I was suprised at how many of the movies I had seen and a little less suprised that I had seen almost none of the movies that were up for the main awards. None of which I had any real desire to see.
While the popularity of the films isn't always indicative of their value. I am skeptical of this year's "top" films. As I have not seen them, I will not be as harsh as Ann Coulter was.
If the questionable "top" films didn't give pause to the Academy one would think the choice of best song, "It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp", might embarrass them, but alas...
The only movie of the year I didn't see that I might is A History of Violence.
I will say that I thought Million Dollar Baby was very good despite the women boxing. So see that when you can, Kris. War of the Worlds and, more notably, The Constant Gardener were pretty bad. I would've taken Corpse Bride over Wallace and Gromit although both were pretty good despite the anti-killing animals theme of W&G.
Pride and Prejudice was tolerable but not as good as the one with Colin Firth. Kiera Knightley was pretty good and hot, but she was wrong for the part. Donald Sutherland turned in a good albeit minor-part performance, and the guy that played Darcy did well.
Other noteworthy mentions in my book were, Walk the Line, Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter of course, Batman Begins, and even Cinderella Man in that hokey, wholesome Hollywood-of-old way. It seems I have chosen the less "serious" films. Perhaps Hollywood should take itself less seriously.
