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March 04 Empty OscarWell, another year, another year without seeing one Academy Award nominated film. "Brokeback," "Capote," "Los Duques de Hazzard" - missed 'em all. Am I sorry? Sure. Used to be we'd hit at least two of five. Hey, we did catch "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Might be up for Best Sound, Best Smoke, Best Something, but I doubt it.
These days, most of our movie-watching is done at home - fire up the DVD player, pop some microcorn and we're good. Okay ... melt some butter too and pour it over the top. Yup, at home there's no Chatty McRudely fighting for your arm rest. (Did you hear about the 40-year-old guy who talked all through our showing of "Star Wars: Episode III"? This one was at the theater - obviously. He actually said this out loud, "Yoda's green!" Great - chatty AND a rocket scientist!!)
There's a lot to be said for staying in and watching movies ... but ... and it has to be the right movie here ... but there are somethings that need to be seen three stories high in a room with stadium seating and 300 strangers:
When the crowd is washed up in the excitement of the knockout, the vanquishing of the villian, the blowing away of some foreign-but-you-can't-really-tell-if-he's-Russian-or-Arab baddie - there's nothing like seeing a movie "at the movies." I saw "Rocky II" on my ninth birthday at the Loews. People were actually cheering in the aisles when Rocky climbed up those ropes. I was nine and I still remember it. So where did I start this? Oh yeah. Didn't see any of this year's Oscar nominees. Wait a sec. We actually did see "Crash," but given I'm only now remembering that fact instead of at the beginning of this entry, doesn't bode well for its impact on me. Definitely winner of the "I Really Really Really Thought This Movie Could Never Have A Happy Ending" award. But I hear if you see just one gay cowboy movie this year, see "Brokeback Mountain." If you see two, catch Kenny Rogers in "Gambler 2."
Scott
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