Thanks for posting this, Mech. Brave of you!! *chuckle*
Good Night, and Good Luck is every bit as good as Brokeback. They are both important, non-preachy, powerful films. Both stirred my emotions on a deep level. Both get my vote as the two most outstanding and memorable films of the year.
Heath IS fabulous. I was torn between him and David Strathairn. The contenders for Best Actor this year were high quality. Not a Tom or a Sean among them!
I would like to see Capote. The subject matter interests me.
I don't think Crash deserves the dissing it's received. I prefer Brokeback. By miles. But Crash is nonetheless worth watching. It's intelligent and provocative and tackles head-on a very spiky subject. It strikes one false note, IMO ... which is just one reason (there are many more) why Brokeback is the superior work.
Yes, I do think that the Academy pulled Crash out of the hat at the last minute because they decided - weirdly enough - that racism was somehow a cooler and safer topic than homosexuality. Yes, it was a cop-out. Yes, it was the usual Hollywood politics. We all know that. But I don't think any of this has harmed BBM's reputation.
Thinking back to Oscar night 2004, the entire LOTR fandom would have erupted, of course, if ROTK hadn't won ... *eeek* :D
I post these observations as one who likes and admires Brokeback but is outside the fandom.
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Date: 2006-03-09 08:26 pm (UTC)Good Night, and Good Luck is every bit as good as Brokeback. They are both important, non-preachy, powerful films. Both stirred my emotions on a deep level. Both get my vote as the two most outstanding and memorable films of the year.
Heath IS fabulous. I was torn between him and David Strathairn. The contenders for Best Actor this year were high quality. Not a Tom or a Sean among them!
I would like to see Capote. The subject matter interests me.
I don't think Crash deserves the dissing it's received. I prefer Brokeback. By miles. But Crash is nonetheless worth watching. It's intelligent and provocative and tackles head-on a very spiky subject. It strikes one false note, IMO ... which is just one reason (there are many more) why Brokeback is the superior work.
Yes, I do think that the Academy pulled Crash out of the hat at the last minute because they decided - weirdly enough - that racism was somehow a cooler and safer topic than homosexuality. Yes, it was a cop-out. Yes, it was the usual Hollywood politics. We all know that. But I don't think any of this has harmed BBM's reputation.
Thinking back to Oscar night 2004, the entire LOTR fandom would have erupted, of course, if ROTK hadn't won ... *eeek* :D
I post these observations as one who likes and admires Brokeback but is outside the fandom.