Academy Awards
I skipped watching the Academy Awards this week. I use to watch it every year, but the past 5 years award shows have become very boring to me. Not sure when that changed. I use to watch them all. MTV awards. Golden Globes. Daytime Emmy awards. The Country Music one, which I forget the name. Now I'm totally turned off by them. Instead I watch Reality TV shows.
One of the reasons I don't watch the award shows is that I don't believe the results reflect an unbias choice. Or even an informed choice. You would hope the voting members would choose the best movie, but how much of their opinion is swayed by the Hollywood propaganda machine? I'm not disputing Crash was a better movie than Brokeback Mtn. I saw both. And I have conversations with Skyprincess's gay friends, and they agree Brokebback Mtn. was not a terribly good movie. However, it was a rare turning point in gay acceptance in the mainstream.
What are the criteria for choosing the best picture? Is it strictly the story? There were far better film scripts than Crash. Is it the acting? I won't deny the acting in Crash, it was a very well acted movie. However, I personally feel cheated when I watch a movie that is a series of vignettes. By the time I begin caring about any character, the movie moves on to another storyline. It's one of the reasons I really didn't like Sin City.
Is it the social relevance? I won't deny that Crash had a powerful statement about society in the states. And I won't compare the two stories and which had the most powerful statement to make. However, Brokeback Mtn brings issues that rarely get addressed in mainstream films.
So what are the criteria for a best picture? If for a social issue, I believe Brokeback Mtn should have won. If for a superior movie because of the acting or storyline, then I believe the correct picture won.
One of the reasons I don't watch the award shows is that I don't believe the results reflect an unbias choice. Or even an informed choice. You would hope the voting members would choose the best movie, but how much of their opinion is swayed by the Hollywood propaganda machine? I'm not disputing Crash was a better movie than Brokeback Mtn. I saw both. And I have conversations with Skyprincess's gay friends, and they agree Brokebback Mtn. was not a terribly good movie. However, it was a rare turning point in gay acceptance in the mainstream.
What are the criteria for choosing the best picture? Is it strictly the story? There were far better film scripts than Crash. Is it the acting? I won't deny the acting in Crash, it was a very well acted movie. However, I personally feel cheated when I watch a movie that is a series of vignettes. By the time I begin caring about any character, the movie moves on to another storyline. It's one of the reasons I really didn't like Sin City.
Is it the social relevance? I won't deny that Crash had a powerful statement about society in the states. And I won't compare the two stories and which had the most powerful statement to make. However, Brokeback Mtn brings issues that rarely get addressed in mainstream films.
So what are the criteria for a best picture? If for a social issue, I believe Brokeback Mtn should have won. If for a superior movie because of the acting or storyline, then I believe the correct picture won.
posted by Mizike at 9:09 AM
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