Academy Awards-which film should win?, for Best Picture? Options

[goth-nina]

Here are the nominees:

-Slumdog Millionaire
-Frost/Nixon
-The Reader
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Milk


I saw every movie online & in theaters, & my vote will go to Slumdog. Yes, they really deserve it. Not out of pity, the screenplay was just incredible. I'd be devastated if it was based on a true story.

I saw Benjamin Button, it was nice, but not Oscar worthy. Milk made me cry, Sean Penn is just talented. Frost/Nixon was pretty awesome too, i enjoyed it. & The Reader was excellent, but i don't know why everyone's making such a huge deal of Winslet's performance . The story & plot was beautiful, but her acting isn't what they all awarding. She was AMAZING in Titanic though . OH! I also saw Doubt, which i was suprised it wasn't nominated in this catergory. All these movies were very good, but Slumdog deserves it.

[NoSex]

what a terribly uninteresting list... 2008 was not a good year for the academy.
in either case, i'll only be happy as long as slumdog millionaire does not win. milk winning would, at least, be a gesture of repentance for the homophobic bullshit that went down with crash vs. brokeback. the academy is a piece of shit commercial & conservative machine anyways.



p.s. that let the right one in isn't even nominated for best foreign feature is such a sadness.
p.p.s. hopefully man on wire will win best documentary feature.
p.p.p.s. hopefully the dark knight will win nothing. god, what a trash bag. if they have to win anything, just give the dead man the award and let's get over it, f*ck.

[AngryBaby]

what a terribly uninteresting list... 2008 was not a good year for the academy.
in either case, i'll only be happy as long as slumdog millionaire does not win. milk winning would, at least, be a gesture of repentance for the homophobic bullshit that went down with crash vs. brokeback. the academy is a piece of shit commercial & conservative machine anyways.
p.s. that let the right one in isn't even nominated for best foreign feature is such a sadness.
p.p.s. hopefully man on wire will win best documentary feature.
p.p.p.s. hopefully the dark knight will win nothing. god, what a trash bag. if they have to win anything, just give the dead man the award and let's get over it, f*ck.

you know your not as unique as you think you are.

actually your image fits your opinion very well. your like a generic avatar for the vast army of "beatnicks" who think its cool to hate anything mainstream.

hey it may not be true.....but you're doing a damn good interpretation of it. and you've been doing so....for YEARS.

[NoSex]

you know your not as unique as you think you are.

thank you for your fresh & alternative angle, yawn.

actually your image fits your opinion very well. your like a generic avatar for the vast army of "beatnicks" who think its cool to hate anything mainstream.

i like plenty of things that tons of other people like - things that are "mainstream" & popular (gossip girl, pineapple express, the violent femmes, etc.). further, & most importantly, i like things that i like & i don't like things that i don't like. it's true that i'm highly critical, however... i am not superficial. i don't dislike anything merely because it is popular (i may have my doubts or suspicions, but i must always see something for myself). i like or dislike things based on that thing's own specific merits, my articulation of my taste is usually characteristic of this (i.e. full of detail & example).

the mainstream is popular for a reason... usually, it is designed to be thoughtless, digestible, deceivingly clever, cliche, & non-subversive. i like my art subversive, thoughtful, indigestible, witless, etc. my tastes are often in opposition with what makes mainstream entertainment enjoyable to the masses... this is simply a matter of my personal sentiment & character.

hey it may not be true.....but you're doing a damn good interpretation of it. and you've been doing so....for YEARS.

even in your quote i hail two tremendously popular films (man on wire & let the right one in). just because i lampoon two others (slumdog millionaire & the dark knight) you seem to take issue. but, it's sort of contrary: you're just cherry picking. or, worse, you're just reacting because you enjoyed those particular films...?

in either case, my feelings are genuine. i don't mean to look "cool" by not liking movies. if that were my intent don't you think i would go somewhere where people thought it looks "cool" to not like the dark knight? you know, as opposed to a place that characterizes america's ass sucking (as per usual)?

[mipadi]

the mainstream is popular for a reason... usually, it is designed to be thoughtless, digestible, deceivingly clever, cliche, & non-subversive. i like my art subversive, thoughtful, indigestible, witless, etc. my tastes are often in opposition with what makes mainstream entertainment enjoyable to the masses... this is simply a matter of my personal sentiment & character.

Do you see it possible, or even necessary, to change this facet of mainstream media?

I thought of this post today while I was reading a collection of one- and two-act plays written by Tennessee Williams in the 70s and early 80s. Williams is, of course, lauded for plays like The Glass Menagerie, but after the 50s he won very few awards. His later, shorter works are fascinating, since he experimented much more with his ideas, and pushed the limits of theater. But, as I noted, his work was so "out there" than critics often didn't even know how to understand his later plays; and while it represents some of his best work, he got little recognition for it.

It made me think a lot about my own writing. True art is written more for oneself than an audience, but as a writer, I do like to feel that the common person can understand my work, if only so my message is heard. But obviously, plays, novels, and films that go "against the grain" are often lost in the swarm of mainstream media that is more palatable to the masses. This really raises two questions in my mind: How can you wean people off of "stereotypical" media that doesn't really make people think; and more importantly, since "good" art is generally written for the artist and not an audience, does it even matter if an artist's work is well-received by the masses?