I do know that no amount of cribbing on my part is going to change things but just to soothe a frustrated mind here is my revision of the oscar list.
First of all not nominating The Dark Knight and WALL-E for the best picture and best direction seems really stupid and populist to me.The Dark Knight is rated as the 4th best movie of all time in IMDB and is one of the highest grossers and it is left out.Why? the movie is dark and sombre and is not in tune with the time.The message that a jackass can win a million bucks guessing an answer is more to the times than somebody being decent inspite of the times.Why WALL-E was not nominated in the best picture category i cannot even begin to fathom.
Anyways here goes the list
1.Best Adapted Screenplay:
Agreed the slumdog adaptation was fresh but does it compare to Benjamin Button? The movie is a stunning transformation from a complex short story by fitzgerald.To visualize a story where your two leading characters age in reverse
directions and to pull it off in the most convincing style is worth a oscar man com'on.
Winner : Benjamin Button
2.Best Sound Mixing
Dude you give sound editing to Dark Knight but sound mixing to Slumdog.I cannot understand the logic.Dark Knight clearly outscored here.
Winner : Dark Knight
3.Best Cinematography
If somebody has seen Revolutionary Road or The Reader or The Dark Knight then the choice would have been from the three.
4.Best Film Editing
Benjamin Button without a doubt.Stunning visual brillance.
5.Best Picture
The Dark Knight Or WALL-E.I cannot sing more praises for these films it should be evident to anyone with a +ve IQ.
6.Best Director
Christopher Nolan or Andrew Stanton.Period.
7.Best Original Soundtrack
The Dark Knight's soundtrack was way better than any other released this year.The music sustains the dark mood throughout the movie and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
8.Best Song
Should've been O Saya instead of the Jai Ho nonsense. or listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSvJvSwmd4
So there it is and comments/brickbats welcome
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1 comment:
I concur with your observations fully...
One more point to the screenplay part of Slumdog Millionaire (degrading it of course) is the answer to the question - Why would a host of a popular, not to mention live show (thats how its shown in the movie) act so erratically, by sending his Millionaire contestant to jail just before his last question ? Mere jealousy is not an acceptable answer !!!
The book gives the reason... The producers did not expect a winner for some time and were thinking of paying the winner, when it happens, with the money that they ve grossed, till then, off the show... One fine day, this guy comes in, gets lucky and wins it and then the producers are in a load of s*** and so frame him for cheating... and in the book, its not a live show !!!
And the Academy called it the Best "Adapted" screenplay !!!
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