Usually I enjoy watching the Oscars. However, this year I was bored to tears and did not care for the films being honored. While A Beautiful Mind was a decent film, the promotional campaign for Oscar was downright shameless (quite along the lines of American Beauty). In fact, the more a film gets pushed as the front runner, the more I despise it. Looks like most of America tuned out of the telecast. No doubt due to the sheer self-rightousness and gang-bang the event has become.