My Own Oscars...[sort of]

With a lack of topic ideas and last night's Oscars (which I only saw a minute or 2 of) in mind, I figured it might be fun to discuss movies a bit myself.

How about my own "Oscars"--favorites in various categories, etc. Doubt any of you care much, but let's give it a whirl, anyway.

Note: Individual awards will be lifetime achievement awards, of sorts. These are also limited to semi-recent movies or at least ones I've actually seen--sorry.

Note 2: I will provide links to each person/movie that I pick as a winner--just for fun. Just hover over the name and click for their IMDb profile. And also a short video clip of an amazing acceptance speech at the end. Enjoy!



Best Romantic Comedy:
Nominees:
10 Things I Hate About You
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
When Harry Met Sally
A Lot Like Love
Winner: When Harry Met Sally

Best Love Story:
Nominees:
The Notebook
Brokeback Mountain
A Walk to Remember
P.S. I love You
Winner: The Notebook

Best Horror Film:
Nominees:
Tremors
Saw (series)
Friday the 13th (2009)
House of Wax
Winner: Saw

Best Comedy Film:
Nominees:
Office Space
Dumb & Dumber
Old School
The Hangover
Winner: Office Space

Best Action Film:
Nominees:
Gladiator
300
Speed
The Dark Knight
Winner: Gladiator

Best Animated Film:
Nominees:
Shrek
Kung Fu Panda
Aladdin
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Winner: Kung Fu Panda

Best Actor:
Nominees:
Ben Affleck
Will Smith
Leonardo DiCaprio
Denzel Washington
Winner: Will Smith

Best Actress:
Nominees:
Sandra Bullock
Julia Roberts
Renee Zellweger
Jennifer Aniston
Winner: Sandra Bullock

Best Acting Performance:
Nominees:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Russell Crow, Gladiator
Forest Whitaker; The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio; Blood Diamond
Winner: Forest Whitaker; The Last King of Scotland [check this out--talk about inspiring!]

God bless,
Derrick

Float like a butterfly...

Day 5: Complete (sort of)

Morning session: 3.32 miles
Evening session: 7.91 miles
Total distance: 11.23 miles

Accidentally slept in, didn't go for my morning run until around 10. Was extremely sore and tired; almost didn't go. So the run was short. I got the mileage for the day in, but the early run was shortened. Still, mission accomplished, I suppose. Not to mention some Sunday evening hoops, to boot.

Just wrapping up my boxing movie marathon for the week. 12 boxing movies in 6 days (I started on the eve of my running quest).

Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Rocky Balboa (VI)
Million Dollar Baby
Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
Resurrecting the Champ
Ali (feat. Will Smith)
Ali Rap (the ESPN short on Ali's influence on American culture, and the hip-hop world).

Man, Ali was (still is) an inspiring dude...


I think, starting tomorrow, I'll work my way through my way through my other sports flicks (the number I have of each in parentheses), in descending order:

Football (11)
Basketball (8)
Baseball (5)
Golf (2)
Tennis (2)
Figure Skating (1) -- Blades of Glory. Ha!

Side notes:
Cubs won today. Yay!
This is a day late, but...Rest in Peace, Steve McNair.
I miss my Wichita friends! I think it's time for a visit. I'm thinking maybe Friday...
I still don't think anyone really reads these, but it helps to get my thoughts and reactions down.

D, out.