/50' do not let it suffer the identical fate as 'Warrior.' Then, join me back here therefore i don't appear like I'm standing by simply myself. You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter. Top photo: Chris Helcermanas-Benge/Summit Entertainment Related Video