Best Picture: The Artist

The Academy Awards were held last night and who would have ever thought that in the sophisticated world of film making a silent film shot in black and white would win for Best Picture? It certainly left me a gasp considering that the Martin Scorsese film Hugo was racking up the Oscars at the start of the night. The Artist was the underdog film that seem to have come out of nowhere and once again the underdog film triumphed. Not only did the movie win Best Picture, but the films leading actor, French star, Jean Dujardin walked away with a golden statue for Best Actor In a Leading Role.
Could this be Hollywood's way of moving back to an era when everything was not given to us in a film, but we had to use our imagination as well? No fancy 3D or freeze framing, but people performing on a screen no words spoken. All this is possible and in my opinion this will not be the last film we will see like this because due to the success of this film there are bound to be copycats.
CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND NOMINEES OF THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS!!

A Movie Lovers Super Bowl is the Oscars

On Sunday February 5, 2012 on NBC millions of sports fans and football fanatics will gather in homes and bars eyes glued to the television to watch the New York Giants and New England Patriots battle to become Super Bowl champs. The Super Bowl is the highest viewed football game of any season. Many watch just for the highly anticipated commercials that have become ever so famous and others watch to see modern day gladiators battle for victory.
For those of us that are movie lovers or even #movienerds our "Super Bowl" is the Academy Awards which will air on Sunday, February 26, 2012 on ABC. Like the Super Bowl some watch for the fashion and celebrities and others of us watch to see who will take home that coveted prize...the Oscar.
The Super Bowl which is the highest achievement for a football team, so can be said of the Academy Awards for actors and directors. Even if a person is nominated and does not win they will forever be known as Academy Award nominee... which cannot be said of the Super Bowl. A team goes to the Super Bowl and loses they will be known as a LOSER.
Some have called the Academy Awards boring, but it really is not if you can understand the dynamics of the show. The very vibe of the show is "old Hollywood" a time when people did not use profanity on television and ladies were ladies and men were gentlemen. It is a classy, classic award show that holds the highest honor for actors, directors, writers, wardrobe stylist and many more. It is timeless.