Comments on: The Oscar Files: A Beautiful Mind http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: The Big Whatsit » Live from th’Oscars http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-17199 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:02:27 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-17199 [...] We also get to enjoy an extended look at all the previous winners - how A Beautiful Mind won is utterly beyond me. [...] […] We also get to enjoy an extended look at all the previous winners - how A Beautiful Mind won is utterly beyond me. […]

]]> by: Live from th’Oscars - The Big Whatsit - Films that make you go ‘Mmmm’ http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-16253 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:26:46 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-16253 [...] We also get to enjoy an extended look at all the previous winners - how A Beautiful Mind won is utterly beyond me. [...] […] We also get to enjoy an extended look at all the previous winners - how A Beautiful Mind won is utterly beyond me. […]

]]> by: Mike http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-580 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:30:03 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-580 Cheers Clydefro. I think the fairest thing to do would be to delete all mention of Spirited Away and give it another chance, and make a side note to research this article better next time! I've got to admit I didn't connect with The Royal Tenenbaums much - one of those cases of a clearly good film not doing a lot for me. As for Mulholland, I haven't seen it, but based on what everyone says that's a situation I'll have to change. Cheers Clydefro. I think the fairest thing to do would be to delete all mention of Spirited Away and give it another chance, and make a side note to research this article better next time!

I’ve got to admit I didn’t connect with The Royal Tenenbaums much - one of those cases of a clearly good film not doing a lot for me. As for Mulholland, I haven’t seen it, but based on what everyone says that’s a situation I’ll have to change.

]]> by: clydefro http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-550 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:38:42 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/24/the-oscar-files-a-beautiful-mind/#comment-550 Sorry to nitpick, but the brilliant Spirited Away wasn't released in the U.S. until the following year, 2002, so it wasn't eligible. There's really no denying that the voters got it wrong with A Beautiful Mind though. I felt almost betrayed by the filmmaking after learning that the part I found the most touching, the relationship between Nash and his wife (who was actually from El Salvador), was significantly embellished to make it seem like "love conquers all." Not that anyone asked, but my favorite two movies that year were The Royal Tenenbaums and Mulholland Drive, both films that I'd argue withstand five years of scrutiny and multiple viewings. Sorry to nitpick, but the brilliant Spirited Away wasn’t released in the U.S. until the following year, 2002, so it wasn’t eligible. There’s really no denying that the voters got it wrong with A Beautiful Mind though. I felt almost betrayed by the filmmaking after learning that the part I found the most touching, the relationship between Nash and his wife (who was actually from El Salvador), was significantly embellished to make it seem like “love conquers all.”

Not that anyone asked, but my favorite two movies that year were The Royal Tenenbaums and Mulholland Drive, both films that I’d argue withstand five years of scrutiny and multiple viewings.

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