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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Assenpfeffer" data-source="post: 1127685" data-attributes="member: 9061">Remember that "critics" and "the Academy" are not the same audience.  More than once in recent memory critics have lavished praise upon a film and flagged it for certaion Oscar nominations, and when the awards happen the film comes up totally empty.  The Truman Show might be the most obvious and recent example of this.And while the Academy does indeed seem to like costume dramas, I don't think that in itself led to SiL (a pretty good and very entertaining movie) beating out SPR, which I though was clearly the better film.  SPR was hard to take, while SiL was easily digestable for almost everyone.I loathe Gwynneth Paltrow, by the way.  Possibly the most overrated actress of her generation.  Watch SiL (in which she's watchable), then watch Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth and tell me who was more deserving of an award.Hoo, boy, did I feel that way.  The only movie to put me to sleep before the opening credits started rolling.After forcing myself to stay awake and sit through it, though, it does have some good points.  But it's not Best Picture material, in my opinion.Actually, Spider-Man won't be nominated for best picture beacuse it doesn't deserve to be.  Yes, it's highly entertaining, and I loved it and bought it the day it came out on DVD.  And it's one of the shining examples of its genre.  But in no way was the film deserving of a best picture nod - it's a well-done movie, but not a great one from the cimematic perspective.  (I could have seen Willem Dafoe get a Best Supporting actor nomination out of it, though.)Annie Hall is a well-loved classic, a great movie that more than deserved the award at the time.  25 years later, in retrospect it's very clear that Star Wars is the more important and influential film.  But Annie Hall in no way stole the prize from SW, and one can hardly fault the Academy for not forseeing the long-term influence of Star Wars.In general terms, however, I wholeheartedly agree - the Oscar goes to the wrong film with distressing regularity.  Not every time.  But often enough to be annoying.  Certainly some films which win Best Picture are forgotten, while others who are overlooked retain a faithful following for decades and have far-reaching influence.</blockquote>

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