One of newest and youngest members to the Igloo is Myles Hughes. With three articles to his credit, and more to come, he has already made an impression on the staff and YOU, the readers. Dig into our own Maryland boy.
Name: Myles Hughes
Age: 18
Birthday: October 8
Location: Bethesda, MD
Education: Senior in High School
What is it about the Oscars that you love so much?:
“I love movies, and I love seeing good movies get rewarded. There are people who like to bet on outcomes for the Superbowl, or American Idol, or Survivor. I'm like them, but my thing is movies, so the Oscars are my natural home.”
Future Aspirations: Ambition is to become either a director or actor in the film industry.
Your favorite Oscar winning film of the 80 years: The Godfather, arguably one of the best films ever made.
In your opinion, biggest Oscar snub: For nomination, my biggest qualm of the last few years has been no dice for Viggo Mortensen for A History of Violence (or the movie in general's lack of attention, such as for Best Director). For win, it's easily Russell Crowe losing the Oscar for A Beautiful Mind to Denzel Washington for Training Day.
Hobbies: “I try to average watching 3-5 movies a week, with at least one being a film I haven't seen yet. Other than that, I work in my school's theatre department (I'm currently Assistant Student Director for our production of "Aida"), as well as with local theatre companies. I enjoy socializing, hiking, tubing, reading, writing, and acting.”
Predicted Best Picture nominees for 2007:
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
American Gangster
Charlie Wilson's War
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
American Gangster
Charlie Wilson's War
Relationship Status: I'm currently single, for what it's worth.
Most embarrassing moment: “Any time I've ever asked out a girl who's already in a relationship that I didn't know about.”
Favorite films of all time: A Beautiful Mind, American Beauty, The Godfather, The Silence of the Lambs, Memento, Pulp Fiction, L.A. Confidential, The Lives of Others, Traffic, GoodFellas.
Favorite Actors: Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, and Edward Norton.
Favorite Actresses: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Frances McDormand.
Anything you would like to say to your fans and readers: “Whatever you do, do not pass judgement on a film's chances until January 1st.”
Besides yourself, your favorite Igloo writer: Johnny Alba, definitely.
Your favorite Oscar predictor out there: See above.
Have any questions for Myles? Want to get to know him better? Ask him right here! Comment.
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Anything you would like to say to your fans and readers: “Whatever you do, do not pass judgement on a film's chances until January 1st.”
ReplyDeleteGreat advice!
Myles, wow senior in high school ('08 Pride!) and writing for such a respected site...very inpressive. Which current Oscar flop were you most disappointed with when you found out that was less than expected?
ReplyDeleteFor ex. maybe Golden Age or Rendition
Actually, I'd say my biggest disappointment was with "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". Not so much with the film itself: I enjoyed it thoroughly, and I still reckon it could get nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Casey Affleck) or Best Original Score. But this was a film that at one point I had shortlisted as a hot contender for a Best Picture nomination, and the mixed critical and commercial responses have more or less dashed those chances.
ReplyDeleteNew writers need a first chance to show their potential and Myles definitely has tons of it to develop. Besides being one of the most analytic members of the Igloo team, I can tell he has a bright future ahead of him.
ReplyDeleteWhats your favorite performance by Kevin Spacey?
ReplyDeleteIt's the obvious answer, but by far my favorite Kevin Spacey performance is in American Beauty.
ReplyDeleteOf Course you would say that Denzel is Black and according to this sites Blacks never deserve to win.
ReplyDeleteUm, no, more to the effect that Russell Crowe's performance was a superior one. I thought Denzel was fantastic in Training Day, it just wasn't quite as good as Crowe's.
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, my second biggest snub was Morgan Freeman not winning for Shawshank Redemption. I assure you, we are completely unbiased here at the Igloo.