The Hype Killed It: Brokeback Mountain
As you will be seeing later tonight, Brokeback Mountain failed to capture the Oscar for Best Picture.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great movie but unfortunately the audiences, the media and everyone else threw out to much patronizing praise for this movie. It simply was not Oscar winning, it was just a very good film. I think if some of the hype had been toned down perhaps it would have stood a chance.
On the other hand, Best Actor was well deserved for Philip Seymour Hoffman. He is a great actor and has many wonderful performances under his belt. Well done.
posted by Mr. Viddy @ 8:53 PM
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There was a kind of perverse smugness about Crash's win; I agree with your hype analysis, and I think that it's unfortunate that so much of the praise was so patronizing. I also think that we as a society are much more ready to make a half-assed attempt at facing our racism then at facing our heterosexism. Good call on Hoffman. his performance was amazing, as was that of whoever played Perry Smith.
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