The Osc-SNORES...

[donutato_kun]

(This was originally my reply to angharad 's post.  Then it got long so I figured I'd just post it here)

The Oscars have a long history of completely underwhelming me.  Every year, without fail, I try my best to avoid it.  Normally, I'll have it on in the background while I'm doing something more important -- like organizing my socks.  Anything I miss I can

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[fuzzyscribble]

And as a side note...may be fact...may be urban legend...a majority of the DVD quality bootlegs that came out before the general DVD release of a movie used to come from preview and screening copies of movies sent to movie critics and out before the Academy Awards. Some studios and/or distribution companies won't sent out screening copies for industry awards anymore. I think Pathe used to be one of them until "Bend it like Beckham" hit it big.

Personally...I think it's about time that "Bollywood" cinema got the recognition in the US that it deserves. It's one of the largest movie industries in the world...and the fact that even American movie buffs...who think Gene Kelly bursting into song and dancing with a piece of newspaper is "Classic Hollywood" will ridicule your average Indian movie...because they almost always have a musical number.

I LIKE Bollywood movies. And there are more out there than "Monsoon Wedding" that are "watchable" to someone with a Western cinematic sensibility. I wish more of them were subtitled in English...because I think we're missing out. The music is fun and lively...the dancing is beautiful...and the plots are no better/worse than your average musical from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood. Some interpretation of Indian cinematic symbolism is required...but otherwise...

I think there are plenty of American movies that would be vastly improved with a musical number thrown in somewhere. It might make Adam Sandler films watchable.... ;-)