Ray (2004)

I will admit, this was a lazy cop-out of a choice to watch. I didn't have anything else to watch and I found it on cable. I am really getting lazy here, I know... So..."Ray"....I liked it. I still don't think it should have been nominated last year, I thought there were better movies that were ignored. I certainly thought that "Walk the Line" was better this year, then "Ray" as well...but hey, I am just the movie freak, not an academy member, right? Okay, so back to "Ray"...I thought Jamie Foxx was awesome, and even though I didn't want him to win, necessarily. I thought his performance was just amazing. If I didn't know better, I would swear that some of that was actually old footage of Ray Charles, it was like he was channeling him. Absolutely terrific. I thought his life was interesting, and I thought his music was awesome. I just think the movie itself was just okay. Good, but nothing special...it just reminded me again how sad I am about "Walk the Line", now that was something special.