when they show the clip for the performance and 'Really? They chose THAT?'

Benedict Cumberbatch Imitation Game 

What they chose: Decoding 

What I would have chosen: either 'am I a man or a machine' or telling Joan that he is gay.
Why: I feel like Decoding is just a dull clip. Either one of these two would have been excellent clips.

Felicity Jones Theory of Everything

What they chose: Fight it together

I would have chosen: Jane telling the doctor he'll survive or the quantum physics scene. 

Why: Gives Felicity more range. 

Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line 

What they chose: Time's A Wastin' 

I would have chosen: throwing the objects at the band 

Why: Because 'Times A Wasting does absolutely nothing for the movie. If they had chosen throwing the objects it would feature her more!

Rachel McAdams Spotlight 

What they chose: the door interview 

I would have picked 'we are here because we care' 

Why: Gave away a big twist. 

Will Smith The Pursuit of Happyness 

What they chose: This was my spot! 

I would have chosen when he is talking to his son about dinosaurs 

Why: I have often been baffled by this clip selection.

Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice
What they showed: Do you deny it Mr. Darcy
What I would have picked: Standing up to Lady Catherine near the end.
Why: Do you deny it Mr Darcy just leaves me a little bored. Standing up to Lady Catherine shows a lot more range.

I know this is the strangest post I have done yet but I can think of lots of others where the Academy just left people scratching their heads over why on earth they chose that clip to represent the actor!!  Anyone have any other suggestions of past Oscar clips where they just chose the strangest clips to represent the actor/actress (not that anyone will have any ideas haha) 

After my ticket said Cinema 3 and it was actually Cinema 2 (annoys me so much, frustrating and a waste of time) I sat down to watch Ben Hur. There were some very good actors especially Jack Huston and Toby Kebbell. I really liked some of the directing choices like when Judah is racing and the camera goes underneath it. My only problem with this film was the amount of violence it had. Some may have been needed but some of it wasn't needed. I got to a point where I wasn't sure how much more of it I could take during the rowing sequence.

Ben Hur 6/10. With Jack Huston Toby Kebbell and Morgan Freeman.

My favorite movie actors.
Here is a list of the actors I really like.
Eddie Redmayne - because going from Hawking to Lilly was jaw dropping you would never have imagined that they were the same person
Benedict Cumberbatch - his performance in Imitation Game is so great and heart wrenching
the late Alan Rickman because he was always so fun to watch
Helen Mirren because she is just a great actress
Judi Dench because she's a fab actress
Dev Patel - amazing in Slumdog and Chappie and also great on Skins
Meryl Streep because she's a legend
Maggie Smith - always good to watch
Will Poulter so good in Maze Runner and We're the Millers.

too many other people to list.

Here is a question I am sure some people can answer. Have you ever seen a movie with actors that you like and felt embarrassed for the actors that they have to appear in such a dreadful film. I ask this because last year (or before) I saw Eddie Redmayne in Jupiter Ascending. I felt so bad for Eddie an amazing actor having to appear in such a film like that one.

So here is one of my favorite movies of all time, its a classic and its still great today:

I found intriguing similarities between Kubo and 'James and the giant peach'. More to come soon...