The Academy Award nominations recently were announced, and I am proud to say that I have actually seen one of movies up for Best Picture. There are a total of eight movies nominated for Best Picture. I’ve seen one, “American Sniper,” and might see two others once they come out on DVD. Normally, I wait until after the Oscars are handed out to go see the winning performances, because there is nothing I hate more than taking out a bank loan, going to a huge theater with uncomfortable chairs and sticky floors, and watching a terrible, artsy-fartsy movie. Once the Oscars are passed out, then I have some idea which movies are worth paying big bucks to see.
As for this year’s nominees for Best Picture, my vote goes to “American Sniper.” It was a great movie, one of the best I’ve seen in years. As for the other nominated pictures, I have no opinion since I haven’t seen them and don’t plan to ever watch most of ’em even if they do win Oscars. There’s one movie about some hotel in Budapest. I don’t know what the heck it’s about, but the title makes me think it’s a documentary about Hungarian maid service and their techniques on cleaning bidets.
There’s also a movie called “Boyhood” that took 15 years to film. If it took that long to make, I gotta wonder how long it takes to watch this one. My bladder and sore knees barely make it through a two-hour flick. Any movie lasting longer than that will have me refilling that empty $6 cup of Dr. Pepper under the cloak of theater darkness. I think if a movie lasts three hours or more, the theater should install a Port-a-Potty in the aisle so movie-goers won’t miss anything important.
