Sunday Seven: Episode #183

It’s Oscar night. That is, if you watch the Academy Awards at all. I don’t and haven’t for a while now; I so rarely go to the movies these days that I’ve never heard of most of the films nominated, anyway, so watching just doesn’t hold much appeal to me.

But whether you’re watching or not, this week’s question is all about the Oscars.

Here is a list, arranged by decade, of the nominees and winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

This week’s question might require a little more honesty than you’re willing to give, but here’s the idea: scroll down that list to the decade in which you were born, and list your favorite movies from that decade only.

I realize that there are some people who might be a bit uncomfortable revealing their true age. In my case, I was born in 1969, so the 1960s would be the decade I’d use. If you aren’t comfortable admitting your true decade, then choose the one after that. It’s just a meme…no one will come after you for perjury.

Incidentally, if you were born before 1920, then God bless you for being alive and being part of the internet!! Those who are 90 and up can pick from any decade. It’s the least I can do.

(According to the rules, “First to Play” requires you to be the first to include the link to the specific entry in which you answered the questions, not just the general link to your blog.) Here is this week’s “Sunday Seven” question. Either answer in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your blog…but either way, leave a link to your journal so that everyone else can visit! To be counted as “first to play,” you must be the first player to either answer the questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific entry in your blog in which you answer the questions. A general link to your blog cannot count. Enjoy!

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Name your seven favorite Oscar nominees (or winners) from the decade in which you were born.

MY ANSWERS:
1. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
2. My Fair Lady
3. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
4. West Side Story
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
7. ?

Oh, boy. I don't know if I know enough movies to answer this. Let me check the list.

1968....
Um... None! And only one for the whole decade... Now, THAT is embarrassing!

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