Geoff EganJohn Stewart was the only good thing about the Oscars
March 17th 2008 02:18
I was looking through the list of Oscar nominees and winners today. I think its long enough after the awards to look at this properly. Firstly let me say I haven’t seen a couple of the big movies (There Will be Blood, Michael Clayton, Sweeny Todd would be the big ones I guess), but regardless I have some issues with the nominees and winners.
There were a couple of films that I think were robbed. And by robbed I mean, in one case, not even nominated. Firstly how the hell does Transformers not win best effects? Seriously, a polar bear in armour is nothing in comparison to how incredible those transformations looked. I walked out of Transformers almost expecting the cars on the street around me to start running around. I walked out of The Golden Compass mildly ammused.
Secondly 300; now it wasn’t the best film ever; but for Cinematography, Effects or Make Up it deserved some recognition. In sheer appearance the movie LOOKED amazing. But I guess such blatant graphic violence for no reason wouldn’t be recognised.
Two movies I think really should have been more highly nominated Jesse James and American Gangster. Now American Gangster wasn’t great, definitely wasn’t the best movie of the year and I can’t really even think of a category that it should have got (so maybe ignore this whole statement) but it was a good movie, and I thought it deserved more recognition than it got.
But Jesse James was an incredible movie, I truly do not understand how it didn’t even get nominated for Best Picture. If I was in charge it would have beaten No Country for Old Men 9 times out of 10. I class it in the same category as Munich as a movie robbed of an award it deserved. In that year I really didn’t get Crash. As I mentioned on the www.movietrain.net review of No Country, Crash seemed over the top and slightly ridiculous. Either that or race relations in the United States get really strained by minor things (ie inability to fix a broken doorknob). But I digress, both Jesse James and Munich I see as great movies with great acting that were overlooked. The psychological journey that Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck went down really spoke to me. The whole film took a really Godfather-esque take on the Western genre. It slowed the film down, and made it more about the characters and the psychology than the action that is prevalent in most films in the genre. Also Jesse James has an ending. Something that No Country for Old Men seemed to be lacking.
But I guess until someone nominates my onto the Academy then my opinion mean squat. Get on that blogosphere!
There were a couple of films that I think were robbed. And by robbed I mean, in one case, not even nominated. Firstly how the hell does Transformers not win best effects? Seriously, a polar bear in armour is nothing in comparison to how incredible those transformations looked. I walked out of Transformers almost expecting the cars on the street around me to start running around. I walked out of The Golden Compass mildly ammused.
Secondly 300; now it wasn’t the best film ever; but for Cinematography, Effects or Make Up it deserved some recognition. In sheer appearance the movie LOOKED amazing. But I guess such blatant graphic violence for no reason wouldn’t be recognised.
Two movies I think really should have been more highly nominated Jesse James and American Gangster. Now American Gangster wasn’t great, definitely wasn’t the best movie of the year and I can’t really even think of a category that it should have got (so maybe ignore this whole statement) but it was a good movie, and I thought it deserved more recognition than it got.
Better than No Country for Old Men
But Jesse James was an incredible movie, I truly do not understand how it didn’t even get nominated for Best Picture. If I was in charge it would have beaten No Country for Old Men 9 times out of 10. I class it in the same category as Munich as a movie robbed of an award it deserved. In that year I really didn’t get Crash. As I mentioned on the www.movietrain.net review of No Country, Crash seemed over the top and slightly ridiculous. Either that or race relations in the United States get really strained by minor things (ie inability to fix a broken doorknob). But I digress, both Jesse James and Munich I see as great movies with great acting that were overlooked. The psychological journey that Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck went down really spoke to me. The whole film took a really Godfather-esque take on the Western genre. It slowed the film down, and made it more about the characters and the psychology than the action that is prevalent in most films in the genre. Also Jesse James has an ending. Something that No Country for Old Men seemed to be lacking.
But I guess until someone nominates my onto the Academy then my opinion mean squat. Get on that blogosphere!
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