SHAME ON THE ACAMEDY

Wow - I'm still fuming about tonight's Oscars that I am questioning whether or not to wait and write this post - ah fuck it I'll just write it anyway, my best posts are angry ones =+).

First of all, I must say how dissapointed I was to see Reese Witherspoon walk away with the Best Actress trophy. I recently saw Walk The Line and in my opinion, she did nothing. Well, she did a fine job but Felicity Huffman was robbed -she clearly gave the best performance of the year (and looked stunning in her gown.) Reese won because she's popular in Hollywood. I used to kinda like her, now - not a fan!

The real moment of anger came when Crash was announced as the Best Picture. Now, I have to start off by saying that I think Crash is a tremendous film - however Brokeback Mountain is probably the most beautiful love story ever captured on film. Do we really need to celebrate a film that reminds us that deep inside we're all a little bit racist? My fucking heart dropped when I heard that news - I haven't felt this awful since Bush was elected to office. Yes, that's how strongly I feel about this.

Brokeback won 3 awards - for original score (don't even get me started on original song or I'll fucking burst!) best director (Ang Lee's speech made me cry) and best adapted screenplay. What a terrible loss - we all know (okay I strongly believe) Brokeback is the better film.

My hero Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor and that gives me a little bit of faith in the Academy. His Oscar was well deserved. Kudos to George Clooney too - he's just a cool guy and I was happy to see him win.

Jon Stewart did a fine job as host and kept the action going providing funny commentary on what went on. The awards went into overtime. Did we really need that many fucking movie montages? Oy!

Anyway - I must look on the bright side as it was a good year for films and I was glad to see such good work all across the boards.

But as for some of these wins - shame on you Academy - shame, shame, shame.