Academy Awards

Today is that annual event where I say, "Fill in the blank (Billy Crystal this year) was funny but Jon Stewart would have been better."  That's right, it's Oscar night.  I have only seen four best picture nominees so far.  Tree of Life was visually spectacular but not much in the way of story.  The Help is probably the favorite.  Race relations in this country usually wins the Oscar.  It was good but not great.  I really liked Midnight in Paris, but I would be surprised if it won.  Moneyball is supposedly about baseball, but mostly it is about Brad Pitt being charming.  That's not really difficult to pull off.  It did make Jonah Hill likable which I never expected.  My hope is that Thor wins as a write in candidate.