I don’t get excited about the Academy Awards like I used to. This year was especially bad, because (believe it or not) I have not seen ANY of the movies that were nominated in any of the most important categories. Seriously. I hesitate to admit this publicly, but we’re all about sharing here, and the most recent film I saw was RENT.

So, even though I cannot speak intelligently about the Oscar winners this year, I’m hoping you folkds can fill in the gaps. Let’s have a look, then, at a few of the winners I care about:

Picture: Crash

Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)

Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain (Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana)

Original Screenplay: Crash (Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco)

Animated Film: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Wererabbit

Foreign-language film: Tsotsi (South Africa) 

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)

Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)

Okay, I’ve actually seen the Wallace and Gromit film. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world. And I actually had the Crash DVD in my hand in line at the local Movie Gallery a month ago, before settling on something else at the last minute. And, unlike many men out there, I will admit that I would’ve seen Brokeback Mountain if I could’ve found anyone to go with me. Ang Lee is one of my all-time favorite directors. I met him once, saw his student film. I’ll have to tell you about that sometime. Paul Haggis is a longtime TV writer who also wrote Million Dollar Baby.

So, what do you think? Should Crash have gotten it? Who was snubbed? Am I a total poser? Click on the link below to let me have it – intelligent discussion is a few keystrokes away.