Oscar blather
Mar. 7th, 2010 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaideni think Katheryn Bigelow rocks and i'm so happy that i got to see her do Q&A for The Hurt Locker at SIFF. when Streisand read her name i burst into tears. (still so happy that barrier wasn't broken by Sofia Coppola. ) i liked The Hurt Locker, and i'm glad it got recognition, but in ten years that film will be a footnote.
Avatar wasn't going to win, not because the film was less worthy, but because James Cameron has a shelf full of statues for Titanic. the academy has already recognized him, and for a film that is more palatable to voters. they do that "due" or "deserved" thing constantly. (i see the whine about bad writing in Avatar and i want those people to rewatch Titanic and then reflect for a few minutes.)
i spend a lot of time and money on movies, and i enjoy thoughtful discussion of same. Oscar season is usually a time when film discussion comes to the fore. it's a pleasure. i haven't enjoyed it quite so much this year because the venom spewed about Avatar seems to always come in the same breath as "$$$" and "not that i've seen it". i'm seeing comments about how lousy it was that the dude from Hurt Locker who broke campaigning rules got caught.* i didn't see thoughtful discussion of the other nominees at all :/
*my kneejerk reaction to this is that they probably also want to free Roman Polanski. who is a completely free millionaire child rapist as long as he stays out of the US. boo hoo. rules are for everyone, rich and poor, famous and not-famous, and that applies to an indie film producer as well as to a brilliant auteur with a sad personal life.
Avatar wasn't going to win, not because the film was less worthy, but because James Cameron has a shelf full of statues for Titanic. the academy has already recognized him, and for a film that is more palatable to voters. they do that "due" or "deserved" thing constantly. (i see the whine about bad writing in Avatar and i want those people to rewatch Titanic and then reflect for a few minutes.)
i spend a lot of time and money on movies, and i enjoy thoughtful discussion of same. Oscar season is usually a time when film discussion comes to the fore. it's a pleasure. i haven't enjoyed it quite so much this year because the venom spewed about Avatar seems to always come in the same breath as "$$$" and "not that i've seen it". i'm seeing comments about how lousy it was that the dude from Hurt Locker who broke campaigning rules got caught.* i didn't see thoughtful discussion of the other nominees at all :/
*my kneejerk reaction to this is that they probably also want to free Roman Polanski. who is a completely free millionaire child rapist as long as he stays out of the US. boo hoo. rules are for everyone, rich and poor, famous and not-famous, and that applies to an indie film producer as well as to a brilliant auteur with a sad personal life.
