The Day After the Awards

Mixed feelings on the results-I really didn't think Million Dollar Baby
would win everything it did. It was a little movie with an important message, but nothing much when compared with the complexity of the other films in the Best Picture category.

And Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for best original screenplay? I have a phrase that describes works like that one: labored creativity. It's as if the writer said, "Let's see just how clever and wierd we can be, and try to make a point in the film while we go along." Charlie Kaufman should have won for Adaptation when he was nominated; it was vastly better than this mess.

Chris Rock? He was good. Sean Penn should just lighten up.

Academy Awards Picks

I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow night watching the Academy Awards and not taking calls.

Here are my picks if I were the one voting (I have seen all the nominees for Best Picture and Best Actor).

Best Picture: Ray

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator

Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray

Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Alda, The Aviator

Best Supporting Actress: Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda

Screenplay (Original): The Aviator, John Logan

Screenplay (Adaptation): Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

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