It's that time of the year again and I am not talking about the time year where people grow fangs and howl at the moon. I am talking about Oscar Night, my personal Super Bowl. Being the film buff that I am, I shall forgo this week's Animation Vault and focus on the only award show that I actually care about.
Tonight, ten pictures have been nominated for the coveted Best Picture Award and I'm going to give my two cents on which film I think should win. However, since I only caught three of the ten nominations this year, I'm only going to give my analysis on those three. Okay? Okay.
First on the agenda is Avatar. Now, before anyone says anything, I LOVED this movie. Yeah, some of the dialogue was awkward and the story was pretty archetypical, but I really felt I got my $14 worth when I saw that film. It was possibly one of the best movie expiereinces I have ever had in my entire life. However, the question I must ask is "Does this film deserve Best Picture"? The answer: No.
Oh sure, I loved the movie, but it does not deserve the award because its a pretty flawed film. Also, Avatar winning the award might garner even more negative hype than has been recieving. It just got the highest grossing film rate of all time; do you think that's enough of a reward?
Second, Inglourious Basterds. I have to be frank, this is my first Tarentino film I've seen all the way through, but it does make me intrested in seeing his other works. The film has great writing, excellent action sequences and Tarentino knows how to hold a lot of tension in a scene. However, the film does tend to drag in a few places since it can be heavy on both the dialogue and the tension and there was a point where I was just begging for something to happen because of it. So does this flick deseve the award? Survey says: Possibly yes.
On one hand, this is really well-made film. It combines funny and dramatic dialogue with violent and extreme action sequnces and melds them seemlessly. It really does seem well deserving due to great direction and acting. I do have some issues against the film, but all those reasons would be nitpicking.
Finally ther is the film Up. This has to be Pixars greatest film. It had humor, emotion and thrills. It put those elements together perfectly and its also the movie I would have to say deserves the award.
While my reasoning may be biased due to the fact that I'm such an animation junkie, I stand by my position. If this movie wins the awarad for Best Picture, it might be the step that the whole animation genre needs for people to start taking animation seriously as a genre again. To show that not all animation movies are pop culture cracks and toilet jokes (we've got children's sitcoms for that). For Up to win the awarad would surely be not only a milestone for animation, but film as well.
Then again, these are my opinions and I'm only going by the films I have seen. So, dear reader, you shouldn't take what I just said at face value and make your own judgement on who should win this glourious award for the film medium. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an award show to catch.
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