the little movie that could and james cameron versus his ex-wife, kathryn bigelow. this is the thing. this is what the oscars looked at when they voted. they have this huge film "avatar" that literally technically changed the way we will ever watch movies again. we will never see movies in the same light. then we have "hurt locker" this unbelievably directed film by, oh, a female, which would be the first female director winner. and the oscar, it's a neck-in-neck race right now and i don't think anyone knows who's going to win and that's what's making this years oscars so exciting. >> when we talk about the best picture category, what an incredibly crowded field. there are ten nominees. how did it get to this point? >> reporter: well, they wanted more people to watch the oscars so they wanted to try and include more films that people have seen. you know, they did it. i think everyone has seen a lot of the films, at least one of the films nominated this year. last year i don't think anyone