Monday, December 12, 2005
Oscar Phones It In
Today, we continue the year-by-year look at the Academy Awards, taking a peek at how their choices have fared over time. This time out, we're in 1982.
"Gandhi" was the big winner that year, taking home trophies for Best Picture, Actor (Ben Kingsley), Director (Richard Attenborough), and Screenplay.
I've never seen "Gandhi," so I can't comment on it. I'm sure it's a fine film, and I certainly can't take anything away from Ben Kingsley, who is always fantastic. Seems to me, though, that "Gandhi" followed the Oscar blue-print to a T. The academy can never seem to get enough of sweeping historical epics, especially ones based on folks as famous as Gandhi.
But guess what "Gandhi" beat out? A little film called "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial."
Like I said, I've never seen "Gandhi," but I'm pretty fucking sure it's not as good as "E.T." It may be better than the wretched E.T. video game for the Atari 2600, but not the movie. And Spielberg was robbed of the Director award for the second year in a row.
I guess the bottom line is life would be pretty boring if we all agreed on everything, which is what is making this little project so fun. See you in 1983.
"Gandhi" was the big winner that year, taking home trophies for Best Picture, Actor (Ben Kingsley), Director (Richard Attenborough), and Screenplay.
I've never seen "Gandhi," so I can't comment on it. I'm sure it's a fine film, and I certainly can't take anything away from Ben Kingsley, who is always fantastic. Seems to me, though, that "Gandhi" followed the Oscar blue-print to a T. The academy can never seem to get enough of sweeping historical epics, especially ones based on folks as famous as Gandhi.
But guess what "Gandhi" beat out? A little film called "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial."
Like I said, I've never seen "Gandhi," but I'm pretty fucking sure it's not as good as "E.T." It may be better than the wretched E.T. video game for the Atari 2600, but not the movie. And Spielberg was robbed of the Director award for the second year in a row.
I guess the bottom line is life would be pretty boring if we all agreed on everything, which is what is making this little project so fun. See you in 1983.
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What no Beastmaster? Seriously, I have never seen Gandhi either. However ET hasn't aged that well for me. I loved it when I was 12 and now it's just good. Two of my favorite movies from that year were Star Trek 2 and Rocky 3, sequels that were actually good.
I forgot about Rocky III. Great movie. Everybody feel free to throw in movies or performances from each year that didn't even get nominated that probably should have.
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