Anybody here going to sit through the Oscars on Sunday?

I've never been into it much unless a particular film or actor I'm interested in is in the running. I do also find some interest in the foreign films and shorts but I can look up the nominees and get the info I need. 
Given your past occupation Ryan I can certainly see why it's of interest to you.

<blockquote>loaf7 wrote:
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It's tough for me to sit through the whole show.</blockquote> Well, since I had a cold kick in on Saturday night, I took a dayquil Sunday morning. Kept me up the whole day and through the entire show. I was impressed with the Martin/Baldwin pairing and rather enjoyed myself.

The Oscars = baseball to me....... Long, no scoring and boring as hell. Although I heard Bridges won for Crazy Heart THE Best Picture to me!!

I watched Private Ryan again..........for about the tenth time.....on TNT.

It was a crying shame they did not mention Farrah Fawcet during the "Memoriam" portion of the show...but yet Michael Jackson was shown? Ridiculous...<img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_thumbsdown.gif">

Bea Arthur was forgotten also....

The best part of Oscar time is watching the 30 days of Oscar winning movies on the tube., In our case recording 'em 
to watch later on <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif"> 
Lance

The best part of the Oscars for me was not being let down(sarcasm), The Hurt Locker had to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen win an Oscar second only by Titanic (1997) <table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="55%"><tbody bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr>
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<td> BEST FILM</td></tr><tr><td> 2010 </td>
<td> The Hurt Locker (2009)</td></tr><tr><td> 2009 </td>
<td> Slumdog Millionaire (2008)</td></tr><tr><td> 2008 </td>
<td> No Country For Old Men (2007) </td></tr><tr><td> 2007 </td>
<td> The Departed (2006) </td></tr><tr><td> 2006 </td>
<td> Crash (2005) </td></tr><tr><td> 2005 </td>
<td> Million Dollar Baby (2004) </td></tr><tr><td> 2004 </td>
<td> Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) </td></tr><tr><td> 2003 </td>
<td> Chicago (2002) </td></tr><tr><td> 2002 </td>
<td> A Beautiful Mind (2001) </td></tr><tr><td> 2001 </td>
<td> Gladiator (2000) </td></tr><tr><td> 2000 </td>
<td> American Beauty (1999) </td></tr><tr><td> 1999 </td>
<td> Shakespeare In Love (1998) </td></tr><tr><td> 1998 </td>
<td> Titanic (1997) </td></tr><tr><td> 1997 </td>
<td> English Patient, The (1996) </td></tr><tr><td> 1996 </td>
<td> Braveheart (1995) </td></tr><tr><td> 1995 </td>
<td> Forrest Gump (1994) </td></tr><tr><td> 1994 </td>
<td> Schindler's List (1993) </td></tr><tr><td> 1993 </td>
<td> Unforgiven (1992) </td></tr><tr><td> 1992 </td>
<td> Silence of the Lambs,The (1991) </td></tr><tr><td> 1991 </td>
<td> Dances with Wolves (1990) </td></tr><tr><td> 1990 </td>
<td> Driving Miss Daisy (1989) </td></tr><tr><td> 1989 </td>
<td> Rain Man (1988) </td></tr><tr><td> 1988 </td>
<td> Last Emperor, The (1987) </td></tr><tr><td> 1987 </td>
<td> Platoon (1986) </td></tr><tr><td> 1986 </td>
<td> Out of Africa (1985) </td></tr><tr><td> 1985 </td>
<td> Amadeus (1984) </td></tr><tr><td> 1984 </td>
<td> Terms of Endearment (1983) </td></tr><tr><td> 1983 </td>
<td> Gandhi (1982) </td></tr><tr><td> 1982 </td>
<td> Chariots of Fire (1981) </td></tr><tr><td> 1981 </td>
<td> Ordinary People (1980) </td></tr><tr><td> 1980 </td>
<td> Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) </td></tr><tr><td> 1979 </td>
<td> Deer Hunter, The (1978) </td></tr><tr><td> 1978 </td>
<td> Annie Hall (1977) </td></tr><tr><td> 1977 </td>
<td> Rocky (1976) </td></tr><tr><td> 1976 </td>
<td> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)</td></tr><tr><td> 1975 </td>
<td> Godfather: Part II, The (1974) </td></tr><tr><td> 1974 </td>
<td> Sting, The (1973) </td></tr><tr><td> 1973 </td>
<td> Godfather, The (1972) </td></tr><tr><td> 1972 </td>
<td> French Connection, The (1971) </td></tr><tr><td> 1971 </td>
<td> Patton (1970) </td></tr><tr><td> 1970 </td>
<td> Midnight Cowboy (1969) </td></tr><tr><td> 1969 </td>
<td> Oliver! (1968) </td></tr><tr><td> 1968 </td>
<td> In the Heat of the Night (1967) </td></tr><tr><td> 1967 </td>
<td> Man for All Seasons, A (1966) </td></tr><tr><td> 1966 </td>
<td> Sound of Music, The (1965) </td></tr><tr><td> 1965 </td>
<td> My Fair Lady (1964) </td></tr><tr><td> 1964 </td>
<td> Tom Jones (1963) </td></tr><tr><td> 1963 </td>
<td> Lawrence of Arabia (1962) </td></tr><tr><td> 1962 </td>
<td> West Side Story (1961) </td></tr><tr><td> 1961 </td>
<td> Apartment, The (1960) </td></tr><tr><td> 1960 </td>
<td> Ben-Hur (1959) </td></tr><tr><td> 1959 </td>
<td> Gigi (1958) </td></tr><tr><td> 1958 </td>
<td> Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) </td></tr><tr><td> 1957 </td>
<td> Around the World in 80 Days (1956) </td></tr><tr><td> 1956 </td>
<td> Marty (1955) </td></tr><tr><td> 1955 </td>
<td> On the Waterfront (1954) </td></tr><tr><td> 1954 </td>
<td> From Here to Eternity (1953) </td></tr><tr><td> 1953 </td>
<td> Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) </td></tr><tr><td> 1952 </td>
<td> American in Paris, An (1951) </td></tr><tr><td> 1951 </td>
<td> All About Eve (1950) </td></tr><tr><td> 1950 </td>
<td> All the King's Men (1949) </td></tr><tr><td> 1949 </td>
<td> Hamlet (1948) </td></tr><tr><td> 1948 </td>
<td> Gentleman's Agreement (1947) </td></tr><tr><td> 1947 </td>
<td> Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) </td></tr><tr><td> 1946 </td>
<td> Lost Weekend, The (1945) </td></tr><tr><td> 1945 </td>
<td> Going My Way (1944) </td></tr><tr><td> 1944 </td>
<td> Casablanca (1943) </td></tr><tr><td> 1943 </td>
<td> Mrs. Miniver (1942) </td></tr><tr><td> 1942 </td>
<td> How Green Was My Valley (1941) </td></tr><tr><td> 1941 </td>
<td> Rebecca (1940) </td></tr><tr><td> 1940 </td>
<td> Gone with the Wind (1939) </td></tr><tr><td> 1939 </td>
<td> You Can't Take It With You (1938) </td></tr><tr><td> 1938 </td>
<td> Life of Émile Zola, The (1937) </td></tr><tr><td> 1937 </td>
<td> Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) </td></tr><tr><td> 1936 </td>
<td> Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) </td></tr><tr><td> 1935 </td>
<td> It Happened One Night (1934) </td></tr><tr><td> 1934 </td>
<td> Cavalcade (1933) </td></tr><tr><td> 1933 </td>
<td> Grand Hotel (1932) </td></tr><tr><td> 1932 </td>
<td> Cimarron (1931) </td></tr><tr><td> 1931 </td>
<td> All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) </td></tr><tr><td> 1930 </td>
<td> Broadway Melody, The(1929) </td></tr><tr><td> 1929 </td>
<td> Wings (1928) </td></tr></tbody></table>

An imperfect list (can't please everybody) but definitely a lot of "must-see" films there. 1989-1993 seems like yesterday, yikes. Anybody who hasn't seen "The Sting" or "All About Eve" should give them a try.