Oscar Predictions...

I love the Oscars.




















I know they are gratuitous. I get that it's strange that we celebrate a bunch of rich people sitting around because they acted in a movie while we don't even thank the people who make our ever day lives easier (garbage men, postal carriers, the guy who invented the internet, thomas edison etc.) But for some reason that doesn't matter. I know they don't really award the best movie or actor and usually end up giving awards to people who deserved it at some point in their career (Scorcese, Denzel etc.) but I can't help but love them. Not just because I love movies and seeing celebs but because I love the moments when they get it right. I love seeing Cuba Gooding Jr. do a backflip on stage. I love seeing "Crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain." I love it when original screenplays actually get recognized. I like seeing Jack Nicholson at random times throughout the night.

I love the red carpet. I'm not embarrassed to admit it. Obviously. I have had numerous best dressed blogs. But I like seeing hot chicks in million dollar gowns and my man crushes (Ryan Gosling, JT, Ryan Reynolds) all dolled up.

Anyways, I love them so much that I decided to do some predictions for tonight. Best actor will clearly be Daniel Day Lewis. In all honesty, any year he makes a movie (which are few and far between) he will win the oscar. He's that good. I don't get how you connect that much to a character but that's why I'm not an actor. He commits to roles like you wouldn't believe. Best Actress will hopefully be Ellen Page. I didn't see the other movies but I feel like her character was, though not original, pretty refreshing from the other nominees. Best Movie will probably be Atonement. I actually didn't really like There Will Be Blood. I thought the acting was amazing, but the movie itself lacked. I still haven't seen No Country and it wouldn't surprise me if that won. Best Supporting Actor should be Casey Affleck. He is amazing. BS Actress should be Cate Blanchette. Best Director will go to the Coen Brothers I hope. Anyway those are the biggies.

Best dressed people are going to be Eva Longoria, Isla Fisher, Katherine Heigl (though I'm not sure if she'll be there) and probably a couple sleepers as well.

Anyways, go big and stuff.

-M, p, z & shredder

oh ps - I really hope that someone makes a really good speech tonight. Those are always pretty moving.

Weekend Warrior...

So over the last two nights I saw two very different movies (it's easy to spend your weekends doing exactly what you want when you have no friends). I started out the weekend with a bang when I went to go see the latest (and greatest) installment of Rambo. I must say, though not surprisingly, the movie kicked ass. Like literally kicked ass. It was everything a Rambo movie needed to be: lots of killing with minimal dialogue. Stallone kept the script so that the lines only preceded a ginormous killing frenzy. It may have been the New York Times who actually tallied the deaths, but there were at least 230 people that you see get killed. The cool thing about this was that it was much more extreme than previous Rambos. People weren't just being stabbed like it was First Blood Part III, instead they were being disemboweled. Towards the end, and this ruins nothing so don't worry, Rambo hops on a gatling gun for literally 10 minutes and just shoots everyone. 10 minutes. It ruled.




















After last night I felt I owed it to the filmmaker in me to go see something that required lots of talent in both acting and directing so tonight I went to go see There Will Be Blood. I have been waiting for this movie forever. Daniel Day Lewis may be one of my favorite actors of all time and I think if I were ever to direct a movie and he were in it, I would pee my pants out of fear of embarrassing myself in front of him. He's that good. Not like he would ever do a movie I wanted to, but you know what I mean. The movie was probably one of the best acted movies I've seen in a long time. It was sort of a masterpiece on a lot of levels, but to be honest, it didn't really do it for me. It seemed like I was waiting for something to happen the entire movie and then at the end it was just kind of over. It's definitely worth a rental in a few months but save your money for Rambo, or if that doesn't float your boat, go see Juno. There Will Be Blood was DDL at his usual amazing self and Paul Dano (of Girl Next Door fame) surprised me with how good of an actor he is. I can't really put my finger on what it was exactly but I don't see what all the hoopla is about. I mean I think it definitely deserves a Best Actor nod and Best Director, but not Best Movie. Strange I know but trust me on this one.

Anyways, aside from that I didn't leave the apartment this weekend so I don't really have any stories. Keep your ear to the grindstone though...Go big...

-M, p, z & shredder

oh ps - Going to see a movie like Rambo by yourself might not be the greatest idea. It's hard to completely appreciate the absurdity of it all when you have no one to make jaw dropping googly faces at when Rambo shoots somebody through the skull with a bow and arrow...