78th Annual Academy Awards

[Brankles]

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The movie that got slammed was Cinderella Man. THAT was a great movie.

I agree. I enjoyed it way more than Crash.

[aukevin]

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I read this at imdb today:

Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx has slated the Academy Awards for giving the Best Picture Oscar to Crash at this year's presentation ceremony. In an essay published by British newspaper The Guardian, Proulx describes voters as "out of touch" and "segregated" from current issues, and insists they were easily influenced by Crash's production company Lions Gate Entertainment. She writes, "Roughly 6,000 film industry voters, most in the Los Angeles area, many living cloistered lives behind wrought-iron gates or in deluxe rest homes, out of touch not only with the shifting larger culture and the yeasty ferment that is America these days, but also out of touch with their own segregated city, decide which films are good. And rumor has it that Lions Gate inundated the academy voters with DVD copies of 'Trash' - excuse me, Crash - a few weeks before the ballot deadline. Next year we can look to the awards for controversial themes on the punishment of adulterers with a branding iron in the shape of the letter A, runaway slaves, and the debate over free silver."

I realize that she is upset that she didn't with the Oscar, but maybe she needs to be a little more open-minded and see that everyone might not have liked her story the most. For her to refer to Crash as "Trash" is just crazy. Maybe she should just be happy that her movie was nominated and was one of the most talked about films in the last few years.

[Jistic]

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I read this at imdb today:



I realize that she is upset that she didn't with the Oscar, but maybe she needs to be a little more open-minded and see that everyone might not have liked her story the most. For her to refer to Crash as "Trash" is just crazy. Maybe she should just be happy that her movie was nominated and was one of the most talked about films in the last few years.

Exactly. Her novelty movie had it's industry acclaim.....and now will go away.

[Meatball]

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Exactly. Her novelty movie had it's industry acclaim.....and now will go away.

This movie can't go away fast enough.

[jmood88]

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I still don't get why you care so much about a movie you've never seen.

[Jistic]

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I still don't get why you care so much about a movie you've never seen.

Kinda like how the academy cared so much about a bunch of movies that nobody else saw.

[Defel]

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Kinda like how the academy cared so much about a bunch of movies that nobody else saw.

It's not their fault that those are always the best movies (for the most part...they make plenty of mistakes). If the Oscars don't honor these movies, then what show will? If people want to watch an award's show that honors the movies everyone saw, then they can watch the MTV movie awards/People's Choice...Teen's Choice... Plenty of options.

[Hootiefish]

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"the yeasty ferment that is America"

Ewww.