I just heard the list of this year's Oscar nominations. As expected Ang Lee's valentine to the gay movement Brokeback Mountain has a basket full of nominations. Anti-Israel screed Munich edged out Walk The Line and Serenity, Nathion Fillion, Summer Glau and Joss Whedon were ignored. Narnia and the latest Harry Potter were also shut out (unless they got a nomination in a technical category).
Hollywood's love affair with movies which throw mud on things such as faith, family, patriotism and courage (unless it is the courage of some kind of left-wing activist) continues. It doesn't matter that the only real money which is coming into Hollywood is from the kind of movie which the academy routinely ignores. All that counts is that the Hollywood left gets to hold its party and pat itself on the back.
Keep it up guys. If box office receipts continue to fall pretty soon you'll be paying people to go the movies.
More people buy Fords than Ferrari, but one would be insane to argue Fords are superior cars. The Enquirer magazine is more popular than the Economist, but who would argue that the Enquirer is a better publication? The Academy Awards, Golden Globes,and other awards are about what are the best, most intelligent movies. It's no surprise because the same same American Taliban crowd that wants to ban evolution from science courses and deny global warming exists also want to dumb down entertainment.
ReplyDeleteIf you could by a Ferrari for the same price as a Ford how many of each would be sold?
ReplyDeleteA ticket for Brokeback cost the same as a ticket for Narnia.
The Academy Awards are an attempt for a small marginal minority who hold deviant views to create an alternate reality in which they are important, accepted and even admired.