The Oscars!

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

Sorry, but this is a total joke.

I will now repeat my conspiracy theory that I posted when Crash was announced as a nominee. I said that there is a conservative element in the Academy that wouldn't want a man-on-man love movie to win, and would push Crash as the winner so that it couldn't get accused of bigotry.

There is no way that Crash was the best picture of the year. This is a disgrace in my humble opinion.

Of course it is a disgrace, and of course there is a conservative element in the academy that wouldn't even WATCH the BBM screeners. That was the talk of the town months ago.

I saw Crash last week, and thought it had the sophistication and emotional impact of an ABC afterschool special. It was amateurish, and a total mishmash. I have seen many films about race that were moving and relevant and Crash isn't among them. It was okay. I didn't hate it, didn't love it. It made me feel almost nothing. The scene at the end was the only part that made me react at all. It had too many characters, too many plots, and not enough screen time was given to any of them to allow the audience to invest emotion in them. The plot was an unbelievable contrivance, and some of the lines in the script were unintentionally funny. It is the weakest film to win Best Picture in all the years I have watched the awards. It isn't crap, but it isn't anywhere near the league of the others nominated.

In a month, no one will care about Crash. It will be a footnote in the annals of moviemaking. The most remarkable thing about it will be that it upset Brokeback. That's it. I know of no one who said Crash changed their lives, or their minds about anything. It wasn't hard hitting, it wasn't controversial, it wasn't much of anything at all. It has no cultural significance. The issues it addresses have been done leagues better by other films throughout history. It's a blip on the radar in terms of quality and importance. Even the director said in an interview that BBM was hands down the best movie of the year.

It is telling that BP is the only award that all 6500 members of the academy vote on. Many of the older members are VERY conservative, and that explains everything. But really, it is no matter. Many of the greatest films made didn't win BP, and the list of the ones that did that everyone has forgotten is pretty damned long.

Am I bitter ? Of course I am. But I know I a great movie when I see it, and Crash was not a great movie. It was a decent movie. That's it.