Decision ‘08

I Can’t Bear the Suspense!

Will Brokeback Mountain win best picture? (Is the Pope Catholic?)…

A goodbye of a different sort to one of the great figures of the last 25 years…well done, Alan, your country owes you more than it knows…

4 Responses to “I Can’t Bear the Suspense!”

1 Mussolini Says:
January 31st, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Usually you have Best Actor and Best Actress with Supportings.

How do you split Best Actor between the two gays? You know that Hollywood will shower BM with awards to hype it all to hell, but they’re going to have to make up an award - Best Gay Portrayal or something so both leads can claim awards.
2 Clint Says:
February 1st, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Muss-

On the off chance that was a serious question, they gave the Best Actor nomination to Heath Ledger and the Best Supporting Actor nomination to Jake Gyllenhaal.
3 Clint Says:
February 1st, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Mark-

What’s the obsession with Brokeback Mountain — the Oscar Nominees include a delightfully straightforward depiction of the moral superiority of murdering terrorists over those who fight them (Munich) and a timely reminder of the heroic triumph of a television news anchorman over the evil Republican McCarthyists (Good Night, and Good Luck). My money is on the leftist political vote to be on GNGL for best picture (would have been Munich but for Hamas’s electoral victory) and best actor, and Syriana for best supporting actor. It’s still all about the GWOT for the left. This is all to say nothing of the so-called documentaries in that category (the one Michael Moore won, if you recall).

Do you really find the praise for Brokeback Mountain that much more offensive than that for Munich?
4 Mark Says:
February 1st, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Clint, I don’t find praise for Brokeback Mountain offensive in the slightest - having not even seen the movie, that would be pretty hypocritical of me.

I find it amusing, though, to watch Hollywood fall all over themselves to praise their progressiveness and tolerance, and for that reason alone, I look forward to the Oscars with a high degree of anticipation - the entertainment level for us cynics should be skyhigh…