It's Oscar time and our reporter on Locust Walk asked a handful of student experts to predict the outcome, or at least take a wild guess.
Ryan Orr, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Class of 1999 "Probably 'Titanic' will win, but it shouldn't; it's such a girlie movie. 'The Full Monty' should win. Why? Because fat guys who do stripteases are funny."
Brock Landers, College, Class of 2001 "'Titanic' will win, and it deserves to. The story was good, the special effects were great, and the suspense was unbelievable. I kept thinking, will the ship go down? I was really surprised by the ending -- the writers showed a lot of courage there, I think."
Maria DeMaio, College, Class of 2000 "'Titanic's' definitely going to win, which is fine with me. Personally, I happened to like 'Good Will Hunting' better, but I realize it's not flashy enough to win."
Jordan Rockwell, College, Class of 2000 "'Titanic' will win, and it's not undeserving -- it has more going for it than just its production values. It's a wonderful film -- but 'L.A. Confidential' is an extraordinary film."
Yodit Teklemariam, College, Class of 1999 "Probably 'Titanic' will win. Personally, I thought 'As Good As It Gets' was a bit better, and 'Good Will Hunting' really should win. But they don't really appeal to a large enough niche."
Mai Nguyen, College, Class of 1999 "'Titanic' will win and should win! I loved it, and I've seen it three times already-- you're talking to a really biased person here."
Matt Johnson, College, Class of 1999 "I'd like for 'L.A. Confidential' to win. But 'Titanic' probably will, which is unfortunate, because I hated that movie. All those implausible little tearjerker parts, like when Rose throws the diamond away -- I was unable to suspend disbelief for that long. I had trouble staying awake for the three hours."
Aaron Vernon, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Class of 1998 "'Titanic' will win, because the Academy always likes to give out awards in bunches -- it'll win 15 awards just because the special effects are good. I think 'Good Will Hunting' should get it, anyway, because I'm a big math fan and it has a lot of math."
Guinevere Givot, College, Class of 1999 "I'm pretty sure 'Titanic' will get [the award]. Although I didn't really love any movies this year, I think 'Good Will Hunting' was better than 'Titanic,' and I liked 'L.A. Confidential' the most."
-- Gabriel Aherne
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