Rethinking the Oscars

The past year saw two movies come out that will in all probability recieve absolutely no consideration from the Acadamy. What with dedicated performances of disabled and mentally disturbed people, serial killers and what not, and on top of that, somebody stole my idea and made a movie about the Holocaust several in fact.
This is what fills the hours of the academy, which reinforces the same kinds of actors and the same kinds of performances and the same movie ideas over and over again. Rather like the Nobel Peace Prize for Economics keeps reinforcing the Normal Distribution risk model that worked so well in the GFC.

No indeed, the comedian at the Oscars is the saddest man in town.

The two movies are:

A) Bruno
B) Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Now hear me out. When I saw Sacha Baren Cohen (or however it is spelt) gazing up into the stars and say 'It makes me wonder about all the millions of hot guys out there' in the midst of three hillbillies, I was amazed at his dedication to the role. Robert De Nero may drive a taxi around for taxi driver and Christian Bale may lose hundreds of kilos, but without being sarcastic at all, nobody approaches the level of commitment and dedication to a role as Sacha Baren Cohen does.
It made me rethink acting all together. What he brought to the role made the 'mocumentary' the suspension of disbelief isn't so much the audiences, but the documentary subjects. I think he should be considered for 'Best Actor' regardless of how scrappy the rest of the films composition may be. I mean John Safron or Jackass doesn't compare to the dedication to a role. And the ability to just say the worst most agravating thing at every possible time you possibly could.
Give the man an Oscar and put an end to Oscar chasers like Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. Confuse them, by suggesting maybe there's more to acting than playing a mentally disturbed person, a holocaust survivor or a serial killer.

Moving on to Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, I think in all honesty its a contender for best picture. It's stupid and insane and implausable. But in terms of story telling, nothing really compares. For one, I have never seen better examples of foreshadowing ever. For two, ridiculous though they may be, the performances they get out of the cast are amongst the best of all of them, Bruce Campbell, Mr.T, James Caan and Neil Patrick Harris they all just work.
It took me till this year to watch it, because the trailer made it look like a film about raining food. Which it is. But damnit its the best damn movie about food rain ever. The subject matter is no holocaust, sure, but its the execution particularly given that its 3d computer animation, i one of the best executed films ever.
I'll go so far as to say, whilst maybe lacking the emotional impact, it puts Pixar to shame. They appear to walk where Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs runs. Perhaps if anything its brilliance is too subtle, and many just see it as a superficially stupid film about food rain.

Anyway, I'm serious, the Oscars needs to shake itself down and consider comedy for recognition.