What were they THINKING??? I'm sorry, Val, but I think Benjamin Button SUCKS. When I got out of the theater, I was indifferent to it, but the more I think about the movie, the more I think about how much it is wrong.
You know what's a good movie? THE DARK KNIGHT. The Dark Knight is too cool to get Academy Awards nominations, though.
And why nominate Kate Winslet for The Reader rather than for Revolutionary Road? Revolutionary Road was a much more important project for her. It's an adaptation from a book she loves, and she made the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and her husband, Sam Mendes. I don't care for Sam Mendes and his constant rants about suburban life, but I think it would have been nice for Kate Winslet to win HER FIRST BEST ACTRESS OSCAR (?!?) for that movie. I get emotional about famous people like that. But I truly like Kate Winslet a lot, and I just hope she doesn't lose to Anne Hathaway. Man, I can't stand that babyface. For me, she will forever be associated to The Princess Diaries.
One thing that's cool, though: In Bruges is nominated for best screenplay. In Bruges is one of those movies that reappear often in awards events, but I don't believe its presence is as marked at the Oscars than at the Golden Globes. In Bruges is a terrific movie!! The trailer didn't do much for me, but I'm glad I got to see it. It is incredibly funny. My favorite part is when Colin Farrell is on coke and stands in front of a dwarf and a prostitute and just goes: "Huh? You two are weird." I laughed at his expression for hours.
