You know, as I sit here after finishing Jarhead (a very good movie btw), I also read that the amount of people going to see movies in the US decreased about 7.9% last year. Hollywood would, I'd surmise, like to blame this all on file-sharing and movie piracy. After all, anyone who watched the Oscars could easily see how transparently they kept bashing in the idea that 'watching a movie in an actual theater' is an experience. We get it. You lost money.

Here's why I don't really care-

The movies last year were HORRID. Among the top movies are Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Ring II, Chicken Little, Fantastic Four, and the money-maker that was terrible- War of the Worlds. Of course it should also be noted that WOTW made most its money overseas anyway. But with movies like that, should studios really be surprised? Honestly?

I say chill out and wait for this year. We've got X-3, Superman Returns, Mission Impossible 3, Scary Movie 4 and others that promise to raise some money. I have to say however that as of the last movie I went to go see, I saw enough previews for crappy horror movies that it's sickening. How many times do I have to see a preview for a scary movie that just has some creepy kid? The shtick doesn't work anymore, gentlemen. It just doesn't.

And with that, I bid adieu.

Quote of the Day
"brighter than sunshine. says:
so my cats sniffin my stuffed tiger"
-Arshy, and no, there was no point of reference

Apparently I cant keep my hands off of new software. The newest Mac-ish thing I'm using is Yahoo! Widgets. It started off on a Mac, there was a program called Konfabulator, then Yahoo! bought out Konfabulator. Anyway, my desktop has now changed to a whole slew of otherness.

Anywhoooo...OSCAR TIME, baby! I really have nothing to look forward to... Philip Seymour Hoffman will win and Reese Witherspoon will win. Whoopdeedoo. Hoffman did a very good job in Capote, yes, but... sigh.. I dunno. It seemed so much like a 'award film', that movie. I happen to like the years for Oscars when there's a crowd favorite. A Titanic. A Lord of the Rings. A Godfather. This year is nothing but self-righteous drama, with those that I've seen, especially Capote. (So horrendously boring that I couldn't finish it...and that's rare.)

The only star quality could be George Clooney maybe winning best supporting. Other than that, I'm just tuning in to listen to Jon Stewart. :D