Boy, I'd be hard-pressed to think of a more "who cares" year for Oscar nominations than this one.
Seems like the Academy voters just forgot about anything released before about November.
I don't get all the buzz for Gravity. I saw that one, and after you get over the initial "Wow" factor for its awesome visuals, it's not really much of a movie. The plot is implausible and the science is bad. But hey, it has Sandra Bullock and George Clooney so it must be good. Just don't get it.
Anybody have much passion for any of these?
I would like to see Dallas Buyers Club. The rest I can probably live without.
http://news.yahoo.com/39-american-hustle-39-39-gr … 33516.html
The Coen brother’s film “Inside Llewyn Davis” was another one of their well thought out productions. In the story did the events really happen systemically changing Lewyn’s life, or was it a correction of a paradigm shift locking him in his current world? In either case he had little control over it. I was left in the dark like the theater with only the light from the closing credits. I enjoyed the movie much more days later.
“Gravity” was all cherry... in IMAX 3D. If Sandra Bullock gave a good performance it was covered by the production. The narrative as presented was nothing I had not seen before expanding the time of it’s theme since the story of Jobe. (spoiler alert) Good and persistence win out.
There was “Nebraska,” “Philomena,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “12 Years a Slave,” and many more not nominated like “The Book Thief,” “The Hobit (part 2… did Peter Jackson really break it up for artistic reasons?), “The Butler,” “Blue Is the Warmest Colour,“ and on. I liked as many movies not nominated as nominated for different reasons to me.
All said, I read about the nominations as a matter of curiosity. I have not seen the Oscar awards show in years. I don’t care what strangers think. I do care about what I think and the thoughts of those I know. The Academy is nothing more than a corporation trying to direct my support for specific products… like the hype for fashion trends and designer labeled clothes. Perhaps I would watch if it was a better TV variety show, not an old rehashed loaf of whitbread newly shrink-wrapped, and boldly announcing it as ''new and improved'.”
Spoiler: Don't watch if you don't want to see the ending of Gravity.
I find it amusing when people compare it to 2001: A Space Odyssey and say they're in the same league (or better). Gravity will be forgotten soon - Or at least will fade into the background like Avatar did.
As for the rest, I want to watch American Hustle (JLaw fan here, couldn't care less about Bale), 12 Years (Fassbender!), Her (Spike Jonze fan here).. As a Coen Brothers fan, I want to catch Inside Llewyn Davis.
But I agree, pretty boring awards season this year. I started losing interest in Hanks' roles around the time of the terrible Dan Brown movies, so it's hard to take him seriously for me..