As tradition, I saw all 5 movies nominated for Best Picture this year. I am so pleased this years with the movies that I saw. They all were really good and gave me different things to think about. It was also nice to see this type of movies this year instead of some of the other crap that the Acadamy has made we watch in the last two years. Instead of feeling hopeless and like nothing matters at the end of the last two movies that won Best Picture, this year I feel like the movies had more to say and more hope to offer. I will find out tomorrow who wins, but here are my two cents.
Aftrer seeing all five movies, I decided that I really want Milk to win. I will pretty much be happy with whatever wins, but Milk was the most touching to me. It even made me cry, and that is hard to do in movies. The movie is based on the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to a public office. For me, it really helped show me the struggle that the gay community has gone through to get the few rights that they have. It was really hard for me to watch their struggle against Prop. 6 when I know that they just lost the struggle against Prop. 8. I loved this movie. I hope that in the same year that we elected a black president, we also have a movie about a gay man win Best Picture. For me, it would feel like a step in the right direction, and a little victory for the gay community. There is really so much more I would like to say, but for anyone that wants to see the movie and hasn't, I wouldn't want to ruin it.
As previously stated, I think I would be happy with whichever movie wins this year. I originally wanted the Curious Case of Benjamin Button to win. It was the first one I saw and I loved it too. Followed by Slumdog Millionare, Frost/Nixon, The Reader and last with Milk. I have so much I want to say, but don't want to ruin, so I guess if you want my opinion, just ask me. I don't know how to rate the movies this year, so I guess I'll just wait and see what happens tomorrow.
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This is the first year that I haven't seen even one of the movies that got nominated. I would really like to see them all. I have heard interviews on NPR about Milk and Frost/Nixon and I was fascinated with both stories. I was in college at BYU when the Watergate scandal was happening and was with a group of students in the Wilkenson Center who asked Senator Garn a lot of questions about it. He criticized us for asking so many questions about the scandal when there were so many more important things going on in the country at the time. I can't remember what any of those more important things were.
The more I think about it, the more right I think you are. I really liked Benjamin Button, but I can't seem to get Milk out of my head. I also can't get the speeches out of my head that the writer and Sean Penn gave when they won. And for the record, I have to say that it makes me crazy that the thing the magazines are focusing on right now when it comes to the Oscars is that Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Anisten were IN THE SAME ROOM!! Are you kidding me?! WHO CARES?! There was something brought up at the Oscars that shouldn't be swept under the rug, and it's sad that Brad Pitt and his women are getting the attention. US Weekly, once again you've totally missed the point.
I didn't see any of these! I have to admit that I have also been left with the feeling that the Academy picks the most depressing, the most 'life sucks and there's nothing anyone can do about it' kind of movies... I haven't even cared to watch the awards for several years now. Who wants to be depressed ALL THE TIME? NOT ME!!
Oh, but I'm glad you liked the films and that you girls had fun watching them together. Some of the acceptance speeches Alie showed me online were pretty good. :)
I thought that Slumdog Millionarie was really really lame.
You would.
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