How
many of you watched the Oscars this year? How
many of the
movies that were nominated had you seen? I hadn't seen a lot of them at the time of the Oscars, but I'm glad
Argo won for Best Picture. I'm personally not a fan of Quentin Tarantino so didn't care about his win for Best Original Screenplay or Christopher Waltz for Best Supporting Actor in
Django Unchained. I'm also not a fan of
musicals, so gave
Les Miserables a pass. I'd already read the book at university and had seen the version with Liam Neeson years ago. Recently, I read the book
Silver Linings Playbook and could not imagine how they'd
make that into a
movie, so also gave that one a pass.
However, I read
Life of Pi when it was first published and loved the book. So when I decided to see the
movie, I was unsure how I'd feel about its treatment. I think it was well done and the cinematography was
marvelous! This is one
movie that actually works well in 3D. I'm glad Ang Lee won for Best Director and Mychael Danna for Best Original Score. I also saw
Searching for Sugarman, which won for Best Documentary and highly recommend it. The Best Animated Short,
Paperman by John Kahrs was great, and I think you can see it online now.
I do enjoy the
movies and now that I have a large screen television set, I'm able to watch them in peace and relaxation at home. We have seen
Skyfall (amazing song by Adele, by the way) and
Flight at home and are planning to watch
Zero Dark Thirty soon. There are some, however, that one absolutely
must see on the huge
movie theater screens -
Life of Pi for one!
What was your favourite
movie of the past year? What was your favourite
moment at the Oscars?
Mine was when Jennifer Lawrence fell as she was
mounting the stage to get her award - she was very
mature about it and went on to give a
most momentous speech in thanks. Now on to your
M posts!
