Tuesday, January 10, 2006
1986- Platoon
The 1986 Academy Awards ended with "Platoon" winning Best Picture, beating out "Children Of A Lesser God," "The Mission," "Hannah And Her Sisters," and "A Room With A View." "Platoon" is an absolutely fantastic film, and this marks the first occasion that I have 100% agreed with the Academy's choice since I started this little project. Oliver Stone also took home a statue for directing.
Not to keep jerking off to "Platoon" here, but I do think the Academy should have given Best Supporting Actor to either Tom Berenger or Willem Dafoe, who both lost out to Michael Caine for "Hannah And Her Sisters." Another favorite of mine, "Stand By Me," was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to "A Room With A View," which is a great miscarriage of justice in my eyes, as well as those of Gorilla Monsoon (two of you will get that, and that's all I care about).
Not much else to say about 1986. Coming soon, 1987.
P.S. Apropos of nothing, but I went to the movies last week ("Chronicles of Narnia," which was great) and noticed that the pre-previews "infotainment" show is no longer called "The Twenty." Kudos to Regal Theatres, as I always thought that name kind of sucked. Of course, I can't remember now what they changed it to, so maybe they had something there after all.
Not to keep jerking off to "Platoon" here, but I do think the Academy should have given Best Supporting Actor to either Tom Berenger or Willem Dafoe, who both lost out to Michael Caine for "Hannah And Her Sisters." Another favorite of mine, "Stand By Me," was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to "A Room With A View," which is a great miscarriage of justice in my eyes, as well as those of Gorilla Monsoon (two of you will get that, and that's all I care about).
Not much else to say about 1986. Coming soon, 1987.
P.S. Apropos of nothing, but I went to the movies last week ("Chronicles of Narnia," which was great) and noticed that the pre-previews "infotainment" show is no longer called "The Twenty." Kudos to Regal Theatres, as I always thought that name kind of sucked. Of course, I can't remember now what they changed it to, so maybe they had something there after all.
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My favorite film of 1986 was probably Aliens although Star Trek 4 comes close. Big Trouble in Little China is another good one. One of the better years of that decade for movies.
I must say I agree with you on the Academy choice of 1986. Other years, I think that the bribes must be outrageously high to justify their selections.
I love the picture you have up for yourself--it reminds me that I haven't mentioned KISS in a post in a while ...
-- david
I love the picture you have up for yourself--it reminds me that I haven't mentioned KISS in a post in a while ...
-- david
I think the Best Picture win for "Platoon" is totally justified. Stone's direction award is equally justified. I always find it funny when a movie cleans up and the director is ignored. Makes no sense to me.
I haven't been to Regal in awhile and although the name is now changed I am glad that they are still running stuff prioir to the trailers. Beats sitting in the theater doing nothing.
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I haven't been to Regal in awhile and although the name is now changed I am glad that they are still running stuff prioir to the trailers. Beats sitting in the theater doing nothing.
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