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Ok, good movie and delicious actor, but the other nominees are quite forgettable. The pickings for this year seem rather dismal (Eminem?), but then I haven't been to that many movies. Hopefully that means TTT will walk away with them all!

I haven't given any thought to who else is in the running this year yet! - I haven't really paid attention, and I probably won't be seeing any of the competition! I only saw ABM on DVD later... out of curiosity. It was a good movie, but no where near the directing challenge that FoTR was. There is an unspoken tie between Best Film and Best Director, and there shouldn't be. The best Story of the year, may not have been the best Directing achievement, but those prizes are seldom split. Maybe PJ will change that, I think he deserves a Director win, even if the films can't or don't win. I can't think of a harder film to direct than these.

The pickings for this year seem rather dismal (Eminem?),

LOL! Last Sunday, during the Confirmation Class, each small group was discussing temptation and how to avoid doing things which the kids knew to be sinful. Someone mentioned movies, and "8 Mile" came up. I asked if that was the Eminem movie, then made the gagging face and said I couln't STAND Eminem. Talk about a discussion starter!! It was great though, because I mentioned I didn't like gangsta rap for the same reason I didn't like Eminem; I thought their attitudes toward women were disgusting, and why would ANY woman allow someone to treat them that way, or even DISCUSS them that way. Some of the kids agreed with that, but they still defended Eminem as an artist. I guess it was like their Mama dissing their favorite singers. I'm probably older than most of their Mamas!