Conflicted

The pleasant smile that crossed my face when I saw that Michael Sheen had won for his role as David Frost in Frost/Nixon, was not enough to repair the wound in my soul from seeing that Stephen Daldry beat Danny Boyle in the best director category.

I mean no harm to Stephen Daldry; The Hours and Billy Elliot were great movies. But Kate Winslet crying all over the screen was not nearly as spectacular as watching Hindus and Muslims fighting on the streets of Mumbai from a child's point of view.

I suppose nobody knows what the British Movie Awards are anyway....

FINALLY.

We can all rest easy.

Good for nothings...

I'm pretty disappointed in this year's batch of award nominations and their complete ignorance to Michael Sheen's laudable performance as David Frost in Frost/Nixon. Especially since all of the praise is being given to Frank Langella's over-dramatized portrayal of Richard Nixon. This is especially unfortunate as this is the second time one of Sheen's better performances, the other being a convincing Tony Blair in The Queen, has been almost completely ignored.

Long story short: I was pleased to see that he has been nominated for best actor at this years British Movie Awards.

...whatever those are.

A surprise for the little guy

This article sums up pretty well what our good friend Imago was saying last night.

The Globes certainly deserve a tip of the hat this year for paying attention to movies to whom attention ought to be paid. They treated Slumdog and Mickey Rourke so well that I'm almost willing to forgive them for the whole Kate Winslet debacle. I was also glad to see them completely snub The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a movie screaming "give me an award!" behind every line. Yes the makeup was well done, and yes we all love to see Cate Blancette wearing her pretty dresses; but at a run-time of 2 hours and 46 minutes, it was about 2 hours too long.