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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Oscar Time

Oh no! Here's a draft of last years Oscar nominees that never got posted)
Last years list is quite different from this years. Here's my take on the two (in case your that far behind)The list is long and some of the choices are very obscure like Life of Pi....Beast of The Southern Beast and Silver Lining Playbook but like years past this should not be a surprise.  The rest portray pivotal times in the history of the USA.

2013....I have see the following:
Zero Dark Thirty was a great movie of a big point in our own history.  The director puts you right in the movie where you feel a part of the action.  I enjoyed the movies point of view very much.  The intelligence community is as big a part of this movie as the brave Navy Seals and for a non-military person to be able to see what our armed forces risk for our sake was powerful.  Jessica Chastain performed a very convincing character.  I would give her an Oscar for this role.
Lincoln was another great history movie that obviously took place well before any of us watching it could have known the details this movie showed us.  As laden with history and politics as this was, it doesn't lose your interest.  Daniel Day-Lewis deserves an Oscar for this portrayal in my opinion.
Argo  was interesting enough to watch and amazing that the Americans pulled-off such a feat and didn't get to take credit for it!  It certainly reminds us of the recent attack in Benghazi, Libya which did not end well for our people. Again showing the great bravery of American people serving the USA in foreign countries.

2014 nominees:
Americans Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

My winner: #Philomena  By far of all the movies had the best acting and content. 12 Years a Slave was equally as compelling but certainly darker than even the Nuns that stole and sold babies in Ireland.

Well in retrospect 12 Years a Slave ran away with the awards and deservedly so.  I do wish #JudiDench had gotten more pub on this movie and urge you to rent this movie!


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