Unbound

Went to the bone doctor yesterday, and I'm out of the splint. The break is not severe enough to warrant immobilization, so I get to work on bringing my elbow/arm muscles back to normal, with a followup visit in 4 weeks. The sling is still prescribed now and then. I suppose I'm getting movement back, though it's hard to tell.

As an aside, this doctor's wife curls at a different club.



In other news, we packed up today for the move to the new office building. This will increase my commute by a whopping 25 percent - 5 blocks as opposed to four. Waaah!



Oscar Rundown

Best Picture

I've only seen LOTR and Moulin Rouge. While I'd vote for LOTR out of the nominees, I'd rather not see it win, if only because overdiscussion of the film(s) has reminded me why I ditched the D&D world upon leaving junior high.

MY VOTE: LOTR

WILL WIN: A Beautiful Mind



Best actor: have seen none of the performances.

MYVOTE: Denzel, for no good reason

WILL WIN: Denzel, for no good reason



Best Actress: seen only Zellweger and Kidman's performances. Kidman was nothing special in Moulin Rouge.

MY VOTE: Zellweger. Maybe because Z is close to W, for the snubbed Naomi

Watts.

Will WIN: Spacek



Supporting Actor: Saw only Ian McKellen.

MY VOTE: McKellen, perhaps a makeup vote for past performances.

WILL WIN: Jim Broadbent



Supporting Actress: Saw none of these.

MY VOTE: Jennifer Connelly, as a makeup for her fabulous work in The Rocketeer. Oh, and Requiem for a Dream.

WILL WIN: Connelly, for the same reasons.



Director: Saw LOTR and Mulholland Drive.

MY VOTE: as much as I like Peter Jackson, Lynch deserves something.

WILL WIN: Ron Howard.



ANIMATED FEATURE: Saw Shrek. It's got my vote, and will probably win.



Cinematography: Hey, did better here -- Saw everything but Black Hawk Down.

MY VOTE: The Man Who Wasn't There. Too hard to tell in the others what's real and what's digital.

WILL WIN: Probably LOTR.



Editing: Saw LOTR, Memento, Moulin Rouge

MY VOTE: Moulin Rouge. Never mind "Truth, Beauty, and most of all Love" (or even music), Editing was what this film was about.

WILL WIN: Moulin Rouge or Memento.





Makeup: didn't see A Beautiful Mind.

MY VOTE: LOTR.

WILL WIN: LOTR.



Score: missed Monsters Inc. and A Beautiful Mind. I don't remember a thing about the music in AI, but considering I remember being bombarded by Harry

Potter's score all too well, perhaps that's a good thing.

MY VOTE: LOTR.

WILL WIN: A Beautiful Mind. people eat up James Horner. Not sure why.



Song: Everyone nominated can just go away.

MY VOTE: Enya, because I heard the song and it made no impression on me,

good or bad.

WILL WIN: Paul McCartney.



Short films: I saw none of these, but I have a friend who saw them all at a special screening, and his faves were STUBBLE TROUBLE (animated) and THE

ACCOUNTANT (live-action).



Sound: Whatever.

MY VOTE: LOTR. Moulin Rouge was the most audibly unmemorable musical I can recall.

WILL WIN: LOTR.



Sound Effects Editing: Just give it to Gary Rydstrom and crew for MONSTER'S INC.



Visual Effects:

MY VOTE and WILL WIN: LOTR. This film could have been a horrific cheesefest, had these folks not been perfect.



Original Screenplay: Saw Amelie, Memento

MY VOTE: Amelie

WILL WIN: Memento. Biggest indie buzz.



Adapted Screenplay:

MY VOTE: Ghost World. LOTR got it right after years of various attempts. But I have to go with the comic-book adaptation here.

WILL WIN: LOTR, as a consolation prize for losing Best Picture to A Beautiful Mind.



Documentary Feature: Seen none of them.

MY VOTE: probably Murder on a Sunday Morning.

WILL WIN: Promises, it having the requisite Israeli theme.



Doc Short: seen none.

MY VOTE and WILL WIN: the magic-8-ball says Artists and Orphans.