You've done your service, Yahoo. I shall not blame the messenger.

[amanuensis1]

Aaaaaaaannnnnnnd that's why I don't watch.

Goddammit.

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[naatz.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch. What happened?

|Meduza|

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Oh. *reads the news*

I don't recognise half the names. Maybe if I was interested in anything other than BBM i'd have watched.

{why are so mad, though?}

|Meduza|

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Brokeback Mountain failed to win for Best Picture. Not that I had seen all 5 nominees and was making an objective choice or anything, but I never claimed that.

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Meh. BBM was a fantastic film, true, but the beginning was rather lacking. the ending more than made up for it, but I think the beginning kind of killed the award for the movie.

|Meduza|

[semperintheatro.livejournal.com]

I saw all five. Crash was the least of them.

Like really, by a lot.

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

Yahoo spoiled you? Fuckers. Four people on my f-list spoiled me. I'm starting to think it's a conspiracy.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

No, no, I went to bed deliberately not watching the Oscars, and tuned into Yahoo this morning to get the word on what happened; it wasn't spoiling. But I feel for you. Technically THIS post was spoilery, because all you had to do was see my previous post and my mood on this one. And I'm sorry for contributing to the spoilery atmosphere.

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

Oh no, honey - you didn't do a thing! I was spoiled when I woke up this morning. And the telecast isn't over yet. It's not the mood thing that's upsetting me (I can't guess where some people's allegiances lie :D), it's the unavoidable, giant font spoilers scattered to the winds that irk me.

Eh, I'll live. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

(I love your icon!) Heh, yeah, if it'd been something that wasn't likely to be splashed all over the news within the hour--like, say, my reaction to HP Book 7 or something--I wouldn't dare to put out a post that said even, "Well, I'm pissed," without a cut-tag. Because even that reaction is spoilery. I decided that since you couldn't go near any media source today without knowing, the mood reaction alone might be excusable.

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

Wahhhhh! Not that I can complain, I haven't bothered to see the one that won. But I will hold a grudge for a long time :D

[semperintheatro.livejournal.com]

Don't bother, it's really not very good. Capote was fabulous, Munich was interesting, and Good Night, And Good Luck was beautiful. I would've been annoyed but understanding if any of them had won. But Crash was just so ordinary, it blends in with 500 other hollywood "statement" dramas. Bleh.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna make a point of seeing Capote and Good Night, And Good Luck. I would have seen Crash eventually, I'm sure, but now I'm gettin' all grudge-holdy. *is big baby*

[phantomminuet.livejournal.com]

GNaGL was fantastic. I saw it, BM (twice), and "Munich" and thought it was far and away the best film of the three. I wish I had seen "Capote" in time for the Awards, because I've heard nothing but praise for it. I was a little disappointed that the amazing David Strathairn, whom I've loved for years, didn't get the Best Actor nod, but, for all intents and purposes, Hoffman literally became Capote, and he deserved the Oscar.

An embarassment of riches in the Best Actor category, especially considering the fact that Viggo Mortensen, who was mesmirizing in "A History of Violence" wasn't even nominated. Would that it were true, one day, in the Best Actress category.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Y'think we'll ever see the "Best Actor" categories be unisex? That'd be an interesting day.

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

No, because that would cut down on the number of people who could be nominated, and somehow I don't think the Academy'd go for that.

[phantomminuet.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. At least, not in the near future. As it currently stands, actresses are still paid less than actors, tossed to the side faster as they age, and given less opportunity for weighty, dramatically significant roles. The bias towards male actors would make it difficult, if not impossible, for a woman to win, if the categories were combined.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

(Ha, terrific icon.) Yup. To see that happen, there'd have to be a significant change in that bias. I can dream, can't I?

[phantomminuet.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And of course, you can dream. I dream of a day when anorexia and implants aren't a prerequisite to success for starletts. :-)

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Random, but "Munich" caused a *lot* of wank in Israel. Liks, lots.

|Meduza|

[phantomminuet.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the movie, even though I watched with a jaded eye, but the friends I was with thought it was way too long. I dunno...I find it hard to contemplate a situation in which I could watch too much Eric Bana. :-D

[naatz.livejournal.com]

The Munich massacre was a really big thing in Israel, and nobody is really sure what happened there. I know that some people accused the director of ignoring facts, some accuse the director for putting too much info. . . . Some accuse of outright lies.

Rather baffling.

|Meduza|

[phantomminuet.livejournal.com]

I went in knowing that it wasn't a documentary, so I didn't belabor the factual inaccuracies. Good Night and Good Luck took a few factual liberties, too. Doesn't detract from the fact that it's a brilliant movie.

Munich was a message movie, and I thought it had a lot of merit, as such. Plus, it has a brilliant cast.

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Here's a trivia fact:

One of the actors is actually the son of one of the victims. He's one of the first who die, though, three shots.

Since I haven't seen the film myself, I don't exactly know who it is. :\

|Meduza|

[silentauror.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥

That is almost word-for-word what I said last night after the Oscars. :) I'm pouting about BBM, too - I was so disappointed! Not that I've seen any of the others, but no matter. I do want to see Munich and the other two, but I hadn't even heard of Crash until, oh, the day before yesterday. *is also big baby*

Also, I like your petulant icon. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* We soldier on, huh?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Snerk. To this day, I haven't seen A Beautiful Mind. Yes, it isn't even the sort of film I care for, but I'll never forgive it for trouncing LOTR: Fellowship. Pooh.

[fabularasa.livejournal.com]

*gasps*

You SWORE.

But it was in small font, so.

If you think you're petty for wanting a film to win when you hadn't seen all of the others, well, I haven't seen ANY of 'em and I still cared passionately. Sigh. I might be consolable on the Best Picture Award if Ledger or Gyllenhaal had won either of the awards they were up for; as it is, it leaves the taste in my mouth that we'll give you an award for Best Actor as long as you ACT like a gay man. None of this confusing blurring of boundaries, please. Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance, from the clips I saw, could not have been any more mincing if he'd been in a Christmas pie. On the other hand, that was pretty true-to-life Capote, but still.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

could not have been any more mincing if he'd been in a Christmas pie

*dies laughing* You always know how to cheer me up. And y'know, for me, it's only my Annual Disappointment come around again--the Oscars and I almost never agree, and even during the Return of the King sweep, my reaction was, "Still doesn't make up for A Beautiful Mind trumping Fellowship, you f***ers." *is back to cursing in asterisks*

[snegurochka_lee]

My extreme positive spin is to cling to Ang Lee as Best Director, because quite honestly, I expected dear Hollywood to completely shut the film out. :)

But I still feel your pain.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I shall cling with you. *clings*

[noblerot.livejournal.com]

I was tricked into watching. Tricked. And now... Crash. THE WORST OF THE BUNCH. Feh.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I would so love to see your "official" take on it, iffen you know what I mean. ^_^

[wernotalone.livejournal.com]

I must say, I didn't like BBM that much **ducks appologetically** I am used to really slow films, but it was too slow. The ending didn't justify in my mind the pace of the film, it just wasn't sad enough, and it's not like they COULD make it any sadder. I dunno, I just didn't like the characters, and I really really wanted to. ;_; I tried really. =/

GN&GL on the otherhand, was just beautiful. Preachy, but in a Humphery Bogart way. I thought it was a lot better than Crash. While both films have really blatant, hit me over the head messages, at least GN&GL conveyed it in a way that made it fitting to the period the film was set in as well as today. It doesn't hurt that I liked the message too. In short, I think GNGL should have won.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I can't hold any grudges against people who didn't like the movie. ^_^ There were plenty of people who did, and that was good enough for me, but I would have loved to have had a little on-the-records validation re: the Academy Awards. But, cripes, the AA's never agree with my choices; why should I be surprised? (I'm gonna make a point of seeing GN&GL.)

[wernotalone.livejournal.com]

Well didn't it win every Golden Globe it was nominated for? That's something. :)

[silentauror.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to add that I'm also still sulking about Gwyneth Paltrow winning over Cate Blanchett for Shakespeare in Love vs. Elizabeth back in, oh, 1989 or something. Boo to that!! I've yet to see Gwyneth Paltrow give a limp rag a run for its money, acting-wise. IMO, of course. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I thought Shakespeare In Love was boring. I'm a Shakespeare buff and it was like...someone couldn't be bothered to do anything with one of his actual plays because they didn't think it was accessible enough. Snore.