by Chris Marshall:
It is so, so strange not having any more Oscar winners to
watch. I mean, I guess I could go back and watch all the nominees, but there’s a limit to my masochism. Besides, there are
no existing prints of one of the early nominees, so I would always feel like
there’s something missing. On the other hand, I am very much looking forward to
watching movies that are more fun, more offbeat, and more interesting than the
standard Oscar fare.
Most Best Picture winners are obviously high-caliber films,
but the Academy virtually never picks anything that comes out of left field. I
complained in my last post about people who called The Artist a safe pick. I stand by what I said, simply because by
Best Picture standards, it was actually quite a bold choice. But compared to
what exists out there in the wide world of cinema, it’s pretty tame.
