Oscar Talkback: How Many Oscar Movies Haven’t You Seen?

I guess it’s time to sign up for Netflix. While intermittently watching the Oscars last night, it occurred to me that I haven’t seen many of the award winners. Call it both an overt symbol of my inability to get to the theater and a subtle symbol of the irrelevance of the Academy Awards. Here’s all the Oscar winners I haven’t seen (here’s a fun game too- see if you can figure out which movie(s) I’ve actually seen):

“The Departed”
“The Queen”
“The Last King of Scotland”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“Dreamgirls”
“The Lives of Others”
“Happy Feet”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Babel”
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
“The Danish Poet”
“West Bank Story”

I didn’t liveblog last night (mostly because I just don’t care about the Oscars) but I can post these posthumous thoughts:

The peer stroking and self adulation that goes on from the “Daddy love me” celebrities never ceases to turn my stomach.

Elen Degeneres, though not as irreverent as she could have been, was a nice choice for host. Most of her bits were funny and unexpected.

I wish Beyonce Knowles would just go away. It really isn’t that difficult to just scream into a microphone. Seriously, try it some time. It’s pretty easy.

Anybody know why Jennifer Hudson wore a spacesuit on the red carpet?

Meryl Streep’s clothes looked like she shoplifted at an African safari boutique. And she just grabbed whatever she could and ran out the door before the security guard or Winona Ryder could get to her.

Watching Leo DiCaprio suck up to Al Gore reminded me that even professional athletes, celebrities, and the wealthy look up to elected officials. Mamas, forget about American Idol. Prepare your kids to run for office.

You’re welcome.