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The more things change....
To the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
Fuck you.
You wouldn't know a good movie if it bit you on the ass, and you wouldn't know a decent score if it jumped up and flashed you.
Year after year, I hope that you're going to nominate something worthwhile, and year after year, I'm disappointed.
LoTR is up for Best Picture, but let's be honest, it's more of a half ass nod than anything else. You couldn't really not nominate it for something, and the lack of any nominations for the actors involved says exactly how high a regard you hold it in.
And okay, My Big Fat Greek Wedding isn't life altering or artsy. But it's a fun movie. Remember those? The kind that make you want to go to the movies?
And come on. What kind of crack nominated these scores? You're nominating the score because you liked the movie, and you don't think it's good enough to get the best picture Oscar, aren't you? And for fuck's sake! Another goddamn John Williams score? Just because he does your shitty telecast, you figure you have to toss him a nod to keep him happy? He hasn't written an original-sounding piece in the last 8 years! Where is Howard Shore? The score to the Two Towers regularly had me in tears. Where's Danny? Red Dragon had to be bombastic enough for you!
So, in conclusion, you suck, and I shouldn't be surprised.
Fuckers.
Fuck you.
You wouldn't know a good movie if it bit you on the ass, and you wouldn't know a decent score if it jumped up and flashed you.
Year after year, I hope that you're going to nominate something worthwhile, and year after year, I'm disappointed.
LoTR is up for Best Picture, but let's be honest, it's more of a half ass nod than anything else. You couldn't really not nominate it for something, and the lack of any nominations for the actors involved says exactly how high a regard you hold it in.
And okay, My Big Fat Greek Wedding isn't life altering or artsy. But it's a fun movie. Remember those? The kind that make you want to go to the movies?
And come on. What kind of crack nominated these scores? You're nominating the score because you liked the movie, and you don't think it's good enough to get the best picture Oscar, aren't you? And for fuck's sake! Another goddamn John Williams score? Just because he does your shitty telecast, you figure you have to toss him a nod to keep him happy? He hasn't written an original-sounding piece in the last 8 years! Where is Howard Shore? The score to the Two Towers regularly had me in tears. Where's Danny? Red Dragon had to be bombastic enough for you!
So, in conclusion, you suck, and I shouldn't be surprised.
Fuckers.
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town full o evil
first, they give you the opportunity to feel superior by laughing and pointing at the fashion disasters that make their way down the red carpet, a fact made all the more amazing because half of those people didn't dress themselves. they had assistants and designers and stylists all let them out the door in those things.
secondly, they're actually live on the west coast, an honor usually reserved for events considered as important as college and nfl football or um, college and nfl football.
you have only to look at the list of things that have won (um, _braveheart_ as best picture? i don't think so) and the list of people who never won one (alfred hitchcock, among others) and the list of the oscar for most deep seated academy guilt (whoopi goldberg for _ghost_ instead of _the color purple_) to know that like most other things in this very screwed up town it's all about surface and buzz and nothing of substance.
at least, peter jackson has the right attitude, and if we're lucky we'll get to see some pda from the lord of the rings contingent, which is just about as grabby as a boyband or a hockey team.