Robbed Again!
March 31, 2007
I know that the Oscars happened awhile back, but I just saw “Blood Diamond” last week on DVD. And tonight, I saw “Little Miss Sunshine”. Alan Arkin’s role in ‘Sunshine’ was short and it wasn’t too great for me and I feel that it wasn’t worthy of an Oscar. Nevertheless, he still one the best supporting actor for his role in that movie this year. But if you saw ‘Diamond’ you would have to disagree.
After watching ‘Diamond’ last week, I thought to myself that it was probably one of the best films ever made. I really loved it. And Djimon Hounsou’s performance was really spectacular. I always say that the best movies are the ones that takes you there. Right at the scene as it is happening. And that’s exactly how I felt throught ‘Diamond’.
I really believe that Hounsou got robbed. He should’ve won. He deserved it! I’m not saying that Arkin’s performance was really dismal, but Hounsou was just better this year. That’s why I don’t really watch the awards show anymore – especially the Oscars. I don’t think they know what they were doing. And I’m not really sure who’s voting in the academy, but they really need to analyze other performances better. (By-the-way, “Lost In Translation” was a really dumb movie. It wasn’t the first of its kind. So, how the f@#% was it even nominated?) And, where are the Indie movies? Hmmm… probably got lost, you know, in translation…
The same thing happened awhile back when Denzel Washington won “Best Actor” for his performance in “Training Day”. Russel Crowe should’ve won for “A Beautiful Mind”. Now, don’t get me wrong – Washington is a really great actor. (One of the best!) But Crowe was more convincing that year.
I’m really pissed now! The more I think about it, the more my blood boils. I love movies and I watch a lot of them. But this is just too freaking ridiculous. How in the fudge can Arkin win? When, clearly, Hounsou was so much better. And to top it off, I think that DiCaprio’s performance was awesome too. The movie was great overall. Oh… Also, how did “The Departed” win best picture? – it’s just a rewritten movie off of a Chinese one – “Infernal Affairs”. And they even made a mistake during the show saying that it was a Japanese movie. Not so… It was a Chinese movie. I have the DVD! So, here it is… f@#k the Academy, and f@#k the Oscars!!
During our pregnancy, our son, Jakob, kept saying that the baby in his mommy’s belly will be a boy. He kept insisting that he is going to have a baby brother. And that he will share all his toys with his “baby brother” when he comes. I asked him, “what if the baby is a girl, what would you say then?”… he replies, it’s going to be a boy.