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I particularly love "Curse of the Cat People" because it's so very peculiar.
Oh, I loved that movie too. It's fun how people who haven't seen The Cat People can watch it and think of it as this bittersweet fairy tale, but those familiar with the previous film can feel the sinister undertone when Amy's "imaginary" friend Irena appears.
I'm glad Terrence Howard was nominated. I also think Viggo and Rafe were robbed. I agree with the Crash hate. It should not have been nominated for ANYTHING.
In non Oscar news, Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance are the parents of twins now. A boy and a girl, born to a surrogate mother.
I haven't seen a single movie on that list. Of course, that's because I pretty much didn't see any new movies in the last year.
Gee, I thought Crash was pretty good. I only saw it the one time soon after it came out, but it's really stuck with me. Yes, it was contrived, but IMO no more so than a lot of other films and TV shows. For some reason, it didn't provoke my eye-rolling twitch like season 1 of 24 did (another LA-based storyline involving coincidental passing of cars in the night).
Good Night and Good Luck was the other Best Picture nom that I've already seen. I still haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, nor Capote or Syriana (the other films high on my Must See Before Oscar Night list).
I love that Sleepless In Seattle trailer.
Sleepless in Seattle horror trailer.
Hee.
Okay, I took a look at the Oscar nominations and of any movie nominated for any category -- I have only seen three:
Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Pride and Prejudice
How is this possible? Notice how I haven't seen any of the best picture/best director/best actor/best supporting actor/best supporting actress nominations.
I really need to go to the movies more often.
How common is it for the Best Director and Best Picture noms to be completely identical?
Of the entire list, I've only seen Brokeback Mountain and Wallace and Gromit, I think. Oh, and March of the Penquins.