Academy Awards

Normally I don't watch the academy awards - and this time was no exception to the rule. But usually when its over I am curious about who won what. Just so I can be let down by how wrong it all is.

Time and time again you have sub par movies winning the big awards. (normally just due to the directors name or actors)

Here look at the previous (79th) Academy Awards...

Best picture : The Departed 2006

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Give me a break - they gave a remake an academy award for best picture? The plot is nearly identical to the original. Its not like this was a remake of "Gone with the Wind", "Infernal Affairs" was released in 2002 - how are you going to remake it just four years later.

To put salt on the wounds - The Departed also won best adapted screenplay... whoa whoa what adaptation? The movies are nearly identical in plot...

With that said, this academy awards finally gave some credit where it was due. With the big winners "No Country for Old Men" (finally saw this last week) and "There will be Blood".













If you haven't seen either of these, go leave your house/apt now and see them.

The thing that intrigues me most about films in general are that you have so many different people all working for the same goal and the message can get muddled so easily. Which can be so similar to photography and relavent to my documentary.

Normally you have four components of major films that convey the message; cinematography/editing, sound, writing and acting. How often have you seen a film rot and die because one of these categories is weak? Thankfully we have a lot less of this in still photography which makes it more of an exact art.

Anyway I was just recently thinking about a movie I gave out that wasn't returned. This happens quite often but I think im going to get this one back.

It's probably some of the strongest imagery I have seen in film in awhile - but I was reminded about it by "There will be Blood". Unfortuntely the plot is a little muddled (but its at least a thousand times better than "3:10 to Yuma"). The trailer was so great I had to buy it.

The Proposition (2006) - imdb
(probably should have won best cinematography/soundtrack but i dont think it was even nominated. It received critical acclaim but just didn't have the buzz)



So throw that up on your blockbuster queue!

Anyway this turned out to be a complaint about the academy awards that should have been split up into two posts. But don't worry this is my last movie writeup for awhile.