'07 Oscars-sure

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2006)

This is probably by far one of the best movies I've seen this summer. If I actually had the prop remote from the movie, I'd fast forward to the 2007 Academy Awards to see what movies are nominated for what category. I think this movie is so good, that it will, or should, be nominated for at least 5 Oscars. Here is a list of the 5 nominations:

Best Actor In A Leading Role: Adam Sandler

Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Christopher Walken

Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Kate Beckinsale

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Alan Au, Jeffrey Mossa, Gary Fettis

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects: John C. Hartigan, Patrick Clancey, Robert Antonini, Jim Rygiel, David Taritiero

I saw this movie twice in its national theatrical run: the first by myself, and the last with a few friends after we all went out to dinner. I thought that, in the future sequences of the movie, the settings and effects were just totally, visually stunning, so I think that this should AT LEAST win 2 Oscars out of the 5 nominations, if not more.
Proof that this will win something at the Academy Awards next year, is the part when Kevin O'Doyle (Cameron Monaghan) and Adam Sandler's son (Joseph Castanon) are playing what O'Doyle calls "drop" instead of catch because Adam Sandler's son hasn't caught a single ball. So what he does is he pauses right as Joseph Castanon is throwing the ball. Sandler goes up to O'Doyle to lower his arm, presses play on his remote, and the ball hits O'Doyle's head and he ends up on the ground.
I also loved the script for the movie because it was a fusion of every movie genre that I love: comedy, drama, and fantasy.
Some parts, mostly towards the end of the movie where a young Michael Newman (Sandler) sees his future self just totally annoying his dad (Henry Winkler) just as he is mainly dropping by to look at his son. Also, when Michael's wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale) sees her ex-husband in rehab after collapsing at his son Ben's wedding. After a few minutes, when Ben and Michael's daughter, Samantha, drop in to look at their dying father who has cancer, a guard forces them out of the room only because he said they've spent enough time there. Soon afterward, Michael manages to escape the whole building altogether, running after his offspring. Then, he falls on the floor, as Ben hears his father screaming his name. Next, Ben, Sam, and Donna all race to Michael to, unsuccessfully, comfort him. Before Michael dies, he weakly says to his grief-stricken wife, "will...you...still.....love...me....tomorrow?" Donna starts sobbing and says, "Forever and ever, babe". And then, he dies.
I think that Revolution Studios just might turn over a new leaf as they discover that they have a huge-hit movie after all.