It’s too bad the guild award that most strongly corresponds with this category—the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ “Golden Reel”—doesn’t get handed out until Feb. 24.
Because Oscar history tells us that the winner of this award aligns often with the winner of the top prize, we were hoping for ACE to shed some light on what may be the tightest best picture race ever.
Last year we sided with the musical candidate and crapped out when voters went for the big black ape instead of the man in black.
Apocalypto finds Mel Gibson working in the same nyuk-nyuk vein that’s sustained him for over 25 years.