Posted on 02/22/2009 6:17:53 AM PST by Shellybenoit
A lot of ink -- and gigabytes -- have been devoted to Steven Daldry's film, The Reader, which is up for a number of Oscars, including Best Picture. Much of what has been written is full of praise, while some is seething in its criticism. Perhaps the most vehement example of the latter is the Slate article by Ron Rosenbaum, which accuses The Reader of Holocaust revisionism because, he alleges, it means to "exculpate Nazi-era Germans from knowing complicity in the Final Solution." Perhaps I saw a different film, but the one I saw had nothing in it to justify Rosenbaum's attack.
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What’s an Oscar?
My intrest in the Oscar is “absolute zero”.
I had heard about this film, that the actress in question seduces a 14 year old That would seem to be a relevant reason to deny it the award, too.
I wonder if it would be possible to make a movie glorifying homosexuality and not have it nominated for an Oscar. Just wondering.
No that would be a reason for liberals to give the award.
Well, they did nominate a film that no one went to see! Half way there...
Good review
Gran Torino not getting a nomination says all you need to know about SoddomWould. That was the most cutting edge movie in years and a legend showing what acting really is. He is the last man standing.
Pray for America, Our Troops and obama
I saw The Reader and couldn’t wait for it to end. Boring. Really, the sex was sexless, the plot, such as it was, lacked credibility. I mean, how would that woman ever have made it into the army and into a job on the streetcar line without being able to write her name?
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