Rewind via Feb

I have seen most of the movies that were up for Oscars this year, and I thought I would like to share my opinion.

Best Picture:

I do think that Slumdog Millionaire deserves this award...why was it rated R? Who knows - there wasn't really anything bad. No cussing, no sex...uh just someone getting their eyes fried by prongs. I do think that Slumdog did deserve to win every award it recieved (except cinematography which should have gone to Changeling), but a few years down the road... um... I do not think that it will be that spectacular of a movie. I could watch Crash more then I could watch this. That being said, the Reader should not have been nominated for any awards. It was not that good. Doubt should have taken its place in the best picture category.

Best Actress:

In NO way should this have gone to Kate Winslet. Her role was supporting, and was not really that spectacular. Yes she was not attractive in this movie and had an accent...but should this really determine who should win? Talk about Kristin Scott Thomas being snubbed from the nomination list. Sad! I would say that this award should have gone to Anne Hathaway or Meryl Streep. It is really difficult to say because Angelina Jolie was phenominal in the Changeling, but I think she did better in Girl Interupted so... Nevertheless, this year was a year for leading actresses.

Best Supporting Actress:

Without having a biased, Penelope = bleh. I think that this was a sob award for not winning Volver and because it was a Weinstein/Woody Allen movie... It should have gone to Amy Adams, the overlooked. Had Winslet been nominated in this category (um, yes) she would have deserved it and rightfully have won. However, Doubt star Viola Davis stole some of Amy's votes (if not most) and therefore Penelope won.

Anyways, the Oscars were not that big of a shock and if I would have bet money and chosen the obvious results, I still would have lost money due to the fact that everything was exactly as it had been. The only way I would have won is with Sean Penn, who I did say should win and he deserved to as well.

I would recommend renting:
Doubt
I Loved You So Long
Changeling
Rachel Getting Married

This are pretty much the movies I recommend from this year.