Maremy's Blog

The Oscars are tonight. Neither of us are really hyped up about it.

I find my interest in the Oscars has waned over the past few years. I think it's mainly because I see so few of the movies that are nominated. It used to be I saw more of them but in the past few years, it has become less and less. Whether its due to limited release, having a crappy theatre that NEVER gets good movies (Paul Blart: Mall Cop has been here for three f&^%ing weeks!) OR just no interest in seeing the movie (this has been the case a lot of the time), I'm lucky if I've seen one or two of the movies nominated.

This year, I've seen one of the movies they nominated for Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire. It was good but did not blow me away, did not really inspire me and is not one I need to see again. That pretty much sums it up. Do I have any desire to see the rest of the Best Pictures nominees? Other than The Reader and Frost/Nixon, not really. I don't like Sean Penn OR Brad Pitt so I won't be running out to see their movies anytime soon. I know, I must sound cynical!

One of the best movies I saw last year, Valkyrie, was not even considered! It was the first movie I've seen in a long time that I've actually wanted to go back to the theatre and see again. It was AWESOME! And the other awesome movie, The Dark Knight, is up for a few awards but not Best Picture; I feel like it got overlooked in that category but what do I know? ;)

We'll probably end up watching some of the Oscars. Both of us want to see who Best Supporting Actor goes to. I really hope it's Heath Ledger. He deserves it. His portrayal of the Joker was phenomenal and really carried that entire movie.

So, what will you be doing on Oscar night?

Maybe I'd feel more like watching it if Hugh Jackman hosted as Wolverine and got the claws out everytime someone went overtime with their speech (as said by trixie360 on Twitter). ;)