Don’t Buy: Oscar Season
Around this time every year, fantastic films are shown in mainstream theaters nationwide. The violent and explosive blockbusters are put to the side as Oscar-worthy films are projected on the big screen. So what happened this year? Am I missing something?
What’s out there?
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button? Too long of an effort-full epic drama. The Dark Knight? A semi flawed, over hyped eulogy? Doubt? Even Meryl Steep doesn’t believe in that project. And Slumdog Millionaire? A trite coverage of the slums of India with an under-developed love story. At least Wall-E, in my opinion, is worthy of a win.
Where’s this year’s No Country For Old Men? Or Departed?
Wait, come to think of it… the past years were equally disappointing. I can’t think of a season in recent years where there were multiple releases that I just had to see. Look at the last couple years winners and even nominees. The movies and the celebration of movies just aren’t what they used to be. Now I sound like Mickey Rooney, a cranky, complaining, old man.
I’d like to hear what you think is worthy of an Oscar.
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IT’S OSCAR TIME!!
Why DID the movies suck so hard this year? Writer’s strike carryover?
I vote Batman, Cloverfield, and…Persepolis? I didn’t even see it. I’ve been watching ads all year. Maybe this year they will give an Oscar to an ad.
I don’t think the movies sucked this year - there were a lot I really enjoyed - BUT there aren’t any that smacked me over the head with awesomeness. 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days was really good, but also terrifying and depressing and Romanian, so that doesn’t have a chance at anything but Best Foreign. I liked Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button, but they weren’t as good as the best in past years. And I loved The Dark Knight, I mean who didn’t, but does anyone remember the giant gaping PLOT HOLES?!
Best trailer goes to The Dark Knight. Why isn’t this a category yet?
Was Persepolis this year? Lovely animation, but it can’t hold a candle to Wall-E in the age of high def sound & vision. But Speed Racer could… does that count as animation?
I was very fond of Burn After Reading but unfortunately many people burned their memoery of it after watching it. The Coens might have taken strange-serious humor to a level we’re not yet ready for.
Whatever happened to Australia?
Movie I learned the most from: Tropic Thunder. Discovering personal identity far outweighs the Joker’s morality tests.
Persepolis was last year. It was at least nominated but I don’t think it won.
And I read somewhere that Tropic Thunder might be nominated a few times, so we’ll see on that one
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