Oscar Run's Second Lap

The Oscar Run continues...

Today, Lar and I hit Spring Hill's cheap-o cinemas for a double-feature to help move along our Oscar Run.

Saturday's features?

Juno and Atonement... these movies couldn't be more different. And so were our reactions when they ended.

Juno sweeps you off your feet, heck, during the opening credits. It's funny, spirited, smart, cool and resolves nicely.

Atonement? Just didn't get the allure. Could be interesting story. Everyone is so overly dramatic, so many plotlines seem they could have been resolved easily in one simple conversation. Frankly, I don't know why the movie's nominated. The young actress (aka beotch character from the movie) is good but not THAT good.

I'm sure there will be an easy replacement on my Oscar nominees list. But as for the ones we've seen so far (today's Juno as well as Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men from last week), these three all make the grade.

We also watched Viggo in Eastern Promises tonight. I thought he was good but probably not good enough to beat the others for lead actor. I'm sure Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood has this one in the bag. That's our last Best Picture to see - maybe next weekend or while we're on vacation. In Eastern, Naomi Watts was really good (as usual). Not sure why she was overlooked for this one. For ladies who are fans of Viggo for his - ahem - talents, three words: bath house scene. That's all I'm saying.

Fourteen nominations down. Sixteen to go...woo-hoo!