Why I Don't Watch The Oscars

being a huge movie buff, people are always surprised to learn that i hate the oscars and never watch the show. the reason being is that they always screw up the awards. the year that "l.a. confidential" should have won, they gave it to that leaky "titantic." pathetic.

this year, i really thought "brokeback mountain" would take home the little gold guy. and what does the academy do? yay, they give it to "crash." and what was the deal with giving the oscar to reese witherspoon versus the more-deserving felicity huffman? seriously, it's like last year when they gave it to hilary swank versus, again, the more-deserving annette benning.

here's the problem i have. hilary swank had already won an oscar and her performance in "million dollar baby" was good, but nowhere near as wonderful as annette benning's performance in "being julia." she really carried the movie and stole the show. she made the movie. you can't say the same about hilary.

and with reese, yes, she is a very talented actress, one of my favorites. i realized when i saw her in "the man in the moon" that she was going to be amazing and remarkable. and she is. but she has years and years and years ahead of her. felicity huffman is also gifted. but the types of roles offered to her that will be oscar contender worthy are probably few and far between.

it just makes me sick. and sad. at least they recognized philip seymour hoffman and george clooney. perhaps there are a few people with brains in hollyweird. but only a few.