All in the genes?
That's a laugh...
as I did do most of my drinking wearing Levi button fly jeans!
Posted on 02/25/2007 2:29:29 PM PST by DollyCali
No one is telling the public what to like. It's what the artists feel is their best work. Take it for whatever that's worth. It would be like all the Victorian novelists getting together once a year to choose their best work. Inherently fascinating. If you want to know what the 'common man' likes look at the People's Choice Awards which celebrate dreck year after year.
Its all in the genes.. some can life hard lives & seemingly are unaffected
At the Oscar Ceremonies, it is forbidden to refer to someone as an "actress" . The pc term is "female actor".
That has always grated on me.
Maybe that's why I so seldom go to the movies these days.
John Wayne was great in The Searchers.
Many actors would much rather have the dreadful People's Choice award than the stodgy political academy choice.
True success is measured by your audience.
I think early in many careers they look at the money & the fame.. later they think legacy & chose better roles.
They realize their limitations/competition & go for more quality & less work.
Some of them are wise investors.. some of them spend every cent that they get (just like we "regular" people)
Be back shortly....My furnace went out just before the awards went on. 3rd time in a few weeks. Fortunately it is 30 degrees here.. not sub zero like the first time w were w/o furnace for 3 days & the house got down to 38!
True success is measured by your audience.
Are you quoting the cast of Police Academy here?
The Academy Award is the most prestigious award for film artisans by far. No one remembers who wins the People's Choice Awards but even a modest success like Driving Miss Daisy is remembered because it won the Oscar. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good.
as I did do most of my drinking wearing Levi button fly jeans!
No one remembers who wins the People's Choice Awards but even a modest success like Driving Miss Daisy is remembered because it won the Oscar.
No, it's remembered because it was good and continues to be good as the years go by.
I don't know what Oscar ceremonies you've been watching. The official categories are best actress in a starring role and best actress in a supporting role, and that's how the winners are announced.
I seriously doubt it.
True success is measured by your audience.
Yes. But the measure of that success isn't the People's Choice award -- it's the $20 million paycheck.
"Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good."
Just because the Academy Award is the self-proclaimed 'most' prestigious award for film artisans, does not necessarily mean they award the "best" of what was presented for the year. They award what is "popular" in the sphere in which they live/experience film.
When they do consider indy films it is with a "grande largesse" and given only in the instance that it makes them look magnanimous to all the other "little" people in film (include here foreign films). Great exception here are anyfor any indy or foreign films which help to emphasize a political/social statement they are trying to convey in the awards ceremony.
"So's this...From what I've heard, that was his decision -- once he had kids, he wanted to make movies he could watch with them. And while the Nutty Professor and Dr. Doolittle movies were mediocre, I can find very little to dislike about either Shrek.
Murphy had been holding his legendary concert film 'Delirious' off of DVD for a long time because he is embarrased about the language and gay bashing. It just came out with an apology from Murphy on the disc.
Nice talking/debating with you. Off to get a bit'o sleep so that I can achieve success in my chosen endeavour tomorrow!
; ~ )
Would it help if I told you that the Academy was originally a union busting ploy and the Awards a publicity gimmick?
East Germany was a paradise before the evil Republicans polluted the Earth with their selfish ways!
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