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Before I get into the Oscars, I want to note that How I Met Your Mother continues to delight and amaze me and while it's a hit (having gotten a boost from the CBS Monday night lineup of hit comedies) I wish it got more critical/awards attention because it's as solid a show as any of the others.
Which segues nicely into the Oscar nominations that were announced this morning. I'm usually pretty bloodless about awards; other than a small box office/DVD sales boost and occasionally bringing someone from indies to the "big show" they end up not meaning much. I think anyone looking at the list of Best Pictures as a DVD viewing list would say, nice place to start, but you're missing a lot—which is why even though you can also say that about all those AFI lists, put them all together and you've got a really great bible of American film of the twentieth century.
There are also internal politics at work at the Academy. For example, the directors vote for best director, so those folks are almost the same people as the members of the Directors Guild, who have always had a hate on for Scorcese, so you can play "is this his year" but you know, it almost never is. Just like the Grammys, and unlike critics lists, the Oscars also subtly reward movies that make money, because they know that an Oscar will lead to a lot of copycats.
As for Best Picture, ( there are four ways to get there that I can see. )
Which is the lead up to, ( why did Chicago win Best Picture while Dreamgirls wasn't even nominated? )
Me, I'm going to continue to be not that involved this year in the awards. No picks here, and I'm not really that excited to run out and see the nominated films I haven't seen yet. I'll be watching and commenting from the sidelines, and I'm not sure why this is such a "whatever" year for me, but I don't have a horse in this race. Well, except for Little Miss Sunshine, which won't win but which I'm so pleased was nominated. Go you!
Which segues nicely into the Oscar nominations that were announced this morning. I'm usually pretty bloodless about awards; other than a small box office/DVD sales boost and occasionally bringing someone from indies to the "big show" they end up not meaning much. I think anyone looking at the list of Best Pictures as a DVD viewing list would say, nice place to start, but you're missing a lot—which is why even though you can also say that about all those AFI lists, put them all together and you've got a really great bible of American film of the twentieth century.
There are also internal politics at work at the Academy. For example, the directors vote for best director, so those folks are almost the same people as the members of the Directors Guild, who have always had a hate on for Scorcese, so you can play "is this his year" but you know, it almost never is. Just like the Grammys, and unlike critics lists, the Oscars also subtly reward movies that make money, because they know that an Oscar will lead to a lot of copycats.
As for Best Picture, ( there are four ways to get there that I can see. )
Which is the lead up to, ( why did Chicago win Best Picture while Dreamgirls wasn't even nominated? )
Me, I'm going to continue to be not that involved this year in the awards. No picks here, and I'm not really that excited to run out and see the nominated films I haven't seen yet. I'll be watching and commenting from the sidelines, and I'm not sure why this is such a "whatever" year for me, but I don't have a horse in this race. Well, except for Little Miss Sunshine, which won't win but which I'm so pleased was nominated. Go you!
