The nominees for the Oscars were announced this morning and another year goes by that I haven't seen many of the nominees.
Either I used to watch a lot more movies or the Oscars used to select more mainstream films. Which is it?
No nomination for Dark Knight? The flick was a summer blockbuster that was actually good and made more money than anything in a long ass time. If the shitty way too long romantic drama Titanic could take home a shit load of Oscars based on a billion in global box office... why couldn't Dark Knight get a Best Picture nomination?
The only film that I've seen out of the best picture nominees is Milk. This was a good film, but is it an Oscar film? Not so much. Is it Oscar friendly?? Sure, it's a gay success story. Plus a straight actor playing gay. Whoa! What a concept. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie, but didn't love it.
I've downloaded Slumdog Millionaire and will give it a view in a few days. Fox Searchlight is on a roll with the nominations these last few years. They convinced ppl that Little Miss Sunshine was best picture worthy.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is on my 'to download' list. I really like David Fincher and his style of directing is always good. Cate Blanchett seems to attract nominations to her flicks, yet she didn't get one this time. Instead, Brad managed to over shadow her.
Frost/Nixon?? What?? Why? Anybody seen this? Anybody interested in seeing this?
No clue what The Reader is about. Just that there was a lot of 'controversy' over Kate Winslet winning a supporting acress Golden Globe for what was apparently a lead role.
I'm disappointed to not see Wall-E for best picture too. This film was amazing!!! 2 hours, robots, little human dialogue, and sooo sooo good.
Them my thoughts on the Oscars...what movies have you seen this year?
2 comments:
the noms for benjamin button and changeling are part of a larger campaign to crown Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie the royal couple of hollywood.
l don't think Dark Knight deserved a Best Picture nom. It was good, not great. (I actually didn't like it at all but acknowledge that it was well made.)
However, lots of good films and performances never get nominated. Things used to be even worse. Years ago, if a film didn't make money, it didn't usually get nominated.
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