Not entirely, though. I am not lucky enough to live in an area served by the theatres that ran that special deal where you could watch all best picture nominees in one afternoon. Instead, I was on my own.

Saturday was Slumdog Millionaire. You know, I enjoyed it and it was defintely better than Benjamin Button but I didn't think it was good enough to win best picture. Still, I hadn't seen any of the other nominees so I couldn't judge.

I was distracted by Madhur Mittal when he showed up. he looked incredibly familiar but imdb showed NOTHING. Then it hit me--he looks like an Indian Justin Timberlake. Unfortunately I cannot find a decent picture with which to make a comparison.

It was a sweet story with an interesting device by which the story was told. Still, as much as I liked it I thought that the 2008 crop of films must not have been that great if this is the best film of the year.

So today I saw The Wrestler. Giiirrrrrrrl, that was a FILM. It was hardly a feel good happy time but it told a great story and told it quite well. I would like to see it again just to look for small details (there were a few that I noticed but I just couldn't keep looking for them because I would miss the great story on the way).

And interestingly enough there were times Mickey Rourke looks old and hideous, yet at times you can see the handsome young man he once was. It helped relate to the character...

Ooh! Visual aid!



I fully believe that the reason this movie is so successful is the reason many have stated before: that we have seen the evolution of Mickey Rourke and can relate to him being a once hot commodity who became a caricature and a punchline. In any case, it was a great performance.

Oh, and it bears mentioning that I have never seen a Jason Statham film and I hope to keep things that way.

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