I saw The Help . Still want to see The Artist. I'm not certain what else was nominated - sorry. I just had little interest this year.
Didn't watch but got an early birthday gift when I saw the following on Big Hollywood' s major stories:CLOONEY LOSES! I was so happy I yelled and did a happy dance in my living room. Just thrilled to see that self-centered, smug, nasty piece of **** got kicked to the curb. Oh I know he'll be back from the "dead" way sooner than I'd like, but for this Kentuckian (KY being the home state of Rosemary Clooney, Georgy-Porgy's late aunt), the announcement was SWEEEET!!!
Oh and I spent Oscar night watching 'Batman Begins' on DVD.
It IS Mrs. Danvers -- a character I've always said would send Darth Vader to a corner and have him drawing up into a fetal position to whimper. Why Judith Anderson didn't win an Oscar for that role is beyond me, but she definitely brought it to life (I'd read the book years before I saw the movie).
I DID cheer when she died. I'm just sorry Oliver didn't shove a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger...which would then have made it an awesome movie. Take that "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Needless to say I hate this movie. I hate this movie. I HATE THIS MOVIE.
I was discussing that with a friend of mine, who likely heard me screaming (from several hundred miles away) when I saw that episode. I guess it shouldn't have surprised me, but it did. The idea of a leader of a free nation having to ask the permission of the UN (for anything) just turned my stomach every which way.
Kept trying to watch tonight's episode and my PBS wouldn't come in. Figures. The one time I want to watch Public TV and my signal i poor.
I must living in another universe. Had BH not had this article as a headline, I wouldn't have known the Golden Globes were on. Darn. And here I have my off day planned by watching episode 2 of Downton Abbey's second season; squeezing in a couple of episodes of 'The Big Band Theory' since I became a fan a couple of months ago; watching some of season 1 of my Rawhide DVD's (Christmas gift), and squeezing in the movie 'Ironclad'.
And doing my laundry.
Guess this means passing on the Golden Globes. Darn again.
Make me the secnod person who thinks George Clooney always plays George Clooney. I've never been a fan. We're not talking about since I found out his political views, I'm talking since E.R. so we're going back years. I liked him in that one movie he did with J-Lo (that was years ago too), but that's probably it. The man is so insufferable, so smug that...well, never mind. I think I got my point across. And to this day, I will always remember how his dad Nick -- formerly of AMC -- ran for Congress in eastern Kentucky, and arrogrant father and arrogant son tried to show the supposedly ignorant Kentuckians of the district how wonderful it would be to have such "superiors" lording over them. Nick headed back to Hollywood with his tail between his legs after being whipped like the proverbial red-headed stepchild. I don't think I've seen Daddy Clooney since. I'm only sorry the son can't vanish too.But that's just me.
Started watching the series when it first hit Netflix about a year ago on DVD (before I gave up my Netflix membership). I really enjoyed it and liked the way they eased the original Doyle stories into the 21st century, as well as thinking that both Cumberbatch and Freeman were a worthy Holmes and Watson. The stories kept me thinking; the acting was spot-on; the dialogue was fresh and intelligent. I've enjoyed Downey Jr. and Law as well -- on the level intended, but this latest BBC series has become a favorite (along with Downton Abbey).
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