Academy Awards

[Scrivener]

I'm in shock. This years Academy Awards was the the biggest flicking joke I've ever seen. A Beautiful Mind best picture? WTF!?!? That movie was absolute CRAP. Like Vanilla Sky for idiots. Ron Howard? Didn't I just explain that Beautiful Mind was crap? I believe this Ifilm review sums it up nicely: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_re...2402992,00.html

Man. Denzel Washington? OMG! Amelie didn't win jack-squat? Did anyone in the academy even see it? It was brilliant! IMO, this is a sad, sad day for movie enthusiasts.

[dhurd]

I have to agree,

Tho I am from New Zealand and we were all rooting for LOTR.

My biggest gripe with the Oscars was that if Ron Howard made 'A Beautiful Mind' and put any other Actor in the lead role it more than likely wouldn't have even been nominated for Best Director & Best Movie, let alone got it. (Russell Crowe did 'make' the movie)

That he had a great actor, doesn't make him a great director!

Cheers

Dazzer

[Supreme Cmdr]

I agree. I too think that Amelie should've won.

But as for Best Actor and Actress, right on the money.

[Kevin Trotter]

Anyone who watches the Academy awards expecting to be anything but disappointed has way too much time on their hands.

You will rarely see the best films nominated

let alone win anthing because most of the voters don't even see the films they vote for to begin with. That explains why dreck like Moulon Rouge could even be considered to be nominated. That would explain how ABM and Titanic could win best picture. Could someone explain how Chocolat was nominated last year? Entertaining? yes cute and somewhat clever? maybe. Best Picture nominee?

Get tha fu*k outta here!

THe Oscars are mostly a popularity contest , a product of industry hype and an overabundance of cable outlets that analyze the event with a level of detail that has surpassed a news story on the war abroad or the middle east conflict.

The acting awards rarely reflect the perfor-

mance that was nominated ,and often are based on a body of work. Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman instead of Denzel Washington in Malcolm X ? GTFOH!

That was a lifetime achivement award. Denzel's win this year is the equivalent of an NBA makeup call. He was great in Training Day , but I recently watched Malcolm X again and IMO no contest.

Memento no best picture nomination..Moulon Rouge any nominations....an abomination. Did anyone see the Man Who wasn't There ? Ghost World?

Come on! All sense of any connection to quality filmmaking and oscar parted ways a long time ago.

You want to see filmmaking held in high esteem

watch the Independent Spirit Awards. Me, I long for the day a film wins the Razzie and Best Picture the same week