For close on a decade myself and the Master of the Goody restaurant (his real name is Toru Miyahara but everyone affectionately calls him 'Master') have had an annual wager on the Oscars. We limit our selection to six categories: actress, actor, supporting actress, supporting actor, director, and film. The wager is decided by whoever correctly predicts the most winners. The prize is a DVD of the winner's choice bought by the loser.
Master, like myself, is a big fan of the big screen but again, like myself, he rarely gets to visit the cinema (there are none in Hiroo and the one here in Muroran seems to screen nothing but children's anime). When I lived in Hiroo (and spiritually I still do) one of the week's highlights (to be honest, the only highlight after my weekly feed of curry and fired potatoes at the restaurant) was the 'Monday night at the movies' Master organized. He would push the tables to one side, arrange rows of chairs and high stools, set up his projector, hook it up to the sound system, brew the coffee and dim the lights. It wasn't a cinema, but it was wonderful nevertheless. There is a lot to be said for watching movies on a big screen (well, biggish) with an audience as opposed to sitting alone in front of your TV, or increasingly, your computer. The collective laughs, gasps, and sighs add so much to the experience of watching a film.
I miss those Monday nights.
Anyway, tomorrow should decide where both the golden statutes and the DVD are going (though we've had draws in the past). For what it is worth, here are our picks:
Master Me
Actress Cate Blanchett Amy Adams
Actor Matthew McConaughey same
Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence Lupita Nyong'o
Supporting Actor Jared Leto Michael Fassbender
Director Alfonso Cuaron same
Picture 12 years a slave Gravity
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