Well, I did it. For the first time ever since I have been a movie freak and watching the Oscars religiously (probably like ummmmm… 13-14 years now) I went to bed before Actors, Director, and Picture awards were announced.<\/p>\n
This is the year that Oscar bored me to sleep. Call me a fanboy, or mainstream, or joe six pack, but I had no interest in any of the nominations for the most part. Sure I like Clint, and Marty, Jamie is a decent guy and everyone loves Johnny, but the roles or pictures they were nominated for were enough to just suck the interest right out of me…<\/p>\n
What’s funny is that I’m not the only one. From friends, family, and websites alike this year I heard it constantly. “Why was Saideways nominated?” “Million Dollar Baby was good but hardly enough to be remembered in 10 years.” “Aviator was not even good as Gangs of New York, let alone some of Scorcese’s best pictures.” And Hillary Swank.. man.. she isn’t a bad actress, but CERTAINLY not good enough to earn ONE Oscar, let alone two… oh wait, that was me saying that.<\/p>\n
Anyway, Jodie Foster said it best this year. What a bore for Oscar. Luckily Hollywood is cyclical and every time you have a drab and boring year in it it causes investors to flood in and start investing in more pictures, better pictures. So I guess we can thank the 2005 Academy Awards for being such a stinker. Hopefully that means the 2006 and definitely 2007 awards will really be something to crow about.<\/p>\n