Oscar Blahs?
There is a lot of talk in Los Angeles this week about Award Show Fatigue and Oscar Blahs because there just doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in this year's Oscars.
There are many theories about this phenomenon ranging from "too many awards shows these days" to "more important things to worry about in the world", but I think the real reason may be that very few people have seen the films and actors nominated for the awards this year.
I would be curious to know how many of the Best Picture films y'all have seen, plus any predictions you may have for the Oscars itself.
The Best Picture films are:
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sidways
I have seen 4 of the 5 movies with Ray being the only omission.
My predictions follow in the comments section.
There are many theories about this phenomenon ranging from "too many awards shows these days" to "more important things to worry about in the world", but I think the real reason may be that very few people have seen the films and actors nominated for the awards this year.
I would be curious to know how many of the Best Picture films y'all have seen, plus any predictions you may have for the Oscars itself.
The Best Picture films are:
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sidways
I have seen 4 of the 5 movies with Ray being the only omission.
My predictions follow in the comments section.
posted by cvo @ 12:11 PM
3 Comments:
At 12:18 PM,
cvo said…
These are the movies and performances I think should win:
Best Picture - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor - Don Cheadle/Hotel Rwanda
Best Supporting Actor - Morgan Freeman/Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett/The Aviator
I'm skipping Best Actress because I have only seen 2 of the 5 performances.
I think The Aviator will probably get Best Picture even though I don't think it should.
I also think Martin Scorsese might get Best Director, but I think Clint Eastwood deserves it for Million Dollar Baby.
At 5:26 PM,
jmeriwether said…
The only Best Picture candidate I have seen is Sideways. It didn't come to our area until the Oscar nominations were announced. I don't think Hotel Rwanda ever made it here. I keep getting stuck in places where movies that are a bit interesting rarely show.
At 6:45 AM,
Unknown said…
I think that most movies come to Denver, but I rarely see one. I have seen none of the movies that Curtis listed.
As Curtis suggests, I should be more interested in the awards if I had seen the movies. Still, I suspect that my interest would not be so great as even to incline me toward watching the awards.
There are so many other ways to spend my time.
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