Waking Up Late For Work

You know that feeling? You wake up and it’s way too bright in your bedroom? I just had that feeling. The Academy Awards are this weekend! I thought they were in two or three weeks! Yet again, I will not be having any sort of a party … friends and family are scattered more than usual. But, more importantly, here’s my to-do list:

• Rent La Vie En Rose (I’ve been meaning to do this forever) and American Gangster (even though I really don’t think it looks good at all – it looks like a re-make of New Jack City). I just think Denzel Washington has been mediocre ever since X. He was M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T in that and mediocre at best in Training Day which was nothing more than a “We’re really sorry we didn’t give you the Oscar last time” award. But, Russel Crowe is always fun to watch and I’ll always give Ridley Scott the benefit of the doubt. I still won’t spend $50+ on the Blu-Ray for Blade Runner, though. I must say that one of my favorite movie lines to this day was spoken by Denzel in Carbon Copy: “I don’t need to.”
• Catch a matinee of Atonement
• Curse myself for not having seen Sweeney Todd. Sorry, I just wasn’t interested until it was too late and it was gone. A guy I used to work with said Depp did a great job though. I just haven’t been interested in the last several Tim Burton movies. Watching his Planet of the Apes was like catching my wife in bed with someone who isn’t even smarter or better looking than me. Like when Peter thinks Jennifer Aniston slept with Lumberg in Office Space or when Mickey Rourke says to Wanda in Barfly: “Why did it have to be Eddie? He symbolizes everything that disgusts me.”

So far, I think I completely agree with Roger Ebert’s feelings and predictions. Juno really deserves best pictures, among others. This year certainly won’t be as suspenseful and exciting as others but at least we’ve had the presidential primaries for that.