Well, so, here it is again, Oscar night. Now, I am not a huge fan of the oscars. When CRASH won in 2005 I have to say that I lost most of my faith in the ceremony. Either way, I saw the majority of the movies that were nominated for best picture, and, as much as I would like to think that Hurt Locker is going to win, I think that Cameron probably has it in the bag with Avatar. What a disappointment that would be. Aside from being a technically brilliant film, Avatar had little else going for it. As Christopher Orr over at the New Republican put it in his most recent article on why Avatar will win:
"If it wins, the industry will only have ratified Cameron’s cynical conceit that dialogue, spontaneity, individual performances, narrative ingenuity, and pretty much every other cinematic virtue may be sacrificed without cost on the altar of CGI thaumaturgy."
Amen. My fingers are crossed for The Hurt Locker, but I am not holding my breath.
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