British general- “God has endowed the British race with a worldwide empire that they may execute. His sovereign purpose in the world . The victories you will have over the heathens are the are the victories of the nobler soul in man” what does this quote say about British viewed their role as colonizers? Was this perception valid?

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I think that there should be a category called “Best Commercial Picture” . If a film is released in 3000 theaters it automatically qualifies for nomination. However, a director can opt to remove the picture from consideration, so that it can be qualified for “Best Picture”. That way there will be a fair way to vote for pictures that are commercial success.
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For instance here are the 2009 movies. Probably none of them have a shot at “Best Picture” but it would make the ceremony more interesting.
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2012
17 Again
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Aliens in the Attic
Angels & Demons
Astro Boy
Bride Wars
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Couples Retreat
District 9
Fame (2009)
Fast and Furious
Friday the 13th (2009)
Funny People
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
G-Force
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Halloween II (2009)
Hannah Montana The Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
He’s Just Not That Into You
Hotel for Dogs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Imagine That
Inglourious Basterds
Knowing
Land of the Lost
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Old Dogs
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Planet 51
Public Enemies
Race to Witch Mountain
Saw VI
Shorts
Star Trek
Taken
Terminator Salvation
The Blind Side
The Final Destination
The Hangover
The Pink Panther 2
The Proposal
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Year One
Zombieland
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FOR INSTANCE here are the 2008 nominees for Best Picture. Had “Benjamin Button” been released in 3000 theaters, the director could have opted not to include it in “Best Commercial Picture” so it qualifies for nomination for the more prestigous prize of “Best Picture”.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button|2,988
Slumdog Millionaire|614
The Reader|507
Milk|356
Frost/Nixon|205
The idea is not to pick the “Best commercial Picture”, it is just a way to limit the field in a fair non-biased way. Then actors will submit nominations and vote for the best one.
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The “Best Picture” top 5 nomination list will probably look something like:
1) Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
2) Invictus
3) The Lovely Bones
4) An Education
5) A Serious Man
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All excellent films that have fairly limited distribution. Not many people will see these films.
They are increase the Best Picture nomination to 10 this year in the hope that some commercially successful pictures will get nominated. However, if “UP” or “STAR TREK” or “DISTRICT 9″ gets nominated for Best Picture it still won’t win. I think there should be a new category.
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I like the “young actor” award idea. It will get more viewers excited.

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LEAST? Do you think it depends on race? Experience? Financial success? Class? What else?

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Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception The story is about “the underworld” of fairies and other mythological creatures battle against the surface world, which is the human race. The protagonist, Artemis Fowl a 14 year old Irish mastermind being the only human with knowledge of their existence until the last book when he had his memory wiped. The book starts off with the introduction of Opal Koboi who is described as an evil genius. She escapes a high security prison and sets her plan of world domination into action. She kills Julius Root (who is the police chief of the underworld) and frames the antagonist Holly Short who is the first female police or “LEPrecon” officer for the murder. Artemis Fowl is busy trying to steal a very important piece of art from the underworld called the “Fairy Thief” while the disturbance in the underworld is going on. Opal Koboi uses this to her advantage and locates him. She attempts to take him out by kidnapping both Artemis and Holly, leaving them to die in an abandoned theme park, so he does not have a chance to plot against her if the police force asks him for help. Holly and Artemis both escape and Foaly (a paranoid centaur genius working for the LEPrecon force) discovers Opal’s new plan to expose the existence of fairies to the surface world. She intends to destroy the underworld with liquid iron with the aid of a hypnotized Italian environmentalist, Giovanni Zito. Only Holly and few other members of the force know of her plan. Eventually, Artemis regains his memory using a computer disk he had programmed to return his knowledge lost from the memory wipe. Artemis, Holly, and a criminal she has befriended named Mulch Diggums stops her plan by destroying her ship sending her tumbling down the dangerous tunnels of their city. The framed Holly Short is then proven innocent for the crime of murdering her commanding officer Julius Root by the fairy “supreme court”. She then opens her own private investigative business with the help of Mulch Diggums who was pardoned for helping save the fairy race. Opal flees the tunnels after her ship is destroyed and lands on a winery, shortly after she is arrested and sent back to jail. Artemis said he had gained much from the whole ordeal and plans to use his new knowledge for other operations in the future.
Oops :s major typo. Wrongly accused fits better.
Its kinda half assed.
The wrongly accused Holly Short is then acquitted for the crime of murdering her commanding officer Julius Root by the fairy “supreme court”.

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