Best Picture Goes To?
Over the past four years the Oscars have lost the legitimacy as THE authority of reconginzing the best performances in cinema. It started back in 2000 when they named Gladiator at Best Picture. Gladiator? Best Picture? Really? They topped that pick in 2002 when they named Chicago as the Best Picture. Chicago? Best Movie of the Year? Give me a break. Traffic or Crouching Tiger were so much better than Galdiator. And how could you choose Chicago over The Pianist? The Oscars have become merely an upscale version of the MTV movie awards. Sadly the pattern will continue this year because the best movie of the year will not even get nominated. what is the best movie? Easy....The Village. The problem is that they promoted the movie as a new scary thriller, but when it is actually the best love story I have ever seen. The Village is a deep movie about choosing whether to live in fear or to live in love. If you haven't seen The Village, please rent it sometime soon.
posted by Chris Ewing @ 4:23 AM
2 Comments:
At January 19, 2005 at 1:58 PM,
Shea said…
Chris,
I couldn't agree with you more. Sadly, one thing I am quickly learning while living out here is the "politics" of Hollywood. It really is like a campaign out here when it comes to Award shows. Studios spend tons of money advertising a.k.a. "campaigning" their movies and their actors. Since I have joined the Screen Actors Guild, I can't tell you how many free movie tickets I have received by these studios to go see their movies (and I only have a vote in the SAG Awards). It's nuts, and sadly enough it seems that if you don't spend thousands of dollars campaigning, you don't have a shot--- even if you extremely deserve it.
To add, to your opinion of which films definitely did not deserve best picture, I also view this opinion about actors. Last year, Renee Zellweger was the only female that was heavily campaigned for supporting actress and of course she got it. Best supporting actress - not a chance, over the top - definitely.
However on a positive note, yesterday, I watched an interview with Mel Gibson who says he refuses to spend a dime on such Oscar campaigning because awards are not what is important and not the reason you should go into something. Will The Passion get the shaft this year? Probably. You know, you'd think after it's astronomical success, Hollywood might actually open its eyes and realize these are films that America is actually interested in.
Anyway, that's way more than my .02,
Shea
PS. My husband and I love The Village and already own a copy. We had the very same discussion about it --- and other works of M. Night Shyamalan. Has he ever been recognized?
At January 19, 2005 at 2:26 PM,
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