If Hollywood thinks Brokeback Mountain <\/em>is more interesting and artful than A History of Violence <\/em>and The New World<\/em>, and when nobody even notices a piece of rare big screen treasure like Millions<\/em>\u2026 well, they\u2019ve just lost any interest or respect I had for this year\u2019s Oscar event. I\u2019m not even sure host John Stewart will be enough to make me tune in.<\/p>\n BEST PICTURE RIGHT. I challenge anyone to watch Brokeback Mountain and then watch Millions, The New World, or A History of Violence and then explain to me why BM is the better film.<\/strong><\/p>\n BEST DIRECTOR RIGHT. I challenge anyone to explain to me why the directorial efforts of Ang Lee or Bennett Miller are more accomplished than the masterful work done by David Cronenberg (who directed his masterpiece this year), Danny Boyle, or Terrence Malick. <\/strong><\/p>\n BEST ACTOR It\u2019s a shame no one noticed the incredible work done by Daniel Day-Lewis in The Ballad of Jack and Rose<\/em>, or Bruno Ganz in Downfall<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n BEST ACTRESS WATCH \u2018THE NEW WORLD.\u2019 How they could nominate Knightley and not Q\u2019orianka Kilcher\u2026 it defies all reason. <\/strong><\/p>\n BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WHERE IS MARIA BELLO????? Bello\u2019s work in A History of Violence should have won the Oscar. She\u2019s not even nominated. <\/strong><\/p>\n BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY If A History of Violence<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> doesn\u2019t win, man\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Unbelievable. Just\u2026 unbelievable. Where\u2019s Cache?<\/strong><\/p>\n DOCUMENTARY FEATURE This category actually looks pretty good. I\u2019m glad they didn\u2019t count Werner Herzog\u2019s films, since they\u2019re not really documentaries, the way he manipulated them. <\/strong><\/p>\n ANIMATED FILM Slam dunk. All deserving. A complete shut-out for the Dreamworks\/Disney trash.<\/strong><\/p>\n ART DIRECTION CINEMATOGRAPHY THE NEW WORLD. If Brokeback Mountain beats The New World here, the Academy has just passed up a masterpice for a postcard of some open ground in Canada.<\/strong><\/p>\n COSTUME DESIGN DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT FILM EDITING Where\u2019s Sin City?<\/strong><\/p>\n MAKEUP MUSIC (SCORE) MUSIC (SONG) SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) SOUND EDITING SOUND MIXING VISUAL EFFECTS RIGHT. How anyone could say Narnia\u2019s effects were better than those in Revenge of the Sith\u2026 it boggles the mind. The opening sequences alone are like the difference between CGI ten years ago and cutting-edge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If Hollywood thinks Brokeback Mountain is more interesting and artful than A History of Violence and The New World, and when nobody even notices a piece of rare big screen treasure like Millions\u2026 well, they\u2019ve just lost any interest or respect I had for this year\u2019s Oscar event. I\u2019m not even sure host John Stewart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[247],"class_list":["post-14182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-oscars"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBrokeback Mountain \u2013 Focus Features
\nCapote \u2013 Sony Pictures Classics
\nCrash \u2013 Lions Gate
\nGood Night, & Good Luck \u2013 WIP
\nMunich \u2013 Universal<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Clooney \u2013 Good Night, And Good Luck
\nPaul Haggis \u2013 Crash
\nAng Lee \u2013 Brokeback Mountain
\nBennett Miller \u2013 Capote
\nSteven Spielberg \u2013 Munich<\/p>\n
\nPhilip Seymour Hoffman \u2013 Capote
\nTerrence Howard \u2013 Hustle & Flow
\nHeath Ledger \u2013 Brokeback Mountain
\nJoaquin Phoenix \u2013 Walk The Line
\nDavid Strathairn \u2013 Good Night. And, Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nJudi Dench \u2013 Mrs. Henderson Presents
\nFelicity Huffman \u2013 Transamerica
\nKeira Knightly \u2013 Pride & Prejudice
\nCharlize Theron \u2013 North Country
\nReese Witherspoon \u2013 Walk The Line<\/p>\n
\nMatt Dillon \u2013 Crash
\nGeorge Clooney \u2013 Syriana
\nPaul Giamatti \u2013 Cinderella Man
\nJake Gyllenhaal \u2013 Brokeback Mountain
\nWilliam Hurt \u2013 A History of Violence<\/p>\n
\nAmy Adams \u2013 Junebug
\nCatherine Keener \u2013 Capote
\nFrances McDormand \u2013 North Country
\nRachel Weisz \u2013 The Constant Gardener
\nMichelle Williams \u2013 Brokeback Mountain<\/p>\n
\nMatch Point \u2013 Woody Allen
\nThe Squid & The Whale \u2013 Noah Baumbach
\nGood Night. And, Good Luck \u2013 George Clooney, Grant Heslov
\nSyriana \u2013 Stephen Gaghan
\nCrash \u2013 Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco<\/p>\n
\nThe Constant Gardener \u2013 Jeffrey Caine
\nCapote \u2013 Dan Futterman
\nMunich \u2013 Tony Kushner, Eric Roth
\nBrokeback Mountain \u2013 Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
\nA History Of Violence \u2013 Josh Olson<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t Tell \u2013 Italy
\nJoyeux Noel \u2013 France
\nParadise Now \u2013 Palestine
\nSophie Scholl \u2013 Germany
\nTsotsi \u2013 South Africa<\/p>\n
\nDarwin\u2019s Nightmare
\nEnron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
\nMarch Of The Penguins
\nMurderball
\nStreet Fight<\/p>\n
\nHowl\u2019s Moving Casle
\nThe Corpse Bride
\nWallace & Gromit<\/p>\n
\nGood Night, And Good Luck.
\nHarry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
\nKing Kong
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nPride & Prejudice<\/p>\n
\nBatman Begins
\nBrokeback Mountain
\nGood Night, And Good Luck.
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nThe New World<\/p>\n
\nCharlie And The Chocolate Factory
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nMrs. Henderson Presents
\nPride & Prejudice
\nWalk The Line<\/p>\n
\nThe Death Of Kevin Carter: Casualty Of The Bang Bang Club
\nGod Sleeps In Rwanda
\nThe Mushroom Club
\nA Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age Of Norman Corwin<\/p>\n
\nCinderella Man
\nThe Constant Gardener
\nCrash
\nMunich
\nWalk The Line<\/p>\n
\nThe Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
\nCinderella Man
\nStar Wars: Episode Iii Revenge Of The Sith<\/p>\n
\nBrokeback Mountain
\nThe Constant Gardener
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nMunich
\nPride & Prejudice<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn The Deep\u201d From Crash
\n\u201cIt\u2019s Hard Out Here For A Pimp\u201d From Hustle & Flow
\n\u201cTravelin\u2019 Thru\u201d From Transamerica<\/p>\n
\nBadgered
\nThe Moon And The Son: An Imagined Conversation
\nThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello
\n9
\nOne Man Band<\/p>\n
\nAusreisser (The Runaway)
\nCashback
\nThe Last Farm
\nOur Time Is Up
\nSix Shooter<\/p>\n
\nKing Kong
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nWar Of The Worlds<\/p>\n
\nThe Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
\nKing Kong
\nMemoirs Of A Geisha
\nWalk The Line
\nWar Of The Worlds<\/p>\n
\nThe Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
\nKing Kong
\nWar Of The Worlds<\/p>\n