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In Reply to: At the end of the day the Best Picture Oscar was Politics,.. posted by DavidLD on March 6, 2006 at 16:21:12:
Politics is true in the Academy Awards but on the other had academy voters are people who vote. They voted to have Brokeback Mountain in the running but ultimately they chose Crash.I have not seen Brokeback Mountain yet because generally Romance films are not weighty enough to warrant best film status. If this was a traditional male/female romance would it have been held up to the stature -- or is it considered "good" because of the political decision to make it about two men? From what I understand BM could be argued was there largely based on politics of the issue rather than merit.
The other fact is that when you have a large membership of varying social backgrounds voting then divisions occur. Look at 1994. Forrest Gump was the easiest choice -- the violence of Pulp Fiction would have cut-off a large section of the voters even though in eveyr critical way Pulp Fiction was the better film. Forrest was the easier amiable selection. But in the end it's a vote from the people in the industry.
Of the four nominated movies I did see Crash was my second choice. I have agreed with the Oscars twice since 1990 and I must say that IMO Crash winning for me is one of the years that I am more than happy to live with.
Gladiator winning best film was perhaps the worst selection since 1990. This film should not ahve been nominated for anything -- what was worse is that that movie also won for best actor...uggh. Crash is a masterpiece in comparison.
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- Funny - lot's of critics and people I know preferred Crash... - RGA 01:09:43 03/07/06 (0)
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