My marathon to the Oscars

I've decided this year to try to watch all the movies that have been nominated for the 79th Academy Awards...

u can of course get the list of all the films online http://www.oscar.com/nominees/, this is something I've always wanted to do and though only Mounir in Montréal could ever get a chance to see all the movies - if he weren’t such a film snob (which I totally understand, cause who really wants to see all the crap) but with the help of internet and a comet I've been able to watch about 17 of the 58 movies...and I'll try to supply u with my predictions... So far I've seen some amazing films...my favorite is still "The Queen"

an amazing portrait of a woman who is an institution, a political turmoil and some good tabloid ...Helen Mirren kicks royal ass. It's a great film all around....yet it looks so demure. I mean it is the queen of England in pajamas to some extent, but it is also about a woman who has been living in this strange bubble of power and privilege and tradition in a stratosphere above everyone else who suddenly realizes she is out of date - and not in a good way. It's a brilliant portrait of a woman and a time...totally worth seeing and I'm sure this film will get its share of Oscar nods. Some of the other noteworthy films that I've seen throughout the year are:

Volver - a great comeback from Almodovar and Carmen Maura. Almodovar seems to make one good and one bad movie after another...I'm so happy he went back to his roots, making "women's films" about the sex he loves and adores. As for Penelope Cruz - Wow...can she act! and somehow she blends into an Almodovar heroine so easily.

Little Miss Sunshine

- a beautifully disturbing film with some amazing performances from all the cast.

Borat - of course, I likah vewry match!
The Inconvenient Truth - for tell all the environmentally unconscious people to wake up or die a slow miserable death.

Jesus Camp is another amazing doco about the very disturbing indoctrination of kids in the ways of Evangelical Right Wing Christianity that is sweeping the United States...a warning I've been yelling out since the late 80's.

Marie Antoinette - for being so thoroughly hollow, another great portrayal of a queen, unfortunately it is so hollow people will always ask the question "why make the film at all". And I saw Curse of the Yellow Flower on my trip to Montreal - another hollow epic with great visuals.

Oh and I saw Superman returns...I think he could have stayed where he was.

Now my Marathon will start as I watch the rest of the movies.