Oscar Movies
1 February 2008 in Blog | Comments enabled

I’m slacking this year. I’ve only seen two of the films up for the Best Picture Oscar - Juno and Michael Clayton.

Juno - absolutely loved it. It’s the kind of indie film I can get excited about. Positive outlook on life in the midst of an unfortunate situation. I can’t recommend this movie enough. It probably won’t win since there seems to be a bit of a Juno backlash brewing for some reason, but its got my vote for best picture.

Michael Clayton - I not only checked the time during this movie, I also checked my email. Yeah. I was that bored. I know all the critics are saying great character piece and all of that, but it just didn’t pull me in at all. I felt like it worked my mind, but not my emotions. If I’m giving you two hours of my time, I want to feel something. Joy, sadness, discomfort. Anything but boredom. It just didn’t work for me.

I’m hoping to catch There Will Be Blood and maybe No Country For Old Men before the Oscars, but mostly I’m looking forward to Turner Classic Movies’ 31 days of Oscar. It starts this Friday, February 1st. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t in the past. It’s a great way to see Oscar winners/nominees from years past. Click Here to look through their schedule of great films.