film post #1

Film project post:

A while back a posted a short little rant on Atonement not winning “Best picture” at the Academy Awards. I was ranting because the academy does not necessary pick the “best,” movie, but rather the movie that fits their personal interests, a movie that falls under a certain trend. Since the sixties we have seen how the academy’s taste in films has changed drastically. During the sixties nothing could beat a musical, the seventies were all about crime flicks, the academy had a soft spot for biographical films in the eighties, and then movies that were romantic and inspirational (or sometimes had a corny message) won in the nineties. Now in 2008 the Academy has fallen into another trend. The Departed won last year, and now the winner is No Country for Old men. Not everyone agrees with these films winning the award, however both are very similar, indicating that the Academy once again has a desire for a certain type of film (crime thrillers).

So with this said for the next week (maybe two) I will post my thoughts on the films that I have watched, and discuss how they are similar to the other films that have also won Best Picture in that same decade.


I hope everyone wasn’t too miserable at Senior Assembly
Have a fabulous time at the Banquet
LC
I guess Ms. West does kind of like me…weird