I didnt watch the Oscars and proud of it

Folks, i know i am a huge movie guy and the Oscars are the biggest night in Hollywood, but i did not watch them. Did i forget? Nope. Did i want to watch them? Sure. Did i really care to drop everything and watch them? Nope, i was watching Spartacus: Blood and Sand on dvd with my girlfriend after a long day of driving to RI and back. Given the time in which we returned, we werent able to watch any of it. Plus, cant go wrong with a show on gladiator combat with blood and boobies...alright the story is great too and the action just as great, and i cant say anything bad about the cast because they are perfect for their rolls.

Ok, got a little sidetracked.

Now, i look forward to the Oscars every year, just to see what Hollywood decides is the best of the best in movies and film production. I dont always agree with the outcomes but they are usually fair. Ahem...wasnt too fond of the winner of best original song went to Three 6 Mafia, but thats my anti rap mind talking. In the sense of the award for best Animated Feature, you got what i like to call, brand recognition. Lets look at the winners of this category though the years:

2001 - Shrek*
2002 - Spirited Away
2003 - Finding Nemo*
2004 - The Incredibles*
2005 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit+
2006 - Happy Feet*
2007 - Ratatouille*
2008 - WALL-E*
2009 - Up*
2010 - Toy Story 3*

* designates CG
+ designates stop motion

See, the use of CG is getting out of hand, i am not much of a fan of this type of animation, but i love traditional. I guess this is the future of animation as we know it. Disney even said after the Princess and the Frog they wont be doing any traditional animation. That makes me sad. Also, Pixar has dominated this category for many years, only a small number of features did not win.

SIDENOTE: i still think How to Train your Dragon should have won this year...

Lets go further into this when we look at the winner of last years best Cinematography, Avatar. Now, i am a novice cinematographer and i can say that it takes a lot of work to set shots up and stuff. Avatar was mainly computer animation, not at all my definition of what cinematography is.

In recent years, the academy thought it was a good idea to add at least 10 nominations to the Best Picture category. I am not in favor of this as the choices should be the best of the best. I think they should have a limit of 4 best picture nominations. In the current state of movies these days, i hope to god that we dont have any run of the mill comedy that takes its jokes to who ever is in the news currently and put lame jokes into it, as best picture. That folks would be the end of American cinema as we know it. Im sure the Nostalgia Critic or youtube movie critic Vaughn Fry would have a field day with that one.

Sure i can go on and rant more, but i dont want to go any further with my ranting, ill just work myself up.

Moral of the story: Spartans never die, their only listed as MIA

As always, the Duke abides.