| Wednesday March 13th 2002 I feel up to writing another entry tonight, but I don't really know what about this time. Guess I'll just see where the mood takes me. Looking forward to checking out the Academy Awards on the 24th. It's becoming a tradition to tell everyone I'm too busy to do anything, then planting myself down by the tv with a bowl of chips and staying up until some ungodly hour when I have to work the next day, until that final acceptance speech is made. It's like New Years; unfortunately nobody else I know gets it. Sorta like how I felt when I saw Fantasia 2000, told everyone what a great movie that was, and got nothing but a lot of blank stares. Huh. I guess we all have our little quirks. One friend seems to think the louder he screams at the tv, the better his team's chances of scoring. I've vowed to leave him alone - that's his moment, don't mess with it. I try to respect people that way, even when I can't figure out what the hell the big deal is. All too soon the tables are turned... Had a couple of those moments over the past couple of weekends. I was curious about the best picture nominees, so part of my little tradition I've cooked up is to make sure I've seen them all. Last weekend I went and saw 'In The Bedroom'; the weekend before I saw 'Gosford Park'. Now, a) I wouldn't have seen either one if they weren't nominated, and b) I probably wouldn't have cared much for either one. But knowing they had been, I looked a little deeper and found a lot to like. That sort of experience would have come out totally different if I'd gone with someone who 'didn't get it'. I would have been too worried about 'what the hell did I drag this person into seeing?, and not paying enough attention to 'get it' myself. I still don't think they can beat LOTR though. LOTR rocks, and hey - EVERYBODY got that one... :) So what's the moral of the story here? I'm led by the nose to be impressed by whatever impresses the academy? Not exactly, I don't think, though I see their point more clearly if I see nominees AFTER they're chosen. If LOTR hadn't gotten nominated, I'd still say it was my pick for movie of the year. I could sit here all night and try to rationalize why I love watching the Oscars (I know it ain't the get-ups or the schmoozing). But my friend probably doesn't know why he screams at the tv, either. We have quirks because that's what we really enjoy. Who needs justification? |