On Oscars and Globes

This is getting ridiculous. Every year, it seems, there's another musical biopic (only in the case of Dreamgirls, it's based on ficticious characters), and now, we have Babel, which while I have been told is a good movie, it looks like Crash, just in many different places instead of just L.A. Why can't these awards people pick genuinely original and daring motion pictures for once? It seems like those two films, along with other releases like Bobby are the "safe" films, movies that seem to have been made in order to be nominated for awards.

I think this needs to be the year that the Oscars pull some crazy sh*t. Like when Marissa Tomei won an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny. Or when Annie Hall took Best Picture. We need another crazy year like those. I would freak out if Little Miss Sunshine took home a slew of statues, or if Children of Men would at least sweep the technical awards (it deserves Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction, for starters).

Well, we'll have to see if any of these things will come true when they announce the nominees next Monday. To all the filmmakers out there, I wish each and every one of you the best of luck.