you betcha, yeah!

Believe it or not, but I've actually started back to treadmilling again. I used the "gotta babysit Mom" excuse for the last couple of months, but now that she's a big girl and doesn't need me anymore I'm out of credible excuses. So I tidied up the Craft/Workout room and have hit the not-so-dusty treadmil trails again.

The best thing about treading is that it gives me the opportunity to watch movies I might not otherwise view. I have a TV/DVD setup in the C/W room and have sweated with some really stellar actors like Casey Affleck for instance. He mumbles so much that I have to turn the volume up to like 40 and turn on the closed-captioning. But hey, not only do I get the chance to shape my bod, I also get to watch average movies and do a little scrapbooking. After committing to the first 30 or 40 minutes of a movie, I feel obligated to stick around for the rest of it, so I scrapbook (the C in C/W room).

I've also finally watched all of the Academy Award Best Picture nominees. Almost. Please see below for my reviews.

Atonement
I really like movies with characters with British accents. The Muppets could've starred in this movie and as long as they said things like bugger or Shropshire I would've loved it. The story was at times slow and at times confusing, but overall I'd probably give it a B.

Juno
This was a really cute movie, but how the heck it ever got nominated for Best Picture is beyond me. Some of the scenes actually made me laugh out loud (not an easy thing to do) and the story, although a little trite, was still nice. Allison Janney was beyond wonderful as the put-upon stepmom and she definitely needed to be in more scenes. I give it an A-.

Michael Clayton
Okay, so I didn't actually see Michael Clayton yet, but I have seen old ER episodes and I've seen one of those Ocean 11 or 12 movies, so really, I'm thinking I've probably seen Michael Clayton, too. I think I would like to see Tilda Swinton, though. She played the evil White Witch in the Narnia movie and scared the panties off me! No grade on this one. Besides, somebody told me it was boring.

There Will Be Blood
Absolutely nothing could be as boring as this movie, though! I think the best part of the movie was when I fell asleep half-way through it. I actually slept for about 15 minutes and when I woke up they were still on the same scene! And I never got to see any blood! Where was all the blood?! There was plenty of boring, but no blood. F for a frigging hour & a half of my life I'll never get back again.

No Country For Old Men
Which brings us to the winner. (If you didn't already know who the winner was, shame on you for not knowing!) I actually managed to stay awake for this one...but just barely. Not only was it slow, but the ending left me with that "what the hell??" look on my face. The guy with the bad haircut was mildly amusing at first and then just plain dumb for the remainder of the movie. The only reason I stuck around till the end was because it was made by the Fargo brothers and I love love love Fargo. As a matter of fact, I've included a Fargo-esque YouTubing for your pleasure. Enjoy!