The Academy Are Shittier Than Even I Thought
Crash Wins Best Picture; Category Renamed The George W Bush Award
Urgh. What the farcical-fuck? Seriously. They give Titanic the award over L.A. Confidential and As Good As It Gets in 1997, followed in 1998 by Shakespeare In Love over Saving Private Ryan. Since then there have been a few minor indiscretions, but none as unforgivable as labelling a movie as contrived and relentlessly heavy-handed as Crash as the best picture of the year.
The Producers
I've anticipated this eagerly since seeing the trailer, but I feel now that the transition from broadway musical to movie has not been a smooth one. The spontaneous zaniness of that medium just doesn't work as well on the big screen without some tweaking, and it just felt too much at times like I was watching said stage musical as opposed to a movie adaptation. It's all very over-the-top and rarely laugh-out-loud funny: it's just loud instead. It is entertaining though, but it seriously drags in the final act following the end of the premiere for Springtime For Hitler.
C+ or 3 out of 5.
Better than the last three movies I've seen. Could have been much better. I wish it was. Also: How did Will Ferrell get a supporting actor nomination at the Golden Globes? I know they like to support comedy more than the Academy, but that's taking things too far. He's hardly in it, and like the rest of the movie is basically just "loud." Lane and Broderick do really well in the lead roles though.
Urgh. What the farcical-fuck? Seriously. They give Titanic the award over L.A. Confidential and As Good As It Gets in 1997, followed in 1998 by Shakespeare In Love over Saving Private Ryan. Since then there have been a few minor indiscretions, but none as unforgivable as labelling a movie as contrived and relentlessly heavy-handed as Crash as the best picture of the year.
The Producers
I've anticipated this eagerly since seeing the trailer, but I feel now that the transition from broadway musical to movie has not been a smooth one. The spontaneous zaniness of that medium just doesn't work as well on the big screen without some tweaking, and it just felt too much at times like I was watching said stage musical as opposed to a movie adaptation. It's all very over-the-top and rarely laugh-out-loud funny: it's just loud instead. It is entertaining though, but it seriously drags in the final act following the end of the premiere for Springtime For Hitler.
C+ or 3 out of 5.
Better than the last three movies I've seen. Could have been much better. I wish it was. Also: How did Will Ferrell get a supporting actor nomination at the Golden Globes? I know they like to support comedy more than the Academy, but that's taking things too far. He's hardly in it, and like the rest of the movie is basically just "loud." Lane and Broderick do really well in the lead roles though.
posted by Steve @ 8:11 PM
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