The Stretched Oscars
Did you watch The Academy Awards last night?. Other than a few minutes, I didn’t watch. Our family watched The Amazing Race, and I had to get some sleep in preparation for a busy week. I did see a few movies this year – Lincoln, Les Miserables, The Hobbit, and The Amazing Spiderman. I enjoyed each of these for several reasons. Since I’m not up on most of the movies from this year, I thought it would be fun to come up with my own Stretched Oscars which pay tribute to my favorite movies. Here are my winners (from my favorite movies):
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Cuba Gooding Jr. in Radio
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Dustin Hoffman in Rainman
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables
- Best Animated Feature: Cars
- Best Animated Short Film: Partly Cloudy (Pixar)
- Best Director: Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nacho Libre
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Star Wars – Episode 1
- Best Original Score: John Barry – Dances With Wolves
- Best Original Song: Eye Of The Tiger – Rocky III
- Best Picture: Field of Dreams
There are several other categories, but I can’t imagine that most people know or even care about them.
Who would get your lifetime Oscar awards? Did you watch The Academy Awards last night? What was your favorite movie from this past year?