Ok so this post is coming out monday instead of sunday. Sunday was a busy day for me and didn't have time to post anything last night. Why you ask? Well the Oscars were on, and even though I did complain a tad in the previous post about how I feel everyone thinks the Oscars are the be all end all of Movies, it's still a lot of fun to watch. Plus, if you haven't seen most of the movies that were nominated, then you get to see bits of them throughout the night so you can decide if you still want to see it.
Also, because you're likely surrounded by a group of people who HAVE seen at least a few of these titles, then it gives you a chance to hear about said films, as well as about the movies that were so good that weren't nominated that might also be worth seeing.
Having seen only 2 of the films that were nominated last night (and for some of the smaller awards too) I fell into the category of hearing about the movies I should see. A few I'd heard about were ones I had already wanted to see, but others I had no idea about, and now DO. I wanted to see The Artist before the Oscars, but now I really do after all the coverage it got last night, and not just because it won 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Director and Lead Actor.
On another note, been hearing A LOT about The Hunger Games. Been hearing that the books are amazing, so that's a must read sometime before the movie comes out near the end of March.
Prediction: If The Hunger Games lives up to its hype, and is really as good as people say it will be (given how closely it stays to the book as well), it will most certainly get nominated for an Oscar next year. I will not say if it will win anything but nominated for sure, IF it lives up to its hype.
When The Last King of Scotland came out a few years ago with Forrest Whitaker as Idi Amin president of Uganda, I predicted (at the time of the trailer being released) that he would win best actor for it, and he did. I don't usually have the clairvoyance to see that so well though.
Anyhow, I'll probably post again tonight for today's update, because this is yesterday's update.
-Spoiled Mangoes
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