Oscar Night

For someone like me who loves movies the way I do, Hollywood is a mixed beast. There are gems of brilliance buried in tons and tons of excrement. In fact, the idea of having an awards ceremony every year, is a bit mad when there are often struggles to even find decent candidates for nomination.

I normally watch the entire Oscar's show live. There are often some golden inopportune moments caught in the full broadcast, which don't show up on the trimmed down repeats. Like Trey and Matt of Southpark fame a few years back, with their dresses on, being interviewed. Saw it live. Never again.

This year, for the first time in a long time, there isn't a single movie I give a shit about in the entire ceremony. And with the show only a few hours away, I'm wondering if I should bother watching it. It might be fun to see a few anti-war celebrities try to get a word in, which you KNOW are going to be cut from the show...

This years big movies, Chicago, Gangs of New York, and every geeks favourite Lord of the Rings, all left me cold. I'm not rooting for anyone. That's not to say there weren't any good movies this year, they just don't get the attention from Hollywood that they should.

Bowling for Columbine.
The Revolution will not be televised.
Divine Intervention (A Choice of Love and Pain)

All excellent movies. All deserving of the highest praise. All have won various awards. But they won't be getting any Oscars, and the vast majority of Americans won't get to see their brilliance. That's a shame.



posted by Manchild at 8:25 PM