Are the Osars Worth the Attention Anymore? (Jose Maria)

(Chunky butt Funky!) The Oscars have been celebrated for more than 8 decades and last week-end the 81st took place in LA, many celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston. But something is always questioned "Are the Oscars worth it Anymore?". To me the answer is simple: Yes.

It`s cear that the winning film of the years inst necessarily the best, since the awards are a commercial ceremony. But the truth is that, at least for me, the Oscars are really to go and watch the movies during the following week and, as i said, they are`nt probably the best movies but at least they can assure entretainment and above all, something to talk about with people.

Personally, i don't pay too much attention during the ceremony, but since TV these days is full of nonsense and bad quality programs, it's nice to see something which bring entretainment to the TV. But some winners like Sean Penn were determined to win or like Heath Ledger who, after his inminent death, anyone could have predicted his win.

But really, these days, the ceremony purpose has been reduced to one thing: Social talk, because everyone talks about them for the following 2 weeks after and if you missed them you're out of all conversations. Anyway, people my age can't really say theyy are'nt worth it anymore and even if they say it, they haven't seen more than 2 Academy Awards really.

Oscars (by Raul)

Yesterday the 81st Academy Awards were hosted in L.A. They award the best pictures in 24 different categories. The most relevant winners were Slumdog Millionaire with 8 Oscar statues, after The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button with 3 and The Dark Night & Milk went home with 2 statues for each picture.
I really didn't see them but I believe that they were awarded fairly, the movies that deserved the golden statue won it. Benjamin Button was an excellent film according to me & should have won the best film category but the truth is that I haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire so I cant really argue until I've seen it. Heath Ledger won best actor in supporting role, although people might argue that he only won because he killed himself the truth is that he did an excellent job as "The Joker" he would have won it anyhow, maybe the odds wouldn't have been to much in his favor but he would have won.

Journey´s End & WW1 (By Jose Maria & Raul)

It is a book written by R. C. Sherriff in 1928 and it was first published in 1929.

It is set in the trenches at Saint-Quentin, France, in 1918, Journey's End gives an idea of the experiences of the officers of a British Army infantry company in World War I. The story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918.

Dugouts were an important part of the trenches in the World War as they were used as an area to rest and carry out other activities such as eating. Dugouts would usually be placed 30 feet underground with concrete, wood and/or steel to withstand the shock of artillery and would have a set of stairs leading down to them.

A soldiers time in the front-line trench was usually short; from one day to a couple of weeks at a time before being relieved.On an individual level, a typical British soldier's year could be divided as follows:
15% front line
10% support line
30% reserve line
20% rest
25% other (travelling, hospital, etc.)

Here's a link for a review of the play:
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/journey-s-end-r-c-sherriff/1088655/