It must be a rebirthing of a trend to see despicable people prance onscreen to despicable acts. I suppose it's no surprise how a film that parades it like a badge of honor like "Wolf Of Wall Street" would garner that actor nod, when DiCaprio was basically playing himself at age 24. Anyone remember his "Pussy Posse"? Yeah, big stretch there Leo.
Anyway, I'm sickened by this need to feel both socially aware and radically rebellious. Whatever happened to movies that DID deserve to be Best Picture. Here's this years nominee:
"12 Years A Slave"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyer's Club"
"Her"
"Wolf Of Wall Street"
"Philomena"
"Nebraska"
"Gravity"
"American Hustle"
It's pretty clear..."12 Years A Slave" will win. But does it deserve it? Probably not. But in this pool, it obviously stands out. I look back on past winners of this distinction and see that it all went downhill the year "Shakespeare In Love" won it. What a fucking joke. The movie was a fluff piece, easily forgotten. This opened the door to allow not THE BEST movie we'll come to see over and over again throughout history, but what a marketing machine can push thru the grinder and come out the winner. This does terrible things the past system. Which is all about commerce. "No shit" you say. Fine...but I treasured the past winners and hold them to this degree. Will any of the above ever come close to "Gone With The Wind." Is there artistic relevance to pandering to (what I refer to as ) low hanging fruit? Throw in a Holocaust movie and we'll nominate that. What a total crapfest. They've managed to dilute the essence of what a great movie is. AIDs victims survival doesn't trump an Italian-American family finding the American dream unfortunately, through crime. This is timeless. What you see now, is...just shameful. I can't even get into the cinematography award. It's dismal.
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