I never saw one minute of the Oscars, not one, don't care, it's the ultimate popularity contest. However, in my opinion there were only two errors in the outcome. Both at the supporting actor/actress category.
I love Alan Arkin but his performance in LMS could have been done by a number of people. Compared to his acting in "Wait Until Dark" or "Catch 22" it was nothing more than throw the guy a bone. He was much better in the hysterical comedy with Peter Falk, "The In-Laws". This was simply a sympathy Oscar. Eddie Murphy should have won (from the list of nominees) for his versatility in his portrayal of the James Brown like character in "Dreamgirls", a very overrated movie by the way. LMS was in my mortal opinion nothing more than a good made for TV movie. It just didn't do it for me. This was supposed to be how a real dysfunctional family acts and lives? Not for me, no one is gonna let grandpa prepare the final act, whacked out on heroin and fatalism. It just didn't do it for me, but that's what makes the world go round.
The best actor/actress category was a "no-brainier" for anyone that saw those two movies, simply mesmerizing performances, two of the best ever. Best picture, no contest, it should have been.
hortense
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Boycott the broadcast all you want, but how can you pass up seeing Nicole Kidman in a long, clingy red dress?
Little Miss Sunshine. Remember Arkin was up for Best Supporting Actor. People have won that award with 10 minutes of screen time. And it is a place to reward lifetime guys, I agree but I thought he was good. What struck me about LMS was that it never reverted to the obvious plot turn or quick laugh. That is a real good writer. A example. When they were stealing the grandpa's body out of the hospital. Didn't you expect them to run afoul of the Grievance Aide or be chased through he parking lot and make a gallant escape? That would have been the norm. None of that happened but I felt the same anxiety anyway. I felt the entire movie was non-Hollywood stuff. I am watching Departed again and I am appreciating it more the second time.
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