Main intrigue of Oscar 2010

James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow are both competing in the best director category. About two decades ago, they were married for a couple of years. Cameron’s Avatar cost one trillion dollars to make and has earned about two trillion dollars at the box office. It’s now the biggest, all-time, for all eternity supermegablockbuster in the history of the universe (not accounting for inflation or higher 3D/IMAX prices etc), informs altfg.com.
Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker cost about $11 million and grossed less than $13 million in North America. Let’s not even mention "inflation" here.
Well, don’t expect a Titanic replay. The Hurt Locker has already won both the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild awards; it’s now the favorite to win the best picture Oscar. Bigelow is all but assured an Oscar statuette, which would make her the first woman to ever win in that category.

05.03.10