Oscar Time

My first blog post and it’s only 2019 (I’m fashionably late to the blog thing, pretty much how I roll in life too…fashionably late forever.) My plan with this blog is to bring you my movie reviews, to tell you if you should spend the money on a sitter and how many watch check’s I give it (my version of stars- 0 or 1 watch check is really good, 4 or 5 is no bueno). Also if my husband would stay awake. Spoiler: he doesn’t stay awake for much, it needs to be non-stop action/excitement to keep him engaged.  If your partner is like that, then you’ll know if you should drag them with you to see it or not.

It’s absolutely fitting that it’s the week before the Oscars!  I love the Oscars: the gowns, the upsets, the recognition of all the hard work in a craft that brings me such joy.  Bravo to everyone who is nominated! This year’s best picture nominees included some great flicks and some head-scratchers (sorry Favourite, you were not my favorite). Here’s a quick review of some of the Best Picture nominated films:

Lots of buzz about Roma but for me, it missed the mark.  I felt like I was watching the story of a beautiful women with no voice or watching someone else tell her story and I would have rather heard her version, to be honest. Plus I got bored. Black and white is cool and all but Charlie Chaplin’s been there, done that.  There were some cool shots: airplane in a puddle, zoomed in dog poo (haven’t seen that before) and it probably deserves the award for cinematography. It does seem to be that artsy/cool thing that Hollywood loves though, so it may win. Plus bravo to Netflix for it’s first Oscar nominated best picture, wishing I had invested in Netflix a few years ago. 4 watch checks.

My pick for Best Picture is GreenBook.  Such a great story and so well done. I rooted for every character in this film. Who doesn’t love history, genuine friendship and a love story rolled into one with great music and some comedic relief.  I’m rooting for this film to take home the golden statue. Zero watch checks. Worth the sitter money, go see it!

Honorable mentions: A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody are both amazing and if you can, see these on the big screen- you won’t be sorry, especially if you are a Bradley Cooper fan, he’s amazeballs. BlacKkKlansman is a film every person SHOULD see and I’m hoping Spike Lee gets the director award for this one.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I’d love to hear your picks for Best Picture too- leave a comment and let me know your vote!

“Everything I learned, I learned from the movies.” ― Audrey Hepburn