Yeah, the Oscars. Have I seen any of these movies? No. In fact, based on the reminder list I've only seen six of the movies open for consideration. And, to be honest, none of them were especially award-worthy. Not Seed of Chucky unworthy, but nothing special, either. Clearly, I need to work on spending my movie dollars more wisely.

There was a time when I made a point to see all the Best Picture nominated films before the awards were given. I've not done that in some time. In fact, the last year for which I've seen all the nominated films, in the theater or not, was 1997 (for the 1998 ceremony - Titanic, As Good as it Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, and LA Confidential). Still, I've usually seen about half of the nominated films, at least until now.

Not sure why the change, though living near movie theaters definately helps. When I was at BU there was almost always a theater within walking distance (not to mention the dear departed Nickelodeon, which was on campus). Then again, 1998 was the year I moved back to Boston, and my viewing habits dropped off anyway.

The good news, I suppose, is that there is a second-run house around the corner from where we live now. Hopefully they'll run some of the nominated movies soon, though they seem to focus mostly on foreign films and stuff they can get on the cheap (for example, they've got Shall We Dance? going now, but will be showing The Incredibles next week, so it's not all bad).