"Confession of a Shopaholic" and the Oscar Night

Finally something like a romantic comedy that wasn't torn into pieces by the critics, so we invested $26 (including Fandango convenience charge) to visit the Regal 11 at Battery Park. The theatre experience, again, wasn't worth it, some folks next to us talking all the time and two guys (what are they doing in this movie?), who left in the first third - they probably anyway had tickets to a different movie. Not that it matters that much, but it somewhat spoils the experience of a big event worth paying that much money for.
Anyway - the movie was pretty delightful, if you like seeing Isla Fisher whirling from one frame to the other, that is. I do and that helped me over some mild suspension of disbelief moments and goofy slapstick scenes. So it is one of the better movies I've seen in the last month.

Of course this doesn't make it a contender for the Oscar's tonight. It's a comedy and the Academy rarely believes that funny stuff is great film making. Unfortunately this year, we haven't seen a single nominated movie – I would have loved to see Slumdog Millionaire, but it was just released yesterday on DVD (unfortunately not on iTunes yet). The other movies are not so much my cup of tea: For whatever reason I don't like the story of Benjamin Button, especially not with Brad Pitt in it (but that's just me). The other movies, I'll maybe watch someday, but not in a theater.

Again, the Oscar's don't follow blindly the most successful movies of the year. Many thought they should nominate The Dark Knight, but they didn't, for a good reason, in my opinion. First, I didn't like it and second, despite a lot of good film making effort and acting, it's still a superhero comic.

Also, these will be the first Oscars that I'll follow on Twitter. This was a lot of fun for the Globes and the Grammy's, because you get instant comments on what happens on the screen. To do this, go on Twitter Search and follow the action. Even more better: use twhirl.

Comments

[Elke]

Oh - now I know how you're doing it :) thanks for posting the links. As for the movie theater experience: abysmal! It's such an off turner that I am thinking of giving up on cinemas completely. Not on movies of course, but sitting with chatting, cellphone typing, popcorn eating, smelling people in a room is no fun. I never enjoyed it and dislike it even more the older I become. Thank God there's Netflix!!!

-- Elke