The Oscars were tonight. Melia and her mom brought over Thai food and Banana Pudding ice cream from Blue Bell.

‘Once‘ winning for Best Song made my night! It made everything else about the night not so bad. ‘Juno‘ won for Best Screenplay too. Nice.
Jon Stewart did a good job hosting. We were often LOLing.

We did watch ‘Atonement‘ today. I am glad I saw it, but I will never watch it again. It was a pretty movie, but it had a darker tone than I expected and the ending was too abrupt. The ending was too much ‘telling’ and not enough ‘showing’ for me. My first reaction was that I didn’t like the movie, but as the day went on I liked it more and more. Keira Knightly actually did a really good job in it and didn’t annoy me. I thought the part was good for her. I believe it deserved an Oscar nod for Best Movie, but not enough to win the whole thing.

The Golden Globes is the cool sister to the Oscars. At the Globes nominees and guests sit around tables and drink champagne. Getting just tipsy enough to let their guards down. Also, the Globes favor indies and comedies as opposed to the stiff, snooty movies that the Oscars favor.

My first clue that the show was going to be a disappointment was that it was only scheduled for an hour. I tuned in for a few minutes to see the Access Hollywood hosts anti-climatically announcing the winners. Then I watched them show a gritty clip of an actress in her house finding out that she was nominated. It was too Access Hollywood for me. It was cheap and sad. Where are the beautiful gowns? I want to see Cate Blanchett accept her Golden Globe in Valentino or Alexander McQueen.

To add insult to injury ‘Juno’ lost to “Sweeney Todd’ in the Best Musical or Comedy category. Blah! I have not seen ‘Atonement’ the winner for Best Drama yet.

Maybe the strike will be over before the Oscars. In a culture where “the show must go on.” Lets hope that the Oscars will go on!

The strikers were kept busy today. A NY Times article said, ‘In the Westwood district of Los Angeles, meanwhile, members of the Writers Guild of America and their families were invited to spend Sunday at a Union Solidarity Film Festival. The scheduled screenings were to include “Newsies,” “Network,” “Harlan County U.S.A.” and “Norma Rae,” all about labor struggles or the perfidy of corporate types.”

Enough of my whining. Thanks for letting me vent to Blog Land.