Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!menlo70!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Oscar Nomination Gripes (LONG) Message-ID: <699@nsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:52:03 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.699 Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:52:03 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 07:43:29 EST References: <600@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 48 I thought I might drop in my half a nickel worth on Laura's nomination comments, since I disagree with some of her feelings: Best Picture: The only picture on that list that didn't deserve the nomination was 'The Right Stuff' since it was all wrong. Star 80 should have been there instead, but you have to remember that the Academy lives in the early 30's and has real problems with controversial material and S*X. Tender Mercies would be a distant second for dropping off the list, but not for Local Hero. I don't think that Terms of Endearment is all that overrated, but on top of that it is the kind of movie most directors would kill to make; a simple, well made, intelligent film that also happens to make a mint at the box office. Best Actor: Agreed. Eric Roberts should be in there instead of Michael Caine, since neither Caine nor Educating Rita were all that stimulating. The others are all amazingly good performances and deserve to be there. Best Actress: I don't think that Hemmingway deserves a nomination. She was good, but it was Roberts movie. I also disagree with Julie Walters and Educating Rita. Note also the obligatory Streep nomination (once again, obligatory and deserved...). Best director: Fosse should be in here, not instead of brooks but instead of Beresford (Tender Mercies). It isn't the direction that makes that flick, its the actor. A similar (but less convincing) argument can be made for silkwood and actresses. Best Orig. Screenplay: Please note that the screenplay and the movie sometimes differ significantly. I think Wargames reads much better than it views, and if you consider it fantasy, it isn't **that** bad. Fanny&Alexander as a screenplay is an emotional nomination, not a logical one. Best cinematography: I don't agree on the Hunger. I also don't think Right Stuff should have been there, and we can argue all day on flashdance. Editing: They blew it on zelig. They blew it on 'The Right Stuff (do I see a pattern here?). Original Score: Jedi? C'mon folks, Williams could score a Charmin commercial and get a nomination. Oh, well.... -- From the house at Pooh Corner: Chuq 'Nuke Wobegon' Von Rospach {fortune,menlo70}!nsc!chuqui Have you hugged your Pooh today? Yo, Ho! Yo, Ho! A pirates life for me...