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The Academy trying to prove it's not homophobic?
nakymaton:
Did Clint present the award to Ang Lee? (I didn't watch the broadcast. I don't have TV. So I can't really promise never to watch the Oscars again, because I've never actually watched them. And promising to never sit on the computer waiting for a friend to tell me the results via YIM just doesn't sound the same...)
Ang Lee seems too gracious to decline to present, no matter how he felt.
If Clint Eastwood and Paul Haggis win for something else they collaborate on, though, I will barf up my breakfast the next morning when I hear the news on the radio.
And I'm planning not to watch any movie nominated for any of the big awards (acting, directing, or picture) between the nominations and the awards, and I'm not going to watch whatever movie wins Best Picture, period. (Unless, by some bizarre circumstance, it turns out to be some movie that friends recommended before my nominations period movie blackout.)
Score winners, yeah, I'll check them out. I've tended to like the score choices better than the picture choices in recent years, and score is obscure enough that it isn't an annoying promotional tool.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on September 10, 2006, 09:16:22 pm ---And I'm planning not to watch any movie nominated for any of the big awards (acting, directing, or picture) between the nominations and the awards, and I'm not going to watch whatever movie wins Best Picture, period. (Unless, by some bizarre circumstance, it turns out to be some movie that friends recommended before my nominations period movie blackout.)
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Wow. Now THAT'S a boycott.
In that case, here's what I would recommend seeing between now and then: Little Miss Sunshine, The Illusionist (which probably won't be nominated for any big awards anyway) and Hollywoodland (which might be).
nakymaton:
Well, it's not that impressive of a boycott. I mean, I only see maybe five movies a year in theaters, at most. I just don't have time, and I hate wasting three hours on something that I'm not going to love. (Little Miss Sunshine and The Illusionist are both in town, but they probably won't be here for long, and I owe the kid a lot of time with him to make up for doing field work last weekend. So... no movies for me for a while. I'll see them on DVD. And I'm not the least bit worried that the Academy will pick something worth seeing as Best Picture. Their track record is just so dismal.) This year, the only movies I've seen in the theater have been Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck (very highly rec'd by a friend, so that wasn't an Oscars sale), An Inconvenient Truth, and, ummm, Miami Vice. (Miami Vice was hubby's choice. Not mine. Honest.)
Edit: Also, Zodiac should be playing right around that time, if the release date is right, and it won't be eligible for this year's Oscars. So I'll have one movie I can see in good conscience, if I make time to see anything.
ednbarby:
I plan on doing a similar boycott, actually. And I do see a *lot* of movies, and in the theater to boot. It's my hobby and my passion. What used to be part of that passion was seeing all five of the Best Picture nominees, which I did last year like I do every year, before the awards ceremony. Wasn't too tough to do last year - I'd already (unfortunately) seen Crash when it came out in May of 2005, Capote and of course Brokeback before they were even nominated. The challenge was finding Munich after the nominees were announced and when I could make time for it around my repeat viewings of Brokeback, which I finally did at a dollar (now 3 dollar) theater - what fun sitting in that nasty, hard-ass seat for 3 hours it was!
I've seen Little Miss Sunshine and Hollywoodland already. And I'll continue to see any movie that seems of interest and has potential to be good in my estimation between now and March. If they happen to be Oscar nominees, I don't care. Because I won't be going out of my way to learn of the nominees (I used to watch them live every year, and work an hour or two later to make up for the time I missed at work), nor will I care one way or the other what they are. And I certainly will not ever again make sure I see all five of the nominees. If I happen to, it won't matter a lick to me. But I doubt that will be the case - they generally have at least one crowd-pleaser in there that I wouldn't see on a bet.
I will tell you what I absolutely will always boycott - any movie made by Lions Gate. When I see that a movie is playing at my favorite theater that I want to go see, I check the production company. If it's Lions Gate, I pass. And that stands. Forever. I don't care if the movie is "Jake Gyllenhaal Naked" - I won't be seeing it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on September 11, 2006, 10:48:45 am --- I don't care if the movie is "Jake Gyllenhaal Naked" - I won't be seeing it.
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Wow, that's even more impressive than Mel's boycotting determination!
Tell you what, though, I don't blame Lion's Gate -- or even Paul Haggis, for that matter. They just put out a movie. It's not their fault the Academy members are idiots and homophobes. I suppose the noble thing to do would have been to reject the Oscar and admit they're unworthy, but ... well, I guess that's more than I would expect, given human nature.
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