I agree on all counts except Slumdog. I think Slumdog deserved its win. It's not an all-time great but it only needs to be better than this year's competition, which I think it generally was.
I appreciated the originality of Slumdog's story.something we seem to see less and less of these days. (After the Oscars they were promoting the remake of Fame. ??? I didn't know they were doing one and just can't believe there is a need to go through that again. Personally, my Best Pictures for 2008 were: 1. Slumdog 2. Frost/Nixon (virtually in a tie with Slumdog, IMHO) 3. Ben Button 4. Milk DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Franc Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] MOPO] OSCARS I think Hugh Jackman is a really talented guy caught last night in the midst of a Hollywood wet dream. The show was awful and boring. I couldn't believe the incompetence of the obituaries in which you couldn't discern the names or images of the people being honored and Queen Latifa had to sing about twenty choruses of "I'll Be Seeing You". And frankly, Slumdog Millionaire is over-hyped. I understand that the award is a nod to the ever-expanding emerging markets in India and Pakistan but I thought the film was only okay. All the other nominees were far superior. I would have given the best picture award to Frost/Nixon or Milk. Glad Sean Penn won best actor over the also over-hyped performance of Mickey Rouke. Sometimes the voters don't like to be told that a certain actor or actress has an award all sown up and that's what I think happened with Rouke. I stayed through the end of the show with the help of the Fast Forward on my remote control but it was one long snooze. FRANC Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
