The Academy Awards were on and although I would not typically care or even watch them, I was home and my mom had them on the TV. I found myself paying a little bit more attention than I normally would because I am taking this film class. I noticed that the film Everything Everywhere All at Once was nominated in a lot of categories and they kept winning ever category they were in. I did not see the film, but I was rooting for them because the best supporting actor nominee Ke Huy Quan was in one of my favorite childhood movies The Goonies. I thought I was interesting how I wanted him to win for his role that I did not see over others just because my personal connection. It was then that I realized the power that films can have on someone. My connection to a character in one of my favorite movies connected me to a film I have never seen.

The movie won best picture and three acting awards including best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan.It was the big winner of the year winning a total of seven Oscars. 

The Academy Awards were on and although I would not typically care or even watch them, I was home and my mom had them on the TV. I found myself paying a little bit more attention than I normally would because I am taking this film class. I noticed that the film Everything Everywhere All at Once was nominated in a lot of categories and they kept winning ever category they were in. I did not see the film, but I was rooting for them because the best supporting actor nominee Ke Huy Quan was in one of my favorite childhood movies The Goonies. I thought I was interesting how I wanted him to win for his role that I did not see over others just because my personal connection. It was then that I realized the power that films can have on someone. My connection to a character in one of my favorite movies connected me to a film I have never seen.

The movie won best picture and three acting awards including best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan.It was the big winner of the year winning a total of seven Oscars. When Ke Huy Quan got up to give his acceptance speech, I thought it was fitting that he gave a thank you to Steven Spielberg who had cast him as a child in The Raiders of the Lost Arc movies. He also was connecting his own memories of film and acting to another film and director. Overall I feel like the escapism and entertainment we get from certain characters in film and life can connect people together on common ground.