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In Reply to: EW's list: Snubbed by Oscar posted by clarkjohnsen on February 9, 2008 at 12:07:52:
...the bastards, I'm still annoyed at em for nominating for the much less accomplished Babel instead. Two of the "three Amigos" hit home runs last year (Cuaron & Del Toro). Innaritu swung hard but...missed. Cuaron was also robbed as best director IMO.
I'm always amused and annoyed when stellar films like Atonement get nommed for BP, cinematography, script, acting, editing etc but the director is ignored...as if...the movie directed itself?? Especially in the case of Joe Wright, he works with a team of people he puts together - including the composer - so it really is his baby. They should nkow by now that Pride & Prejudice wasn't a fluke, and the things that were best in both films were due to cinematic skills of Mr. Wright...oh well...
I agree with 90% of EW's list and your nod for Once. I think The Wind That Shakes The Barley is counted as an '06 release. The Afflecks frere were very good but I'm not torn up about it. (I'll leave you to wonder about the 3%.) But if I had $5 for evey stupid thing AMPAS has ever done I coud retire.
I try to not get to invested in the Oscars. (WARNING: here comes my annual Oscar rant.) They're fun to handicap, and I love the gown watching, but they aren't really about film art, they're about film business. They do, now and again, actually reward cinematic excellence. But a great film doesn't need AMPAS' imprimatur, although it's nice for box office. The "best" film of any given year is a non-starter anyway - the one thing you need to assess a movie's true place within the scheme of things is the one thing the Academy doesn't have - time.
Good movies are snubbed, slighted and lost in the shuffle every year. Subtle and searching performancfes are passed over to reward hammy and obvious ones. That's show biz, folks. There are far more great movies that never won best pic than there are great movies that did.
And we all know, since actors make up the largest block of voters, that you always get weird sh*t like Tommy Lee Jones nominated for In The Valley Of Ellah. What??? OTOH, many of the nominations tnis year are less offensive than they might be.
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Follow Ups
- Children of Men was snubbed last year and - Harmonia 19:51:18 02/09/08 (3)
- I'd make the director of "Japon" the fourth "amigo." - tinear 05:02:30 02/12/08 (0)
- Yeah, and my annoyance was so great I let it slip into this year. - clarkjohnsen 12:20:12 02/10/08 (0)
- There is a wonderful Hollywood hype-machine which, evidently, includes many - tinear 06:37:45 02/10/08 (0)
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