So the Oscars are this weekend, and I’m approaching it with a little more fanfare than the NFL Pro-Bowl. At least there’s a potential for injury at the Pro-Bowl… Leo Deserves a dislocation more than Drew Brees…
I’m usually not this way even in slow years. honestly I think it’s because it recently became less about merit and more about entitlement. I speak specifically about Peter Jackson and the mere possibility of Martin Scorsese winning the Oscar for Best Director. I’m not going to say S
corsese hasn’t deserved an Oscar in the past… But this film is not only undeserving of the honor due t the fact that it’s a remake of a recent foreign film, but it’s also nowhere near as good as other films both nominated and snubbed.
But it has been a slow Oscar year for me. The biggest cinematic highlights for me that come to mind An Inconvenient Truth, Who Killed the Electric Car, Running with Scissors and The Prestige… I’ve seen 3 of the 5 Best Picture nominees (Departed, Sunshine, Queen) and The Queen is the best among them by far. I have a feeling that the other two are better than The Queen…
The only category I’m truly passionate about and want to see the outcome of is for Best Documentary. I hope An Inconvenient Truth wins because of it massive social importance and impact that it has already had.
So I’ll be watching, and I may respond here – but I doubt it’ll really warrant the time and energy when I could just as easily blog about something more entertaining like the humping dog…
One Comment
1 Hungry Hank wrote:
I know what you’re saying. I’ll be once again approaching the Oscars with guarded apathy.
But hey, that’s why I do my own awards on my site and while I’d like to be right about my Oscar picks, I’d rather the quality films win rather than the better marketed and lobbied.