well you heard it hear first
re the reader
didn't ya?
ok well maybe i wasn't the first
but even though id seen the fantastic merryl streep in doubt
and the divine angelina jolie in the changling
once i saw kate winslet in the reader
i knew she had it nailed

kate winslet is like the classic
humble
beautiful
lovely
actress from other time
she seems to fit into the ranks
of grace kelly
only between you and me
a better actress
and clearly the pairing of her with hubby director
sam mendez is magic

i was sad not see mickey rourke win
oh how i wanted to see him take oscar gold
but winning the golden globe and being nominate
surely has been enough to convince the suits in hollywood
but we the audience have always known
the mickey is so talented
one must over look a decade or so of self sabotage

i did see milk
and did think sean penn deserve oscar gold
maybe just a smidgen less then i think mickey did
but i was happy to see sean dedicate part of his speech to mickey
his "brother"
although sean hey you forgot your wife!

it made my heart happy to see sean
and the lovely young man who wrote the screenplay
and now damn it i can't think of his name
use their speeches to hope that a time has come
to end discrimination against gay's across this country
and sean added
those who voted to stop gay marriage should be shamed

over-all the oscars dragged
its hard to keep 4 hours interesting
but i still feel like an excited little girl watching the oscars
and as winslet said
i too have fantasized oh haven't so many of you
about being up there
accepting my award
and thanking everyone who has believed in me

just a few things

philip seymour hoffman
really? the oscars in a ski caps?
not cool
you're too white, too old
and too rich to try grunge now

i was happy for penelope cruz picking up supporting actress
but must admit oh how i would have loved to see
marisa tomei who in the wrestler her her come-back too
and looked hot! win i just love that lady

when heath ledger one for his joker role
as best supporting it was not a dry eye
and why should there be
someone so young
so talented
and so full of passion
was lost to us

all in all
it was a night that almost made you forget about the economy
and the wars
the problems in the world

especially when slumdog millionaire picked up best picture
this was a movie after all about triumph over the most impossible of odds
if these two lovers could find each other through all that was piled up against them
maybe just maybe we will all be okay too

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