In the spirit of Jack and Ennis, yes it was an unsatisfactory situation, but not one that should devastate, this is Hollywood, I don't give them more power than they deserve.
This was not a competition based on which of these two films 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Crash' was the best picture winner... but a completely fraud. This people brought up this non-existing movie and suddenly make it a big success, to overcome one of the best films of the year. A conspiracy well done to make it seen like a fair race between these two films, it wasn’t like that… CRASH was the perfect bait to do this because they could make a statement, that's why they eliminated 'Walk the Line' because they knew that with this film they couldn't do what they wanted... 'I’m so upset and disappointed with the academy people and now I realized that they don’t vote based on the movie's quality or greatness, but what's convenient for them... This is discrimination and it feels so real that it hurts really bad, for the first time I have experienced rejection and discrimination like in my own skin... It's not me wanting the movie to win so bad... but, based on all the ratings BBM has gotten by the critics and all the media, if you compare both films... BBM is totally the winner!!!
QuoteIt is interesting that Trash is now showing in a few local theaters in my area despite having been on DVD for some time. It is also interesting that when I went to an FYE (local DVD store) yesterday (March 7) and they had the DVDs listed by best seller Walk the Line was already number 2. Jarhead (just released a few days before) was around number 8 and TRASH was NOWHERE to be found in the top 50.The store placed the DVD of Trash right at the checkout and I asked the clerk how well it had been selling...she told me that it had really not been selling well at all but in fact they were getting hit with inquiry after inquiry as to when BBM would be released. Apparently this particular chain had not yet decided when to start taking advanced orders and the clerk seem very frustrated with that...She said she expected that BBM would probably be up there with the best of them in DVD sales.....So despite any awards Trash may have received, I think this story will probably be played out in many video stores across the USA...Trash simply will be forgotten (like Chariots of Fire) and BBM will be remembered and replayed for a very long time in people's hearts and will become a treasured part of many folks DVD collection![/b]...)oh did I say "Trash"?QuoteWhy am I not surprised? Trash's market... I mean Crash's market :-[ was the 5000+ Academy members they lobbied to get their movie the Oscar and does not connect with middle America. Brokeback Mountain doesn't either but it told a story that anyone, who given a chance, could relate to on some level. It was straight forward, telling a story, not preaching a cause. We don't give truth much power in the modern world but it is there, silently holding on to hope.
It is interesting that Trash is now showing in a few local theaters in my area despite having been on DVD for some time. It is also interesting that when I went to an FYE (local DVD store) yesterday (March 7) and they had the DVDs listed by best seller Walk the Line was already number 2. Jarhead (just released a few days before) was around number 8 and TRASH was NOWHERE to be found in the top 50.The store placed the DVD of Trash right at the checkout and I asked the clerk how well it had been selling...she told me that it had really not been selling well at all but in fact they were getting hit with inquiry after inquiry as to when BBM would be released. Apparently this particular chain had not yet decided when to start taking advanced orders and the clerk seem very frustrated with that...She said she expected that BBM would probably be up there with the best of them in DVD sales.....So despite any awards Trash may have received, I think this story will probably be played out in many video stores across the USA...Trash simply will be forgotten (like Chariots of Fire) and BBM will be remembered and replayed for a very long time in people's hearts[/size] and will become a treasured part of many folks DVD collection![/color]...)oh did I say "Trash"?