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Posted by Harmonia (A) on March 02, 2011 at 14:59:21

In Reply to: RE: Oscars: best thing? Anne Hathaway. I could posted by tinear on February 28, 2011 at 09:42:23

...although I thought it was the best American film of the year. Period.

don't expect the "best" movie of the year (whatever that is) to win "Best Picture", so I'm seldom disappointed and I just let it all go. My other personal favorite films of the year, such as Fish Tank and Animal Kingdom, were hardly likely to get a best pic nom, so all the attention Winter's Bone got by being nominated pleases me no end.

The King's Speech was a nice movie, I don't mind that it won. I was surprised Hooper won for Director, as the direction with actors is quite good but TKS is quite modest cinematically. I'm not a real fan of Black Swan, although there are elements of the movie I love, and one of the things that didn't grab me was Portman's performance.

The Oscars really are industry awards, and a popularity contest. As I say every year, Oscar is about film biz, not film art. Best not to get too wrapped up in it, enjoy the handicapping and the gowns.

On that last...better than usual I thought.