I didn't end up watching them, because between taking a much needed nap or watching rich and famous people pat themselves on the back, I opted to pass out for a couple of hours.
At any rate, some of the results surprised me. I'm very glad that Crash won Best Picture... to me all Brokeback Mountain was was a movie with a gimmick to get people to go see it. Plus I think that Ang Lee (the director) is an ass.
Paul Giamatti was snubbed again. Ugh. Oh well-- just further proof that an actor's talent and performance really have nothing to do with winning. In reality the Oscars are just a huge popularity contest.
All of the other results were pretty predictable. This year's movies were pretty dull overall... probably the weakest batch of best picture nominees in years.
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 Mar 6 2006, 7:56 am
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You didn't miss much. It was pretty much the same five movies in every category.
I really don't get how movies like Brokeback Mountian can get nominated in every category. You're meant to get an award for being best of the best, and I just don't believe that the movie was all-round spectacular. With that many nominations they must not have had a single person operating below 'above average'. Even the guy getting coffee must have been great. As for Brokeback Mountian itself it surprises me how far behind America is that the fact it's an all man love story is considered somewhat ground-breaking. | |
All brokeback mountain is, is a political statement. Basically, it didn't deserve the nomination for anything besides maybe best song. The song is ok I guess. Not my fancy, but many people said even though they didn't like the fact that real american heroes will being bastardized by fudgepacking, the song was ok. Meh, but you're right. Most of the movies this year sucked. I liked king kong and pink panther though.
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"As for Brokeback Mountian itself it surprises me how far behind America is that the fact it's an all man love story is considered somewhat ground-breaking."
Far behind what? Extreme radicalism? | |
Far behind what? Extreme radicalism? What he means is that it is surprising that we're still so closed-minded that a movie that shows homosexuality is somehow cutting edge, revolutionary, and/or shocking... Other places in the world have grown past that and a movie like Brokeback wouldn't cause so much fuss... But yeah, he's right... Our society is extremely homophobic, and the fact that that movie got so much attention is a sign of that... [Edit:] Don't get me wrong, though... I haven't seen it myself, and I have no desire to... I'd like to think that I'm accepting of other lifestyles, but it's still a bit outside of my comfort zone...lol Which is yet another sign of how far behind our society is... | |
In reality the Oscars are just a huge popularity contest what else should they be? giving awards to the least popular people wouldn't be very interesting. popular movies and actors are popular for a reason. its a business and the popular people are the successful ones. What he means is that it is surprising that we're still so closed-minded that a movie that shows homosexuality is somehow cutting edge, revolutionary, and/or shocking... its shocking that a movie would do that from purely a business standpoint. money is the bottom line and they took a risk. its a risk because popular ideas sell, so most movies try to appeal to the masses. its shocking when any movie takes a risk regardless of what the risk specifically is. you could have a movie that's 90 minutes of people going to the bathroom and it would be cutting edge, revolutionary, and shocking even though americans go to the bathroom. | |
what else should they be? Well they're meant to be for outstanding achievement in their field. You shouldn't be getting nominated for best special effects when your movie has average special effects. Especially when there are movies that aren't as popular (but still popular) that deserve the award/nomination more. | |
MATT DILLION GOT ROBBED!
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Capote was a great movie, it should have gotten something. It too was a movie about a gay man living in a socity that did not accept him, but they didn't focus on that, it was but a sidenote of the movie. They made it clear without having to push the point. Capote was the best movie I have seen all year, and one of the most meaningful ones aswell.
King Kong was good. Many people didn't like it, but it cept that old school monster movie feel with the extreemly unreal physics and unexplained events (how did they get Kong back to New York?) The best movies always get ignored. | |
Kong didn't show how they got him back because the original didn't show that, and they clearly wanted to keep the shock-cut at that point where the character describes the marquee, then they cut to it.
Overall Kong was pretty disappointing...there was a good movie in there, buried in a lot of crap. But it got me to finally see the original, which was really good (and some of the special effects weren't much worse than the really bad effects in parts of Kong, either). I agree that Capote was an excellent movie, and an incredible performance. | |
Deadron:
Overall Kong was pretty disappointing...there was a good movie in there, buried in a lot of crap. But it got me to finally see the original, which was really good (and some of the special effects weren't much worse than the really bad effects in parts of Kong, either). I agree. I really wanted to like King Kong... but it was just one pointless action sequence after another. Plus it was waaaaaaay too long. The original movie is amazing, especially when you consider the year it was made. | |
*cough* Eurovision song contest *cough*