I Have A Short Memory

I have a short memory which is why I forget

anniversaries and past Oscar shows.

First I completely forgot that on February 20, 2009 I started blogging for the first time and a couple of days after my initial blog I wrote the following about the Academy Awards show.

Monday, February 23, 2009

And the Oscar goes to...

... the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences! Wow, what a great show last night. And to think it took a tanking economy to have them get it right. I guess just spending tons of money doesn't necessary guarantee success. I loved the way former recipients honored each individual nominee, instead of just reading from a list. It was a class act. And who knew that Hugh Jackman was so talented, singing and dancing his way through hosting the show like a true professional. The dresses were beautiful and the acceptance speeches didn't drone on and on. Really a very enjoyable evening, I never changed channels once. Now back to real life. 

Monday, February 28, 2011

Just earlier this morning I was grumbling a comment on another blog about how the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences never puts on a good show. Well I guess I know what I'll be having for breakfast this morning.  Apparently I really liked the show two years ago. The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

This past movie year I had only see three of the Best Picture Nominees. These days I rarely go to a movie theater, rather I wait until the DVD is available and watch it at home. I did however see Inception in the theater, liked it, but I don't think I left with the idea I had just see the Best Movie of the year. I did see on DVD The Kids Are All Right (which was all right) and Winter's Bone which I raved about at the time. It is a little independent movie that was shot here in Missouri and I was proud of the work done on it.

Back in November of 2010 The King's Speech group was on the Charlie Rose show and after hearing the discussion on the movie I had made up my mind the Colin Firth would get the Oscar and probably the movie would get the nod as well. I still haven't seen the movie yet but it is in my Netflix queue to be seen as soon as it's available.

I want to see Biutiful, foreign language with Javier Bardem. Foreign language films back here are almost impossible to find in a regular local theater and there really are a great number of good foreign films. Unless you speak the language of the film it can be a bit off-putting at first; to read or to watch? - that is the question. I have found that in many of the foreign language films they can actually be sparse on dialog making it quite easy to be caught totally up in the film. Sometimes for me so much so I forget the words at the bottom of the screen.

Let me just get it down in black and white my thoughts about last night's Oscar Show so I can retrace my steps when my memory turns to dust once again. It wasn't the best show, but I didn't turn the channel so I guess that is a plus. I just wish the show would put more emphasis on the 'craft' and less on the 'dress' - I  don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings but I really could care less "who you are wearing".