Monday, April 27, 2009
And the Academy Award goes to...
I just watched Slumdog Millionaire last night. Why is it that most movies that win the Best Picture Oscar... I don't want to say suck, but... what the hell, they suck. I didn't like this movie. I was expecting to see some poor kid win a million dollars then go spend it like crazy in the slums. Instead, it's about his poor life and how his experiences helped him to know all the answers and all that wrapped around a love story. And then they dance.
I can't say this movie was much worse than any of its competitors this year though. Milk? Hi, I'm Sean Penn and I'm gay. He went full gay in this one, so he didn't win the award. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Brad Pitt and all his sexiness doesn't make this movie good. And I have a man crush on Brad Pitt. Frost/Nixon? It has a slash in the title. And do people remember Nixon any more? The Reader? This one I've never even heard of, but since it was nominated here, I'm going to assume it sucks.
And who votes for these movies? I think that partially it's past award winners, right? So basically, people in movies that suck are voting for movies that suck.
What about the Dark Knight? It was the most commercially successful movie of the year... of the millennium so far. It had 8 Oscar nominations, but didn't get a nod for Best Picture? Why the hell not?
I look at the Academy like the Electoral College. A bunch of people that don't think the populace can make the correct decision, so they do their own voting.
I can't say this movie was much worse than any of its competitors this year though. Milk? Hi, I'm Sean Penn and I'm gay. He went full gay in this one, so he didn't win the award. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Brad Pitt and all his sexiness doesn't make this movie good. And I have a man crush on Brad Pitt. Frost/Nixon? It has a slash in the title. And do people remember Nixon any more? The Reader? This one I've never even heard of, but since it was nominated here, I'm going to assume it sucks.
And who votes for these movies? I think that partially it's past award winners, right? So basically, people in movies that suck are voting for movies that suck.
What about the Dark Knight? It was the most commercially successful movie of the year... of the millennium so far. It had 8 Oscar nominations, but didn't get a nod for Best Picture? Why the hell not?
I look at the Academy like the Electoral College. A bunch of people that don't think the populace can make the correct decision, so they do their own voting.
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