This is it. This is finally the year that Oscar gives out the Oscar for best picture. It's only the right thing to do considering Elmo got bumped again after being seen painting the streets of L.A. red with good pal Britney Spears.Personally, I'm sick of awards shows...period. Since the 2nd week of January, there hasn't been one weekend without an award program of some kind. I for one, will not be partaking in the event on Sunday evening. The Academy awards are much like the Super Bowl. If you chip away all the bullcrap the whole thing would take an hour. Add the long boring acceptance speeches and commercials, and all of a sudden we've got a six hour show. Everyone thinks they have picked the winner. That flick with Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DeCaprio is rumored to walk away with the statue. Director Martin Scorcese is also said to walk away with several awards. In all his years of making hit movies, he's never walked out of the joint with a gold statuette. I really don't know of anyone that threw away the $15 or whatever it is for the price of a ticket to see that movie or Letters from Iwo Jima. If I want to read 21/2 hours of subtitles, I'll read the newspaper.
Who decides which movvies make the cut anyway? Not me, and chances are, not you either. Let's face it, when a critically acc;aimed movie is expected to have an outstanding opening weekend, moviegoers flock to the cinema to make movies like Norbit with Eddie Murphy number one. For this reason, while we patiently await Beverly Hills Cop 4, lets give a shout out to a couple of movies for best picture of the year. Forget all the three hour boring movies...Santa Clause 3, and Big Momma's House 2 really packed 'em in. Ah yes, another crappy Sinday evening and I'd like to thank everyone for making this possible...especially Jesus Christ.
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