i have to say
I feel bad being so disappointed by the Coens' multiple wins, but come on, There Will Be Blood was a whole other caliber of film. The least they could have done was given P.T. Anderson the best director nod. Still, No Country was a fantastic film, and like I said: I feel bad begrudging it any "success."
And I know it was up for a lot of awards and all, but the only thing I can definitively point at as problematic about Juno was the script. So I'm a little disappointed it won on that. (Then again, thinking about last year's win, maybe I shouldn't be surprised that they picked the most basic, textbook example of a screenplay as the "best," even if it's a flawed textbook example.)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly was robbed. Michael Clayton got what it deserved (I felt it was nomination-worthy, not win-worthy).
And now that I've had my pretentious soapbox moment, I'm going to go be unpretentious and watch Live Free or Die Hard with my family.
P.S. The Portland International Film Festival is finally over, and I didn't see a single film. I suck.
And I know it was up for a lot of awards and all, but the only thing I can definitively point at as problematic about Juno was the script. So I'm a little disappointed it won on that. (Then again, thinking about last year's win, maybe I shouldn't be surprised that they picked the most basic, textbook example of a screenplay as the "best," even if it's a flawed textbook example.)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly was robbed. Michael Clayton got what it deserved (I felt it was nomination-worthy, not win-worthy).
And now that I've had my pretentious soapbox moment, I'm going to go be unpretentious and watch Live Free or Die Hard with my family.
P.S. The Portland International Film Festival is finally over, and I didn't see a single film. I suck.