Thursday, February 16

Do you care about Academy Awards?


Perhaps it's my competitive nature but, for some reason, I get a mild touch of Oscar fever around this time of year.

Symptoms include:

a delusional belief that the best (insert category) will win

that there is some meaning to the event

that some genuine goodness will be derived from viewing the ceremony.

All I know is, Heath Ledger has my (inconsequential) vote for best actor. Bravo!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bravo!
Dude, yer photo is top-notch cool.
I think my favorite thingy from the Oscars
is
the
name.
Who names anyone Oscar anymore?

highdesertsultan said...

hey.........


oscar party?

is that on one of your new channels?

cassondra said...

I have no idea what station the oscars are on but I haven't seen any advertisements during the Olympics binge Mas is on...so I don't think it's NBC. Sorry 'bout that. I am up for a gathering.

cassondra said...

Oscar is under used, as is Levtov. May both names be celebrated and utilized during (what appears to be) the current baby boom in my community.

Anonymous said...

I too have an interest in the Oscars. There still seems to be some level of credibility to the process behind it.

The Grammy's on the other hand I refuse to watch. I recall the 1980 Grammy's when Christopher Cross beat out Pink Floyd's "The Wall" for best album. I mean c'mon, history has proven how ridiculous that choice was. That was the last time I watched the Grammy's.

cassondra said...

I'm with you Townshend. The Grammy's seem to be a laughable hoax.
I wonder if the Academy Awards receive more credit than they deserve? Oscars tend to be a celebration of mediocrity and/or box office appeal. I don't even remember what film won Best Picture of 2004. I believe Million Dollar Baby won a few awards...I thought it was crap.
I think they got some things right with nominations this time around. Sure, there are a couple of cop- outs (Charlize in North Country?) but, it's nice to see some quality films in the running. We'll see who goes home with the statues.