Movies
This Sunday is the Oscars. A time when a bunch of millionarie actors gather around to determine who was the best this year in acting and movie production. Don’t tell anyone about this, but it’s kind of a guilty pleasure of mine to see who wins. I don’t watch the show, naturally. Especially since I have a wall covered in fresh paint that looks far more exciting to watch. And It doesn’t skew my opinions on what movies I like or not I just like finding out what a collective group of know-it-alls think is the best movie of the year. And this year is going to be interesting with a lot of good movies competing for the top spots. And there are some times when I agree with them who deserves the awards.
And there a metric tonne of times that I don’t. Come on, even this year, there are movies and actors who should have at least got nominated for something that was overlooked by the Academy. You know, like Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.
This is my top ten “Oscar Screw Jobs” of all time. By “Screw Job” I mean those bad decisions the Academy has made, ranging from choosing the wrong winner, to giving recognition to undeserving movies, to not even acknowledging anyone in a particular category.
Three rules to my list. 1) Only one year is represented each entry. 2) Only one movie is represented in each entry. (Although I can say that one should have been replaced with another movie.) 3) These are just my opinions. You may think I’m wrong, and I’d love to hear what you think about my list and what you think was a true screw job in the comments.
2014 has come to an end. Another 365.25 days have come and gone. A year we had an Olympics, Midterm elections in America, and many celebrity losses, including Robin Williams. All I can say to this year ending is GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE!
I’m a firm believer in second chances for people who deserve second chances. I think people can be rehabilitated from past mistakes and redemption is possible to those who want it. So after over 15 years of one of the worst Hollywood remakes of a Japanese classic movie series, Hollywood has one more chance to make a good Godzilla movie.
Well, here it is, the final installment of the Christopher Nolan Batman franchise. Christian Bale’s final hurrah as the caped crusader. With all the hype and hoopla the surrounds it, let’s get the obvious questions out of the way before I give my thoughts.
When a popular book is being filmed into a movie, the hype machine revs up and preps for a massive ad campaign that’s hard to dodge. When this particular book came out, by the time the first person came to me and recommended the book, I heard that The Hunger Games is becoming a movie. So I decided to hold off from hearing about anything about the book, including story, trailers, commercials and online teasers. And frankly it was the hardest task I could think of. But, I’ve seen it now, so here’s my opinion on the movie. And there might be spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t seen it and want to be surprised, then why are you reading a review before seeing a movie?