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Normally, I’m the writer for whom every day is Throwback Thursday, but with the 87th Academy Awards just a few days away, I’ve decided to take a look at this year’s crop of nominees for Best Original Song. I haven’t seen the movies that were nominated for Best Picture this year, but I do have access to a computer, and with that, I can go on YouTube to hear this year’s Best Original Song contenders. I’ll review all five of them, predict which one will win, and then choose who I would have win if I picked the winner, that, of course, being a reference to Siskel and Ebert’s annual Oscar show.
The first nominee is “Everything Is Awesome”, written by Shawn Patterson for “The Lego Movie”. I only saw the last 15 minutes of the movie. That was the live-action segment that may have ruined the film’s chances at a Best Animated Feature nomination, although “Wall-E” had live-action segments and that was nominated. I’m not reviewing the movie, though…I’m reviewing the song.
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