http://market-access.ca/and-the-nominees-are Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://market-access.ca/and-the-nominees-are/comment-page-1#comment-9 donna g Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:12:15 +0000 http://market-access.ca/?p=752#comment-9 Last year I was very excited about the Oscars, so much to choose from (http://tmtmshow.blogspot.com/search/label/Oscars)! Do I choose with my heart or my head? Kirk, you and I even battled it out on air about a certain "dog" of a film:-) This year, I can't really say I have the same anticipation that I have had for years. Like you, Kirk, I've been watching the Oscars for years, seeing and hearing about films I wasn't even old enough to go see. I still love the event as an adult, even though I know it's pretty much politics. This year, the weakest year ever, they have gone with 10 films in the Best Picture category. Why? Numbers was never the problem, in my opinion, it was conservatism. The Academy voters never dared to push the envelope with their selections. They always selected from the crop of "big" films that were released late in the year rather than really think about what were the best pictures for that year. I hope Precious cleans up: great cast, direction, script. Maybe then, Oscar will stop going for "big" and go for excellence. As for Avatar, I refuse to give James Cameron my money for making a technically brilliant (I'm told) but racist film. American cinema has a history of the white American going in to save the day, but I'm tired of those stories, and will no longer support them in any way. Last year I was very excited about the Oscars, so much to choose from (http://tmtmshow.blogspot.com/search/label/Oscars)! Do I choose with my heart or my head? Kirk, you and I even battled it out on air about a certain “dog” of a film:-) This year, I can’t really say I have the same anticipation that I have had for years. Like you, Kirk, I’ve been watching the Oscars for years, seeing and hearing about films I wasn’t even old enough to go see. I still love the event as an adult, even though I know it’s pretty much politics. This year, the weakest year ever, they have gone with 10 films in the Best Picture category. Why? Numbers was never the problem, in my opinion, it was conservatism. The Academy voters never dared to push the envelope with their selections. They always selected from the crop of “big” films that were released late in the year rather than really think about what were the best pictures for that year. I hope Precious cleans up: great cast, direction, script. Maybe then, Oscar will stop going for “big” and go for excellence. As for Avatar, I refuse to give James Cameron my money for making a technically brilliant (I’m told) but racist film. American cinema has a history of the white American going in to save the day, but I’m tired of those stories, and will no longer support them in any way.

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