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I'm surprised so many Freepers are bad mouthing this year's Oscar nominees. I saw "The Aviator" and thought it was quite good. Leo DeCaprio did a fantastic job of portraying Howard Hughes, as the flawed, but brillant, daring individual that he was. I was taken back that Martin Scorcese and Harvey Weinstein, both butt licking Democrats, showed the endurance and success of the individual against the state and overwhelming political power. Maybe DeCaprio, Scorcese and Weinstein get it, but still want to remain in the "liberal Democrat" closet. "Aviator" reminded me of Ayn Rands "Atlas Shrugged". Unfortunately the younger folks, who did not know Howard Hughes, Juan Trippe, Senator Brewster, and the community company (Pan Am) will not be able to fully grasp Hughes and Trippe's greatness and foresight. It truly was a battle of titans, not government bureaucrats.

All the other flicks, "Million Dollar Baby", "Sideways", "Ray" are films about the power of the individual to succeed or survive. No collectivism or Democrat BS to be found here. The individual reigns supreme in all these films. I want to see all of them. Jamie Foxx was outstanding as Ray Charles, and it doesn't get any better than Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank in "Million Dollar Baby". I might add for Freepers that like Charles Krauthammer, he stated on Brit Hume's show that the movie "Sideways" may have been the best picture he has ever seen. As for Johnny Depp, I know his politics are a bit odd, but he did a magnificent job as the eccentric, outrageous, individualist Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl" The likes of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Anniston, George Clooney, etc. don't belong in the same world as these folks.

I might add that I am sorry that Mel Gibson, and his "Passion of the Christ" is not among the honorees. I went to see the movie the first day in release and found it overwhelming and personally moving. My wife and I had just lost our thirty-seven year old daughter to breast cancer, and this movie helped me cope with that loss through the power and majesty of Jesus Christ and our Lord almighty. It is really a shame that the fathers and leaders of present day Hollywood are so taken in by their bias, that they cannot see the magnificence of the Lord, whether the Lord is Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc. I guess that's what happens when the Kings and Queens of Hollywood believe they are Gods. That's what happens when you are secular and liberal to the bone. I feel sad for them, for they cannot grasp the true greatness of life and mortality.