78th Academy Awards
Here is my contribution to the Oscars buzz.
This post might seem to contradict my belief that the Oscars mean relatively little these days. I lost faith in them in 2003, by which time I had already concluded that the awards were influenced far too highly by politics. They are, however, difficult to avoid. And it's hard, at least for me, to not get caught up in them each time they come around.
2005/2006 saw the release of some excellent films and the display of some astonishingly good acting. Goodnight & Good Luck and Brokeback Mountain made it to my top five list of favourite films. They were, in my opinion, exquisite. They can take away as many awards as they like, and I shall be happy.
I saw Capote the other night. Whilst the film itself was far from breathtaking, I discovered why Philip Seymour Hoffman has already won so many awards for his portrayal of Truman Capote. He transformed himself for that role. Thus, if he does indeed, as is predicted, win Best Actor over Heath Ledger and the incredibly underrated David Strathairn, I won't have any reason to complain.
As far as Best Actress goes, I haven't actually seen any of the films in which the nominees feature. Apart from TransAmerica, none really appealed to me. I simply cannot say who should win, or even who I'd like to win...
Jon Stewart, from America's Daily Show (a very funny program), and of whom I am a fan, is this year's host.
Visit the official website for the complete list of nominees: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.html?ad=nominees&ad=nominees
This post might seem to contradict my belief that the Oscars mean relatively little these days. I lost faith in them in 2003, by which time I had already concluded that the awards were influenced far too highly by politics. They are, however, difficult to avoid. And it's hard, at least for me, to not get caught up in them each time they come around.
2005/2006 saw the release of some excellent films and the display of some astonishingly good acting. Goodnight & Good Luck and Brokeback Mountain made it to my top five list of favourite films. They were, in my opinion, exquisite. They can take away as many awards as they like, and I shall be happy.
I saw Capote the other night. Whilst the film itself was far from breathtaking, I discovered why Philip Seymour Hoffman has already won so many awards for his portrayal of Truman Capote. He transformed himself for that role. Thus, if he does indeed, as is predicted, win Best Actor over Heath Ledger and the incredibly underrated David Strathairn, I won't have any reason to complain.
As far as Best Actress goes, I haven't actually seen any of the films in which the nominees feature. Apart from TransAmerica, none really appealed to me. I simply cannot say who should win, or even who I'd like to win...
Jon Stewart, from America's Daily Show (a very funny program), and of whom I am a fan, is this year's host.
Visit the official website for the complete list of nominees: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.html?ad=nominees&ad=nominees
posted by Anthony Stoddart @ 4:28 AM
1 Comments:
At Fri Mar 03, 09:59:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
My favourite film of the year was Mysterious Skin. It's actually probably one of my all time favourite films actually. Unfortunately it was largely overlooked by mainstream audiences I believe due to its depressing and dark themes (it was about child sexual abuse). It was almost banned... which you would think would increase its popularity... but unlike 9 Songs and Anatomy of Hell it wasn't "pornographic art" so I guess people weren't really interested.
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