Posted on 02/25/2008 12:20:00 PM PST by Caleb1411
I'm didn't watch the Oscars. Normally I do. But I've spent enough time and money on the most depressing, dark and disturbed lineup of movies I ever can remember. I don't need to see them get rewarded.
Am I the only one who remembers when they actually gave Oscars to movies that had happy endings? There's not one happy ending in this lot — unless you consider an unplanned teenage pregnancy resulting in someone else's adoption a happy ending. That's the big payoff in "Juno."
Otherwise, you have "There Will Be Blood," in which a tyrannical oil baron destroys everyone and everything around him; "No Country For Old Men," in which a serial killer destroys everything and everyone around him; "Michael Clayton," in which greed gets nearly everyone killed; and "Atonement," in which a false accusation ruins the lives of all involved.
Um. Remind me again.
Why do we go to the movies?
THERE'S NO DEBATE HERE
Now, I'm not a Pollyanna. I enjoy films. I collect them. And I understand that not every story ends with music swirling and heroes walking off into a sunset.
But lately there's this sense that unless a movie is dark, violent and hopeless, it can't be "real." It can't be "art." It can't truly "matter." I put these words in quotes because it feels as if critics and awards committees define things that way.
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I agree with you 100%.
Take a look at the Wikipedia entry for the Best Original Song from the Academy Awards. What you will see is that the winners were pretty darn good (at least memorable) up until about 10 years ago. After that, not much. Not sure why. But when "An Inconvenient Truth" gets a Oscar for the best Documentary and the best Song you can suspect that politics just might have something to do with it.
Ditto. I remember once my husband’s boss threw a movie night for couples in his team as a reward for performance. He showed Schindler’s List. I was traumatized by the movie, but we couldn’t leave without offending the boss. On the way home from the event, I told my husband, “Whatever you did, DON’T DO IT AGAIN!!!!!”
But truly, when someone like Mel Gibson can’t get backing straight out of the studio, he finds his own.
Oliver Stone does the same. And he can give a call to a lot of libs.
One of the worst BP winners of all time. And in a great year for movies too...
All you have to do is read some of the bad reviews of the novel, Atonement, to see what crap it is. Typical Oprah book club garbage.
Oh yeah. shudder!
Oops, I forgot to add that these reviews are posted on amazon.com.
Authors and Hollywood never miss an opportunity to re-write history from a modern, liberal point of view.
Of course it is. What else would HW make an "Oscar contender" film about?
To look into the mirror.
In that case, I am a jungle exploring, magic weilding, one-man-army, swashbuckling superhero.
I go to the movies to escape mundane life. I can look in the mirror, and wank about my existence, at home for free.
I’m delighted to realize that not only have I not seen any of the 4 flicks mentioned, but I have no idea which pictures won Oscars or were even nominated for them.
In fact, I only know the Oscars were on recently because I saw it on the DirecTV Guide.
Wow Hollywood, you’re really making a splash these days..
But truly, when someone like Mel Gibson can’t get backing straight out of the studio, he finds his own.
Oliver Stone does the same. And he can give a call to a lot of libs.
Mel Gibson wanted to make a relatively low budget movie in a dead language with an unknown star.
Oliver Stone may have some friends left, but not enough to raise $100 million.
Adult language and subject matter warning. Keep an eye out for many other stars in this;
NCFOM is about as un Oscar-ish as you can get. I’m surprised it got the recognition it got. I don’t know how HW a Cormac Macarthy novel is.
The novel is supposed to be quite good. Rewrite history? It’s fiction.
C’mon, you haven’t seen the pictures of Cormac out partying with Britney and Paris?
THE LIBERALS ARE RE-WRITING FICTOINAL HISTORY!
Oliver Stone has enough friends. I can’t get into IMDB cause my net is flaking out but check out his Wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone
Hon, if it has a nice Anti-American message, the studios and friends think it will be sucessful. I think you underestimate that crowd.
Oh, c’mon. How many Oscar winning movies have been based around psycopathic serial killers? Bunches. It’s almost a cliche.
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