I still see movies in the theatre, I like artsy, complex movies with Oscar worthy performances and I can truly kick back and enjoy a great chick flick. I’ll watch just about anything but horror (I get the creeps just thinking about it…) and some movies that others think are wonderful I’ll absolutely hate. [Titanic – all those people who died in real life came to life for me and I couldn’t sleep for days afterwards, Magnolia – what a bunch of pompous crap and Tom Cruise too… ick!] Every year when they announce the Oscar nominees I wonder if I’ve seen even a small percentage of them, this year I’m about on par… Little Miss Sunshine, Volver, The Devil Wears Prada, Pirates of the Caribean:Dead Man’s Chest (on video), An Inconvenient Truth and Jesus Camp.
That’s 6 of the nominees… not too shabby, however while I can say some of these would make it to my top 5 of the year (Little Miss Sunshine, An Inconvenient Truth & Jesus Camp) I don’t think any would hit my number 1. The best experience for my movie going dollars this year might just have been A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman), what a wonderful and loving tribute it was to music, family, friendship, radio and even death. It might have been that great on the pure fact that I didn’t have high hopes but Garrison Keillor manages to bring in such a warmth that it was like snuggling in for a nice little story.
The bigger question of course is if I’m going to watch the Oscars this year, I’ve missed the awards ceremony for the last 2 and felt that with radio and internet the next day I was satisfied… really the ceremonies are only good for the clothes and the gaffes.
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