Lord of the Oscars?
One last thought having to do with the Academy Awards last night. They have always been considered as much about the politics of Hollywood as they had been about the talent, but last night just went way over the top. I have not seen Training Day, but I understand that Denzel Washington was amazing in that role. Fine. But I have seen A Beautiful Mind and where I didn't like the movie that much, Russell Crowe's peformance is what really stood out. Now, I didn't watch the show itself last night, I had better things to do (sitting in the emergency room with my room mate who hurt her back and reading The Big Show by Kieth Oberman and Dan Patrick) so I can only report on the scorecard. But there was some political things happening last night. Either A Beautiful Mind was good enough to win best picture, best director, best screenplay and best supporting actress and Denzel Washington won because the Academy decided to be politically correct OR Lord of the Rings was a much better movie but got snubbed by the Academy in fear that they would be setting too high of a standard and end up giving the same set of awards to them again for the next two years.
If LOTR won, a movie that is only a third of what was really filmed, then the remaining two thirds should be equally well done (since it was not only shot at the same time, but intermixed) and then the Academy would be hard pressed to not give them the awards again next year and the year after unless something truly amazing came along; and with the crap Hollywood has been spewing out... that would be doubtful. How the awards probably should have gone... LOTR for best picture, best director and best screenplay. Denzel for best Actor and the rest are fine.
But I will predict here and now that The Twin Towers will also be snubbed at next years awards, but The Return of the King will clean up as the Academy then gives the awards for the "body of work" which they've been known to do way too often.
One last thought having to do with the Academy Awards last night. They have always been considered as much about the politics of Hollywood as they had been about the talent, but last night just went way over the top. I have not seen Training Day, but I understand that Denzel Washington was amazing in that role. Fine. But I have seen A Beautiful Mind and where I didn't like the movie that much, Russell Crowe's peformance is what really stood out. Now, I didn't watch the show itself last night, I had better things to do (sitting in the emergency room with my room mate who hurt her back and reading The Big Show by Kieth Oberman and Dan Patrick) so I can only report on the scorecard. But there was some political things happening last night. Either A Beautiful Mind was good enough to win best picture, best director, best screenplay and best supporting actress and Denzel Washington won because the Academy decided to be politically correct OR Lord of the Rings was a much better movie but got snubbed by the Academy in fear that they would be setting too high of a standard and end up giving the same set of awards to them again for the next two years.
If LOTR won, a movie that is only a third of what was really filmed, then the remaining two thirds should be equally well done (since it was not only shot at the same time, but intermixed) and then the Academy would be hard pressed to not give them the awards again next year and the year after unless something truly amazing came along; and with the crap Hollywood has been spewing out... that would be doubtful. How the awards probably should have gone... LOTR for best picture, best director and best screenplay. Denzel for best Actor and the rest are fine.
But I will predict here and now that The Twin Towers will also be snubbed at next years awards, but The Return of the King will clean up as the Academy then gives the awards for the "body of work" which they've been known to do way too often.
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