Monday, February 28, 2005
OSCARS
Many thanks to Tony, Maria, and Pablo for hosting a lovely Oscar party! It was awesome.
I scored 11 correct predictions (the high score was 17). Not too shabby considering I didn't see any of the nominated movies. 2004 was a down year. I still haven't seen The Passion either. (I almost bought the DVD but the quality of the cover image was so poor that I passed.)
Cindy sez I'm cynical about everything, including movies. Maybe that's true. I know I am cynical of Hollywood. I certainly don't put any stock into what the Academy thinks. Come to think of it, my initial reaction is to NOT like anything they do like. This isn't fair. There are times I agree with them. Didn't LOTR just sweep the whole thing last year? I do want to see Ray and Sideways. The Incredibles was fun. Collateral was impressive. The third Harry Potter was excellent. Kill Bill II, Harold and Kumar, Life Acquatic, Napoleon Dynamite, Spiderman II, House of Flying Daggers... there are plenty of movies I liked. I'll probably rent Long Engagement too.
I should rethink my negative reaction. Here's my new position: I do like movies. I watch a lot of them. I'm personally just not interested "Vera the Million Dollar Aviator" type films. Nothing wrong with them, it's just not me. Yeah! That's the ticket.
But watching the Oscars is still fun. Did you hear Sean Penn's comment about Jude Law?
I scored 11 correct predictions (the high score was 17). Not too shabby considering I didn't see any of the nominated movies. 2004 was a down year. I still haven't seen The Passion either. (I almost bought the DVD but the quality of the cover image was so poor that I passed.)
Cindy sez I'm cynical about everything, including movies. Maybe that's true. I know I am cynical of Hollywood. I certainly don't put any stock into what the Academy thinks. Come to think of it, my initial reaction is to NOT like anything they do like. This isn't fair. There are times I agree with them. Didn't LOTR just sweep the whole thing last year? I do want to see Ray and Sideways. The Incredibles was fun. Collateral was impressive. The third Harry Potter was excellent. Kill Bill II, Harold and Kumar, Life Acquatic, Napoleon Dynamite, Spiderman II, House of Flying Daggers... there are plenty of movies I liked. I'll probably rent Long Engagement too.
I should rethink my negative reaction. Here's my new position: I do like movies. I watch a lot of them. I'm personally just not interested "Vera the Million Dollar Aviator" type films. Nothing wrong with them, it's just not me. Yeah! That's the ticket.
But watching the Oscars is still fun. Did you hear Sean Penn's comment about Jude Law?
