worth seeing but not great

Rating: 7/10 (3 February 2006)

A lot of people I respect really enjoyed this movie, so I thought I would also. Although it wasn't bad, I left wondering why it's getting so much play for Oscar. I found myself bored through a lot of the movie, especially the beginning and end. I just didn't buy how the two main characters fell in love. I also couldn't stand Heath Ledger's accent. How he got a best actor nomination is beyond me. I went in liking him but not really liking Jake G, I thought Jake's performance was great - especially the Thanksgiving dinner scene, my opinion of him has gone up... I also thought the women who played their wives were pretty good, their roles were fairly small but they did very well.
Overall the movie was okay, but the problem I had was I thought the story was weak, I mean it was originally like a 12 page short story so they had a lot of material to fill, and that is where I thought it was lacking.
I have seen all pictures in the best picture category and in my opinion the one that should win is Crash