I usually stick to political discussions, but a lot of people seem pretty interested in the Academy Awards, so I thought I’d open this up for some reader insights. Oddly enough, perhaps the most exciting part of tonight’s show is the host — does anyone not love Jon Stewart?
Who will win Best Picture?
What will James Dobson do if Brokeback Mountain wins multiple awards?
Which movies should have generated some nominations but didn’t? (My beloved Serenity was clearly robbed…)
Discuss.
Hate to answer a question with a question, but:
Will Jon Stewart inject political commentary into the proceedings?
Would it be right to “politicize” the proceedings?
In any case, I won’t be watching tonight; I am in the wrong time zone. Enjoy…
I won’t be watching either. I predict extremely low ratings. Hollywood seems to be in it’s own bubble.
“Brokeback Mountain” should win. I’m overly enthusiastic because I only saw it yesterday afternoon in a nearly empty theater. It was wonderful, and should be seen on the big screen.
The only other nominated movie I’ve seen was “Crash” (on DVD). It was good, perhaps especially if you live in/near L.A., but “Brokeback” was better, at least by long-established Hollywood standards (love story, gorgeous scenery, incredible animal shots, wild west, etc.).
If it wins multiple awards, Dobson will no doubt issue one his many Fatwahs. Which is ironic, because it’s the homophobic Christian Taliban in this country which put the two lovers in their awkward and untenable situation in the first place and which ultimately terminates the relationship. Dobson will claim it’s proof that Hollywood is the New Gomorrah.
If it doesn’t win multiple awards, then Dobson won’t utter so much as a peep in praise of the Academy, and the homophobic Christian Taliban has eaten into more of the popular culture than I had realized.
I haven’t seen enough new movies to comment on what movies should have been included but weren’t. I watch and re-watch scads of old movies on tape and DVD (yay Netflix), but not owing a car, it’s hard for me to get to theaters.
What will James Dobson do if Brokeback Mountain wins multiple awards?
Make money off of it, of course
The big question for me is ….will Jon Stewart do his patiented evil cowboy Bush laugh? heh heh heh
OT (sorry), but … Chaud lapin in the wrong time zone ? Could that be hat hat robbit ???
“A big Brokeback night” will only serve to demonize Hollywood and the Democrats. I pulling for something else like “Good Night and Good Luck.”
I loved Brokeback Mountain and if it doesn’t win best picture award then at least I would like to see Ang Lee win for best director. The scenery was beautiful, the characters were believable, and the story acccurately portrayed the anguish of two men and their families.
The movie that had the most emotional impact on me was Crash. To see how racial hatred and racial misunderstanding can affect people’s lives and actions in extreme ways was so sad. Especially when that man took a gun and went after the Latino father for revenge. Tears came to my eyes when I thought he had shot the little girl.
I saw Capote and the performance by Hoffman was mesmerizing. If he wins best actor award, that would be okay by me.
As for Dobson, I couldn’t care less what he thinks.
As someone who lives in That City and works in That Business, I can tell you I will be happy if any of the nominees win for anything (other than “Munich,” which is high-toned dreck). Were you to look at my Produced Credits, the list could properly be titled “Movies Not About Much of Anything.” Those are what I got hired to write. If you were to go through the screenplays I wrote on my own, to please myself (all of which have been optioned more than once, none of which have ever been made, though a couple got close), the list could be titled “Movies That Are About Something.”
So, since all the nominated movies, screenplays, directors, actors, etc., are nominated for being in movies that at least try to be About Something, and were done against the odds by people who just wouldn’t give up, they end up giving me hope that before I am buried under a pile of rotting filmstock, perhaps I’ll have one credit that can be in that category.
So I am going to chill my bottle of “Two-Buck Chuck” Chardonnay, sit back and be happy whichever and whoever walks up to get the Gold Guy. It won’t be as much fun as the Independent Spirit Awards were yesterday, but the fact that the Oscar nominations all look like Independent Spirit Award nominees (and in most cases are), is a real cause for joy for me and my friends who came to Okeefenookee West to do more than shovel shit.
I haven’t paid as much attention to the Oscars this year as in years past, just because I don’t go to the movies as often as I used to — and when I do, I prefer the sorts of films that are shown at the Toronto film festival.
There were some fairly strong films this year, and it’s good to see that the Oscars got a lot right for once, but for me the best film of the year was Syriana. Indeed, it may be one of the best American films of the past decade.
Who cares? We could have ironclad evidence of Mad Dictators testing genetically mutated eye-eating bacteria upon large masses of small brown people, and the vast majority of United States “citizens” will be worrying instead about what Britney Spears will wear to the event. I’m personally guessing patched cutoffs, a t-shirt that says “I Married Stupid” and a red thong.
Bread and circuses, campers… Bread and circuses… Give the masses their monthly dole, their daily beer and prozac, and their highly prepackaged family-friendly titillation, and hope that 51% can remain high-minded enough to not enslave the remaining 49%…
Once again, Tim Burton is snubbed.
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