... Oscar Day. Long my favorite day of the year. And now this, my second rainy Sunday in February away from the action. Sure, they play the Oscars here on ProSieben (channel 7, also the home of Germany's Next Top Model) but they start at 1 a.m. with red carpet, 2 a.m. with the awards. And some of us have to work on Mondays.
Thankfully, since "Milk" opened here this weekend, I was able to see all the major nominated films. I hope "Slumdog" wins and Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Christina Barcelona." I do NOT think Heath Ledger should win over Philip Seymour Hoffman and I have very mixed feelings about Kate Winslet winning for "The Reader." That role was such a land mine to talk about if you live in Germany....
Other than those picks, the only movie I can say got the short end of the stick this year was "Frost/Nixon." It should have been a blockbuster (oddly enough, it is here in Germany, playing at all major Kinos). Frank Langella was awesome, and for adding shades of gray to a historical figure and playing against type, he beats Sean Penn.
I wonder sometimes why I like these awards so much. I am an avid movie-goer, but others like me have long claimed the ceremony doesn't hold water. Why too, in such bleak financial times do I feel bad for millionaire actors when they don't win? The obvious answer would have to be escapism or something like that. But I think it has more to do with the fact that the awards remind me of my home, my basement and the one Sunday night in the school year that didn't give me the blues.
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This might be my favorite of all of your blog entries. Mostly because I too am obsessed with the Oscars and can't fully articulate why. I wish you were here to judge the academy for their choices and to make a running commentary about celebrities and their lives, etc. Miss you!
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