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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1121150" data-attributes="member: 1015"><p>A Beautiful Mind = Shine with numbers. I wasn't very impressed by it at all. I didn't like Shakespere in Love either, but I knew right away that it'd be loved by critics because it was a costume drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Critics love their costume dramas.</p><p></p><p>On an aside, I can honestly say that you're probably only the third or fourth person I've talked to online who liked <em>The English Patient.</em> Most people I've talked to found it insufferably slow and boring. I guess it's definately not a film designed for mass appeal.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My lack of faith in the Academy is more than just dismay over movies losing that I feel should have won. It's mostly because I believe that the recipients of the various awards are decided more upon insider politics (you know, like who is the current darling among the Hollywood community, that kind of stuff) than whether or not they are the best in their respective fields.</p><p></p><p>I know that Spider-Man will never be nominated for Best Picture; the Academy is notorious for ignoring sci-fi and fantasy films unless they completely revolutionize their respective genres, like <em>Star Wars</em> and <em>The Lord of the Rings.</em></p><p></p><p>I tend to look at it this way: 25 years from now, movies like <em>Chicago</em> and <em>A Beautiful Mind</em> will be all but forgotten, but you can bet that <em>The Fellowship and the Ring</em> and <em>The Two Towers</em> will still have millions of fans worldwide. It's not like you ever hear about <em>Chariots of Fire</em> and <em>Annie Hall</em> anymore, but everybody in the world knows about <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em> and <em>Star Wars.</em></p><p></p><p>In short, those are the reasons why I place the Oscars on the same levels as the Teen Choice Awards. </p><p></p><p>To the other posters: Sorry for hijacking the thread with my Oscar rant.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I know the feeling. I'm a big fan of Arnold Shwarznegger and consider him one of the greatest action stars of all time, despite having seen him in <em>Batman & Robin</em> and <em>Red Sonja</em>. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 1121150, member: 1015"] A Beautiful Mind = Shine with numbers. I wasn't very impressed by it at all. I didn't like Shakespere in Love either, but I knew right away that it'd be loved by critics because it was a costume drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Critics love their costume dramas. On an aside, I can honestly say that you're probably only the third or fourth person I've talked to online who liked [i]The English Patient.[/i] Most people I've talked to found it insufferably slow and boring. I guess it's definately not a film designed for mass appeal. My lack of faith in the Academy is more than just dismay over movies losing that I feel should have won. It's mostly because I believe that the recipients of the various awards are decided more upon insider politics (you know, like who is the current darling among the Hollywood community, that kind of stuff) than whether or not they are the best in their respective fields. I know that Spider-Man will never be nominated for Best Picture; the Academy is notorious for ignoring sci-fi and fantasy films unless they completely revolutionize their respective genres, like [i]Star Wars[/i] and [i]The Lord of the Rings.[/i] I tend to look at it this way: 25 years from now, movies like [i]Chicago[/i] and [i]A Beautiful Mind[/i] will be all but forgotten, but you can bet that [i]The Fellowship and the Ring[/i] and [i]The Two Towers[/i] will still have millions of fans worldwide. It's not like you ever hear about [i]Chariots of Fire[/i] and [i]Annie Hall[/i] anymore, but everybody in the world knows about [i]Raiders of the Lost Ark[/i] and [i]Star Wars.[/i] In short, those are the reasons why I place the Oscars on the same levels as the Teen Choice Awards. To the other posters: Sorry for hijacking the thread with my Oscar rant. Yeah, I know the feeling. I'm a big fan of Arnold Shwarznegger and consider him one of the greatest action stars of all time, despite having seen him in [i]Batman & Robin[/i] and [i]Red Sonja[/i]. :D [/QUOTE]
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