Oscar Weekend

Yay! It’s that time again!  I love the Oscars!  I especially love them when I’ve seen all of the nominated pictures.  That doesn’t happen very often.  In fact, I think it’s only happened once that I can recall.  That was 1998 (movies released in ‘97).  I loved all five movies. Titanic won, of course, and I knew it would, but I was really kind of rooting for Good Will Hunting.  The other three were L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty, and As Good as it Gets. I have also seen all of the movies nominated in 2005 and 2000, but I’m sure I only saw four of them before the Oscars those years.  They were Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, and Sideways (from 2005) and American Beauty, Cider House Rules, The Insider, The Green Mile, and The Sixth Sense (from 2000.) I hadn’t seen Finding Neverland or Cider House Rules until they came out on video.

Ever since then I’ve tried to see as many Best Picture nominees before the Oscars as possible so as to make the viewing experience more enjoyable.  Last year I saw only three of the five nominees: Babel, The Departed, and Little Miss Sunshine.  I had seen Babel just days before the Oscars and hoped it wouldn’t win over The Departed. It was a surprise that it happened as I had hoped.  Everyone had predicted a win for Babel, but I didn’t really like it that much.

This year, as of right now, I’ve seen Michael Clayton and Juno (twice).  I’m going to see No Country for Old Men tonight and Atonement tomorrow at 5:15 PM… right before the Oscars.  That’s four out of five, leaving There Will Be Blood, which I could go see at 12:15, if I decide to…. I’m not sure, yet.  Everyone says Atonement should win, but I loved Juno so much, I hope there’s a big surprise.

Well, off to see the movie… If I get a chance to post before the Oscars, I will. Otherwise, I’ll write my opinions afterwards.

Peace.

**Update: We just got back from seeing No Country for Old Men. I liked it for the most part, but it was quite strange.  I didn’t love it. I don’t really have much more to say about it.  If it wins, I’ll probably watch it again someday.  If not, maybe I will, but probably not.