And the Oscar Goes To…
Being a huge film fan, I always look forward to the Academy Awards each year. I usually do a pretty good job of seeing most of the movies prior the the show, but this year I didn’t hold up to my usual standards – I just didn’t get out to the movies as much since I’ve been back in Saskatoon (but probably still way more than most normal people).
This year Curtis and Nikki watched the awards show with me, and we decided to fill out the ballots for each category, picking who each of us thought would win. There was nothing at stake other than our honour and bragging rights. I went into the match with a pretty decent knowledge of what films were creating the most Oscar buzz, and I felt this was going to give me the leverage to take the competition.
Curtis and I started off neck and neck during the early portion of the show, while Nikki must have thought we were watching the Grammy Awards, based on her score throughout the evening. About mid-show my vast film knowledge started to really shine as I pulled away from the pack. As the night wrapped up, I ended up with 50%, correctly predicting 12 of the 24 awards. Curtis ended up with a respectable 9 correct, and Nikki brought up the rear with 5 out of 24.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the awards show and I felt that Ellen did a solid job of hosting – she’s a funny gal. I was happy that Al Gore got the Oscar for ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ – that documentary was a real eye-opener and will hopefully start to get the ball rolling on some new environmental policies – and it may be what Al needs to make a run for the 2008 Democratic nomination. It was also good to see Martin Scorsese finally get the directorial nod for ‘The Departed’.
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Considering I fall asleep during at least half of the movies I see, I’d say I did quite well. And in my defense, I only had a couple of minutes to fill out my ballot because I was busy making you fools a gourmet dinner.
Excuses, excuses. It’s not like Gordo and I spent an hour filling out the ballot.
Granted, the dinner was gourmet indeed.
You spent at least twice as much time on that thing as I did.
Next year I’m winning.
You maybe right – so Gordo and I spent 2 mintues on the ballot.
I was upset Babel won for best soundtrack? Have you heard it? Brutal. Pan’s Labyrinth should have won that category too.
While I agree that An Inconvient Truth was an good movie and the subject matter is of great importance I really don’t think it deserved to win the Oscar. I don’t really see it as a great film at all. I am torn because I am happy with the attention it gets but don’t see it as a great documentary. As far as Al Gore goes if he has been such a crusader all his life why wasn’t he pushing this message as hard when he was V.P??