<p>I don’t always watch a lot of current movies- but this year I have seen three of the nominees and will probably see at least one more.</p>
<p>Best picture
Brokeback Mountain- gorgeous scenery- gorgeous cowboys
Crash- my choice for best picture
Capote- havent seen yet- plan to
Good night and Good Luck- my 2nd choice for best picture- love David Strathairn
Munich- I remember those Olympics- but why so many ultimately depressing movies this year?</p>
<p>I’m watching especially since Jon Stewart is hosting but I generally watch parts of it each year. I am so behind on seeing all the movies I want to see - I’ve been into Blockbuster about 3 times trying to get the Constant Gardener and every time it is sold out.</p>
<p>All of them are on my must see list but the only one I have seen is Crash. My husband and I definitely thought it was Oscar worthy and were surprised to see it make the cut since it came out early in the year and didn’t seem to have the usual buzz.</p>
<p>I’m sure I’ll get pulled into watching - the 2 kids at home certainly will, and if Jon Stewart gets off to a good start, I’ll watch until the show gets off-putting. Some years it’s so self-congratulatory I cringe, but some years it’s great.</p>
<p>I’ll try to stay tuned through the “In Memoriam” section, anyway - it’s so sad to see the great stars who have passed away, but I like the fact they’re remembered.</p>
<p>Of recent Oscar hosts, I like Billy Crystal the best - so irreverent and quick-witted. I think Steve Martin’s done an excellent job, too. When I was a kid, Johnny Carson was just terrific.</p>
<p>I have a few favorites this year - I really want George Clooney to win SOMETHING - but I’ll be most interested in whether Stewart can pull it off - hope he can, anyway.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to it tonight, for two reasons. I’ve actually seen most of the movies from which most of the nominations have come, and I love Jon Stewart and hope that he does a good job. Several categories are difficult for me to choose a favorite but the three which I think are pretty certain are Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Best Actor and Reese Witherspoon for Best Actress. All three of those categories are very strong this year.</p>
<p>I appreciate good coversation about movies, but I am SUCH a wet blanket about Oscars and these kinds of awards shows- forgive me!
And I love a good movie, it’s just that I can’t stand what I view as Hollywood aggrandizing. I think I am the only one I know who feels this way, so it’s a confession of sorts. I even have a friend who throws a party to watch it, but she stopped inviting me years ago!</p>
<p>I’m getting ready to make the finger foods and warm up the Tivo. Figure we’ll tune in about 6pm with our plates of stuffed mushrooms and jalapeno breaded shrimp and slide through without commercials.</p>
<p>I’m really cinematically lame this year. I have seen none of the Best Picture nominated movies, none of the Best Actor nominated performances, and only one of the Best Actress nominated performances (Kiera Knightly).</p>
<p>Am I the only one who would rather have dull pencils driven through both eyes instead of watching awards shows? DH and DD love the Oscars, among other awards shows, but I just can’t bear to sit through them. It’s a real yawn-fest for me.</p>
<p>Yea Splash this thing is incredibly boring. I just watched the only interesting part when March of the Penguins got nominated for something. This year is record low for ****ty movies. Also, I cannot stand Jon Stewart.</p>
<p>they give out best supporting actor and actress early to try to hook you, then it’s a 3 hour battle to stay awake till the rest of the good stuff.</p>
<p>Crash…just didn’t get it , I thought it was boring, maybe it’s me but I didn’t think there was much there.</p>
<p>Loved Walk the Line, think Joaquim (sp?) might have been the fav if it weren’t for Capote.</p>
<p>That’s all we saw this year which was actually a good year for us.</p>
<p>I admit I was surprised when March of the Penguins got an Oscar( and those puppets? * please*-) I was hoping for Darwins nightmare- a much more compelling yet hard to watch story.
But I was pleased Crash won- perhaps I should start betting on the picks! ;)</p>
<p>What shocked me was when that pimp song won. It was one of the worst songs that I’ve ever heard. I thought the presenter was joking when he said it won.</p>
<p>Big YEA, however, for Crash, my fave flick!</p>
<p>I missed the best song award- do the voters actually listen to the songs?
One of the best songs written for a movie that I have ever heard was “dead man walking”- really evocative of the mood of the film.
but the pimp song?</p>
<p>I liked David Straithern (Good Night, Good Luck) too.</p>
<p>It’s interesting that the Oscars were spread around, with four films each taking three. It’s also one of the minority times that Best Director and Best Picture split. We didn’t see many of the films, only GN&GL and King Kong, but friends of ours who are intense movie buffs liked both “Crash” and “Brokeback” and couldn’t pick between them.</p>
<p>My one disappointment was the Animated Film category: I thought the animation on “Howl’s Moving Castle” was clearly better than “Wallace & Grommit.” I suspect it may have suffered from a reverse halo effect, W&G being a more accessible movie.</p>
<p>I liked the penguins, both the movies and the stuffed critters.</p>