punching the clock ~ and Oscar

just checking in.

this mung will be the death of me for sure. sorry if i have not been responding to my f-list. if this hacking doesn't stop, i'm checking into a morgue next week.

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i thought i ought to say something about the Oscars since i tend to talk about film a lot. i didn't watch the Oscars (still don't have a working tv), but i saw that Crash won and that a lot of people are disappointed that Brokeback did not.

i have not seen Brokeback and won't make any sort of assessment on it based on the varied reviews i have read/heard. when it comes to video, i promise i will check it out and give it a fair watch (i love ang lee, so that shouldn't be hard).

i will say, however, that Crash in its own rights is an excellent film on a lot of levels and though i don't really consider the Oscars authoritative on matters of picking great films (their track record is pretty hit-or-miss), i will say that Crash deserved an Oscar. i'm also glad that it won "best screenplay" because it was extremely well-written ~ one of the best things i've seen out of american cinema in a good while.

and okay, i admit that i'm glad it won because it was a low-budget dark horse, but that's sort of just lagniappe so far as i'm concerned.

given that hollywood is pretty liberal and Brokeback was a big favorite, i don't think there's any cause to assume this is some sort of anti-gay thing. Brokeback doesn't deserve to win solely on the merits of it being a big-budget gay cowboy movie. in the final analysis, the Oscars are extremely subjective. i mean Titanic won for crying out loud. still, i'm happy for Crash and don't think for a moment that it didn't deserve the recognition.

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