And the Oscar goes to... POKER.

The Oscars were on Sunday... but who really cares, right? I used to watch them religiously when I was younger, but nowadays it seems that they only recognize a very certain breed of film, which isn't quite in line with what I consider to be good, entertaining, thought provoking, or educational. Most of the time, I end up renting the list of "best picture" movies after they come out on DVD and, most of the time, I end up regretting it. I think it was about 2001 where they started to go downhill. Beautiful Mind in 2001 was a good movie, but not the best picture that year. Lord Of The Rings should have taken that honor, or Moulin Rouge. In 2002, Chicago somehow beat out the next Lord Of The Rings picture, Gangs Of New York, and The Pianist single handedly. Luckily the academy made up for it in 2003 by giving Peter Jackson's trilogy a nod with the best picture award going to Return Of The King. Sadly, 2004's Oscar went to Million Dollar Baby, which looked substandard against The Aviator, or Ray.



And this year, I'm not even sure who I would have cheered for... so I didn't watch. I've heard Crash, this years winner, was a good movie, so I'll rent it. But just hearing that it's good was not enough to bring me to the TV to watch the ceremony. Like Jennifer Tilly, I opted to sit this one out and play poker instead.