My wife and I are huge movie fans. We used to host an Oscars party as our big bash of the year.
But, the quality of the movies has been on a steady slide and the Oscars have turned into a bunch of overpaid undereducated jerks lecturing the rest of us on politics. I used to watch because Billy Crystal was so darn funny, but that's gone now. Tonight, I'm working and monitoring the Oscars on FR and my wife and kids - are at a movie. Neither of us could bear the thought of Algore stealing an Oscar from some deserving (and probably underpaid) documentary director just so Hollyweird could poke President Bush in the eye.
YOU SAID IT ALL AND I THANK YOU. DO ANY OF YOU EVER THINK THAT SINCE HOLLYWOOD HATES ALL REPUBLICANS SO MUCH, THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT US TO GO TO THE MOVIES. OR THEY NEVER GIVE A THOUGHT TO IT??
We also used to go to some great Oscar parties.. My favorite was the year I dressed up as Nick Nolte in his arrest photo. :-)
My wife and I have ALWAYS loved movies.... it's been "our thing" for the past 25 years. This year, we have only seen 3 of the 5 nominees (The Departed, Letter, and Lil Miss Sunshine) I liked them all, but... I would give the award to The Departed...
Just my prediction.....