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Jan. 27th, 2004 02:08 pm-10:47 AM
On the FYI front: The Oscar Nominations
I won't spoil it, except by jumping up and down and cheering a whole hell of a lot. I admittedly cling to the belief that this will be the year for a certain group of movies. The general theory is that the movie will win on its own merits, as well as for the body of work that it represents. (Interesting old rumor I remember: Michael Caine didn't so much win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar a few years back for 'Cider House Rules' so much as he won the award based on his career up to that point. I see this as the same way).
So, this bit of news, and the one surprising Best Actor Nomination has put a real kickstart to my mood for today. Yes, as a movie buff, I get a kick out of this. I love this stuff, and always have. So, I'm in a resultant good mood.
I mean, the movies I want to win might not win. Stranger things have happened, and not everything works out the way I feel it should, and there's always folks out there ready to rain on any and all of my parades, which would be a really bad thing to do right now. :)
I've been thinking about it this morning. Why do folks put so much stock in the awards, especially by the Motion Picture Academy? I mean, the People's Choice Awards is something more geared to the public likes and dislikes; the many as opposed to the few, but it makes each one's credibility come into question.
Though, the Oscars have been around for a very long time. My take on it has been that the award show shapes moviegoing in the short-term of the following...say, 3-4 years after the little ugly statues are given out. One type of film wins, and suddenly, there's more of them. Titanic won one year, and the next few years were filled with retellings of historical events with romantic subplots (example: Pearl Harbor). It could be said 'Gladiator' spawned the upcoming 'Troy', and other things. It takes a lot more effort than I have right now to map some of them out.
LotR is in a genre that has been ignored not only by the Oscars, but the entire movie industry as a whole, for at least a decade. Now, it's nominated, it's fantasy, and it's pretty much exploded. So, to steal the line from the Goonies: Down here, it's our time.
This is why I want it to win, really. Even if it's temporary, folks like me will see movies we like get recognition if they're good. (I can't stress that last part enough.) And maybe some more, who knows. We've had to deal with a slew of teenybopper movies, bad franchise adaptions, disappointing sequels/prequels (X-2 being the exception) and general stuff that I'm not too keen on.
For a few years, I get a little change. Maybe something I'd want to watch. For a little while, anyways. I can deal with that.
On the FYI front: The Oscar Nominations
I won't spoil it, except by jumping up and down and cheering a whole hell of a lot. I admittedly cling to the belief that this will be the year for a certain group of movies. The general theory is that the movie will win on its own merits, as well as for the body of work that it represents. (Interesting old rumor I remember: Michael Caine didn't so much win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar a few years back for 'Cider House Rules' so much as he won the award based on his career up to that point. I see this as the same way).
So, this bit of news, and the one surprising Best Actor Nomination has put a real kickstart to my mood for today. Yes, as a movie buff, I get a kick out of this. I love this stuff, and always have. So, I'm in a resultant good mood.
I mean, the movies I want to win might not win. Stranger things have happened, and not everything works out the way I feel it should, and there's always folks out there ready to rain on any and all of my parades, which would be a really bad thing to do right now. :)
I've been thinking about it this morning. Why do folks put so much stock in the awards, especially by the Motion Picture Academy? I mean, the People's Choice Awards is something more geared to the public likes and dislikes; the many as opposed to the few, but it makes each one's credibility come into question.
Though, the Oscars have been around for a very long time. My take on it has been that the award show shapes moviegoing in the short-term of the following...say, 3-4 years after the little ugly statues are given out. One type of film wins, and suddenly, there's more of them. Titanic won one year, and the next few years were filled with retellings of historical events with romantic subplots (example: Pearl Harbor). It could be said 'Gladiator' spawned the upcoming 'Troy', and other things. It takes a lot more effort than I have right now to map some of them out.
LotR is in a genre that has been ignored not only by the Oscars, but the entire movie industry as a whole, for at least a decade. Now, it's nominated, it's fantasy, and it's pretty much exploded. So, to steal the line from the Goonies: Down here, it's our time.
This is why I want it to win, really. Even if it's temporary, folks like me will see movies we like get recognition if they're good. (I can't stress that last part enough.) And maybe some more, who knows. We've had to deal with a slew of teenybopper movies, bad franchise adaptions, disappointing sequels/prequels (X-2 being the exception) and general stuff that I'm not too keen on.
For a few years, I get a little change. Maybe something I'd want to watch. For a little while, anyways. I can deal with that.