Posted on 01/25/2005 11:45:29 AM PST by Robert Drobot
You have a point. But more people are interested when the pictures nominated are ones that most of us have seen, not the Art Housr type pictures that get very little wide release.
Longer than that for me. I remember the awards right after Saigon fell. Some writer received an Oscar and gushed something like, "Comrades! I have just received word that we won!" I gave up on it then.
How is that the fault of the Oscars in general? If some painter makes an *** of himself do you snub the art world as a whole?
Interesting - its the mobius strip of phrases....
"Eternal Sunshine" was a pretty neat movie- and I liked "Sideways" too.
I dont think you can seperate the artistic and social aspects of the "Passion" - its just a little radioactive for the Hollywood voters- thats just a fact, right or wrong...
Waaaaah Waaaaah Waaaaaahh.......I imagine there will be a million childish whinefests over Passion of the Christ not getting enough nominations posted here for weeks.
Get over it people. The earth is still spinning, and the sun will come up tomorrow, without it getting a Best Pic nom.
Lots of films that make lots of money don't get nominated. It's not like this is the first time.
And frankly there's a point where religion is going to get in the way of objective analysis. People have reached the point where anyone who doesn't worship Passion of the Christ are essentially being labled by definition Atheists, etc.
Yes, and by the way, the term "jump the shark" got its origins from an episode of Happy Days where Fonzie blah, blah, blah....
Certainly better than some of the actual nominees.
I do look for good films and I will find them, I just don't think all the nominations for Oscars have to be all Art House films.
Many of the other films haven't been out as long as the Passion of the Christ, which was released last year on Ash Wednesday.
Of course, the Oscars reflect the thinking of Hollywood insiders..they are industry awards. If people want to vote for a best picture, then vote for one of the People's choice nominees.
The UN jumped the shark too. Life is looking up for future generations...
I don't mean to sound snobbish but if you live in a small town then those movies simply may not have reached you and a critic who loved a film is trying to bring it to a wider audience. By not looking harder, you're actually allowing Hollywood marketing to dictate what you see.
Hollywood writers are so out of touch with mainstream America that they are incapable of creating new story lines that have broad appeal. In order to pay the bills, they must cinematize classic stories (JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings), rehash old heros (Master and Commander is really a Horatio Hornblower remake), or remake past hits (Rat Race).
What's wrong with that? They are industry awards.
Jump the Shark": One of the dumbest phrases to ever gain popular acceptance; primarily because several years after its creation, you still don't ever hear the phrase used without an annoying explanation of where the term came from.
I hate it when you have to explain where "screwed the pooch" came from too.
Literary adaptations have been a part of the film world since it began at the turn of the century.
That was 2003.
Happy Days had lost credibility.
Please...I'm drinking orange juice!
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