It seems like almost all of the "prestige" pics this year have been unable to gain unanimous support (Slumdog, The Wrestler, WALL-E, and The Dark Knight are the three with the least detractors it seems) with critics or audiences. Revolutionary Road, Gran Torino, Benjamin Button, Doubt, etc...all have had at least a few more negative words said about them than usual. I wonder if this will come into play at the end of the season and result in more surprise nominations than usual....what do you guys think?
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omg do i agree with you! it seems like almost every release has a huge detractor...like if they went with the films that had the least downsides, it'd proly look like Iron Man, Milk, Rachel Getting Married, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler...just me though....good post though1!!!
ReplyDeleteGood observation. For a while, I was thinking it was the Writer's Strike that affected the quality of this year's films. Maybe it just that people are expecting too much out of this year as compared to last year. Last year was an amazing year for films, and this year, honestly, has been lackluster. I've not looked forward to anything very much other than The Dark Knight and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Maybe this year's films just aren't as interesting as last year's.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, this year is very unspectacular compared to last year's films, hopefully 2009 will be a year more like 2007
ReplyDeleteit's strange, there are lots of fantastic films, but none scream "sure fire oscar" i guess is my point...
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