The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke received a much-deserved acting nomination for his role as an aging pro wrestler.
Party conversation: "I sympathized with WALL-E, a robot who's been working for a long time. He should have been permanently retired long ago, but he just keeps going, even when he's beaten all to hell in a giant spaceship. A blossoming romance with a probe gives him new hope."
Substitutions: Replace "WALL-E," "robot," "giant spaceship" and "probe" with "Randy," "wrestler," "wrestling ring" and "stripper." Respectively.

Doubt: This '60s-era story of accusation and suspicion in a Catholic church has garnered tons of acting awards this year.
Party conversation: "The theme of faith is quite central. The autopilot is set on a path by a higher power, or so goes the belief. In such determination to follow that calling, to conceal what the autopilot believes to be true, lies are told in the name of faith."
Substitutions: Replace "the autopilot" with "Sister Aloysius," and replace "conceal" with "expose."

Slumdog Millionaire: This Danny Boyle movie about an impoverished young man playing the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is up for Best Picture.
Party conversation: "I felt for WALL-E's plight, trying to rescue his lady love, only to be taken into custody and beaten and abused for daring to rise above his lot in life back home. The music also played a vital role in this story, underscoring key emotional moments."
Substitutions: Replace "WALL-E" with "Jamal" and...that's about it!

The Reader: Kate Winslet is up for an award as the lead actress in this movie about a boy who reads to and falls for a mysterious older woman in post-WWII Germany.
Party conversation: "Wasn't it poignant how WALL-E shared those old musicals with EVE? He was heartbroken when she suddenly shut him out with no explanation. He later learns she was trying to protect a plant that could change their future."
Substitutions: Replace "WALL-E," "musicals," "EVE" and "plant" with "Michael," "books," "Hanna" and "secret."

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: This tale of a man who ages backwards is also up for Best Picture and has earned Brad Pitt an acting nom.
Party conversation: "The title character's robotic voice and movements made him seem almost lifelike."
Substitutions: None.

What do you think? Are you still scrambling to see all the nominated pics? Still bitter that WALL-E is lumped in with Bolt and Kung Fu Panda instead of the real movies? Shouldn't that roach have been awarded something?