Re: Your Oscar Picks

uNjoyMiceElf wrote:

is one of them. The Academy also does not necessarily reward only
movies that deserve it.

Oh sure. But in all seriousness. I've been hearing *rave* reviews from friends. And the New Yorker cartoons have been priceless ("were we gay" - one old cowboy to another while sitting on their porch).

I saw Munich. Was very unimpressed. Educational and all, but I would have rather seen a PBS series on the topic. Spielberg uses violence, a shaky camera and an "epic" atmosphere to be manipulative. And the final seens of the protagonist dealing with his memories, ugh...
Spielberg could learn a lot from Terrence Malick (although Malick could learn a lot from Spielberg).

N
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