I officially declare my hopes that The Rocky Horror Picture Show wins every category in this Oscars.

I believe that the most awards possible for a film to receive is 17 or 18. I intend to direct the movie that does that.

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Ha. Good luck. You'd need to seriously brown nose a bunch of rich middle-aged tightwads who refuse to see anything that's remotely fantastic as worthy of anything.

Well good luck to you anyway I found this piece of advice you might find helpful. If you want to win make a film about a handicapped person who struggles to win or rise to the top that always gets them. Here's that piece of advice for making a Oscar film.

Ha. Good luck. You'd need to seriously brown nose a bunch of rich middle-aged tightwads who refuse to see anything that's remotely fantastic as worthy of anything.

Dear Xaeraz:

You're so silly. Just because a movie is enjoyable doesn't mean it can be considered great or influential. Everyone knows that the masses pander to shallow films with little virtue rather than the true classics of our time.

Sincerely,

-A Middle-Aged Tightwad

I, of course, kid about directing a movie that would win 18 Oscars, though that would be awesome, and I'd have to wonder just how awesome a movie would look if it did win that many.

And Scanty Demon, that's totally true, and I'm really familiar with what makes for Oscar Bait, since I tend to watch through everything that gets nominated for Oscars. If I wanted to make a story Oscar worthy, I have a fairly good idea of what sort of thing to present.

As it happens, I like a lot of Oscar films. There are some winners I disagree with, but the form of class associated with the Academy awards...I'm pretty aware that these awards are really sort of judged by peers. Which means that I'm under the impression that actors were looking at each other's performances and getting an idea of their favorites, and judging for Best Director was done from a director's viewpoint, and so forth. I would love to make a film like The Hobbit, but at the same time, as a storyteller I'm interested in the Academy feel for storytelling.

As people are going to see soon enough, I love movies. I love all sorts of movies, and not just what's popular. Like, I'm aware that The Hobbit and all of the superhero films are popular, but I also understand why they're not nominated for stuff. A friend of mine called that a disgrace, but I disagreed and was very accepting of the position that these films had in culture. They're still icons in popular culture, but the Academy isn't really into what's popular. Day-Lewis won for Best Actor, as I expected, and that makes sense, because if you want a face to add to the Academy's collage of legendary performances, that would be one. They believe in a certain style of classic cinema, and that's why I heard music from Gone With the Wind, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, and Singin' in the Rain playing throughout the ceremonies. It's the type of music that can represent all movies in general and not just one, so there are some popular scores out in recent memory that won't really be represented. There's also a reason why sound editing and mixing are still valued, as well as makeup artists and production designers.

However, this is a really deep thought to ponder, and I think that I will explore it in my next blog entry after my initial reactions to the ceremonies last night.

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Dear Xaeraz:

 

You're so silly. Just because a movie is enjoyable doesn't mean it can be considered great or influential. Everyone knows that the masses pander to shallow films with little virtue rather than the true classics of our time.

 

Sincerely,

-A Middle-Aged Tightwad

Hey man, all I'm saying is that it's a crying shame that we see such pitiful failures of cinematography as Argo and Paperman winning awards when we're not giving credit where it's due. To the truely genius works, like Troll 2 and Birdemic.

I officially declare my hopes that The Rocky Horror Picture Show wins every category in this Oscars.

Rocky Horror Picture Show is the greatest achievement of humanity