Every year around this time, I like to look at Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 25 Movies You Need To See Before Oscar Night. I use it as a reminder of which movies I’ve seen, and usually, just how many more I should see before the big night — or at some point over the course of the next year. This year, I think I’ve hit an all-time low. I’ve only seen THREE of the movies listed so far! Clearly, I need to head over to the movie theatre for a couple of marathons. How many have you seen?
- The Departed
- Dreamgirls
- Babel
- The Queen
- Letters From Iwo Jima
- Little Miss Sunshine
- United 93
- Little Children
- Notes on a Scandal
- Flags of Our Fathers
- The Last King of Scotland
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Borat
- Blood Diamond
- Volver
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Venus
- Children of Men
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Half Nelson
- Thank You For Smoking
- The Painted Veil
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Hollywoodland
- For Your Consideration
I’ve only seen #12, 21, and 23, not even CRACKING the top ten. Sigh. How am I supposed to beat the office champ in our Oscar pool at this rate?
out of that list, the only ones I want to see are:
The Queen
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Last King of Scotland
Volver
Children of Men
Pan’s Labyrinth
The only one I have seen:
Stanger than Fiction
Which was a great movie.
I guess I just see way too many movies, because I’ve seen all but five of those … If you wanted to catch up, I’d recommend starting with Little Miss Sunshine and the Queen, which should be playing everywhere again thanks to Helen Mirren’s big Golden Globes win