I only peeked at the Oscars last night while doing other stuff - some thoughts

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My wife and I stopped going to the movies (except on very rare occasions) years ago - once it became all about the annoying ads, and the over-use of action and graphics - well, we felt "old" and our genre types are out of style - Out of Africa, English Patient, Remains of the Day - no more, it seems. I think splitting The Hobbit into 4 thousand endless films kind of did it for us. All about money.

So as I peeked at, listened, to the Oscars last night with only partial attention, I decided which films will go into the Netflix DVD queue.

Really, for us, it's become more about well done series, such as Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Breaking Bad - most recently, The Leftovers (one of our favorite watches ever), and Fargo (which we found superior even to the superb movie).

And we go back and watch our old favorites now and then - Kieslowski's Red White and Blue trilogy - Amelie - movies with lots of character development and depth, filmed when you can actually hear the actors' dialog (none of this mumble stuff over too-loud music).

yes, it's my "get off my lawn" moment, I am sure! But immersing ourselves in The Jewel in the Crown, working through the plots and subplots and characters - I guess that's where our film watching compass has settled. I am sure our parents felt the same way - change overtakes their preferences. Just kind of funny when one realizes that, yes, they've kind of become their parents!