Ooh, what movie do you think that was? I'm extremely interested to know.
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Ennis' wife was also someone who annoyed me. If you saw your husband making out with some guy, you wouldn't keep your mouth shut about it.
I commented on this in my BBM post (which you should read, I think you'd like it, the link is in this post). I think that that was 100% percent a sign of the times. Completely and all the way. There's no way that a woman of that era would ever question her husband about an issue like that unless she was ready to completely end things which of course she was.
One of the successes of BBM was that it caused you to really think and rationalize things like that. I believe that it deserved the nomination, but I think it picked the wrong year you know?
Stacey, That was so good. It is a shame that there could only be one winner. I didn't see BBM but I heard it was really good. But I think the academy was saying something about race relations in this day and age. Sadly your race will always be the first thing people see and not your sexual identity. My supervisor, who is gay, was mad that BBM didn't win. He said Crash was too black and white. He said it was too extreme. There was no one in the middle. The thing he doesn't understand is that this is the life that minorities live....it its black and white.
Yes, we all “stereotype” other races in some fashion - that’s obvious. ... But, no, we don’t easily give voice to our racist sentiments. And that’s why “Crash” rings so false.
Last month I wrote an article on the best picture nominees (called “Anything But ‘Crash’”) in which I talked about how the most potent form of racism in this country is no longer overt but covert. Once upon a time, yes yes yes, it was overt, which is another reason why “Crash” sucks. It’s doing what simple-minded generals do: It’s fighting the last war.
Nah... I just... For me, Crash was just too hit-you-over-the-head. But I'll admit this: while I felt similarly about Higher Learning, for example, I know that being aware of the director/writer's race probably had some influence over me, and contributed to me not caring much for it, overall. JMHO.
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Ennis' wife was also someone who annoyed me. If you saw your husband making out with some guy, you wouldn't keep your mouth shut about it.
I commented on this in my BBM post (which you should read, I think you'd like it, the link is in this post). I think that that was 100% percent a sign of the times. Completely and all the way. There's no way that a woman of that era would ever question her husband about an issue like that unless she was ready to completely end things which of course she was.
One of the successes of BBM was that it caused you to really think and rationalize things like that. I believe that it deserved the nomination, but I think it picked the wrong year you know?
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Heh, I'll have to see what you mean. Hmm... you're fun Jayden.
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That was so good. It is a shame that there could only be one winner. I didn't see BBM but I heard it was really good. But I think the academy was saying something about race relations in this day and age. Sadly your race will always be the first thing people see and not your sexual identity. My supervisor, who is gay, was mad that BBM didn't win. He said Crash was too black and white. He said it was too extreme. There was no one in the middle. The thing he doesn't understand is that this is the life that minorities live....it its black and white.
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Last month I wrote an article on the best picture nominees (called “Anything But ‘Crash’”) in which I talked about how the most potent form of racism in this country is no longer overt but covert. Once upon a time, yes yes yes, it was overt, which is another reason why “Crash” sucks. It’s doing what simple-minded generals do: It’s fighting the last war.
Whatever, that's so ridiculous...
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Nah... I just... For me, Crash was just too hit-you-over-the-head. But I'll admit this: while I felt similarly about Higher Learning, for example, I know that being aware of the director/writer's race probably had some influence over me, and contributed to me not caring much for it, overall. JMHO.
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