Yes, I know you already know the winners. I am not going to bore you with long analysis and articles. I just want to make a quick comment on the Best Picture win.
It was quite obvious that “Slumdog Millionaire” will take the most important awards home after it won the Golden Globes and the BAFTA awards. The Academy has once again not failed to choose the politically correct contender. Yes, India is a poor country, but giving the award to a Hollywood sugar-covered film will not change this.”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a better production in every single aspect and there is no reason to be robbed from its win. I am not a blind follower of Benjamin and I think the movie has its weaknesses, but giving it only the awards for makeup, special effects and art direction is a joke. Don’t think that I don’t like “Slumdog Millionaire”, on the contrary, I believe it’s a good film – just undeserving winner.
And while all the eyes are fixed on the Academy I have sold another word, which takes me just a bit closer to ever getting any kind of nomination (no, I am not talking about the Oscars).
Are you ready to go “extreme”?