It takes a lot to shock the unshockable Jack Nicholson, but even he became speechless when all he had to do was read the title of the movie that just won Best Picture. Most Oscar fans had predicted Brokeback Mountain to take home the top prize, but Crash did instead.
So, what happened?
Brokeback became the movie that you are not supposed to not like, but people soon discovered that the fact that the movie became mainstream at all became more important than the film itself. It is a great movie, but Crash is much edgier and grittier and less of a typical drama.
As usual, Oscar provided us with shocks and surprises to keep us alert during a typical snoozefest, arguably the most boring ceremony in history, aside from the musical numbers and Jon Stewart's attempts at saving the show. After the unnecessary and relentless montages and embarrassing introductions by the likes of Nicole Kidman and Lily Tomlin & Meryl Streep, audiences had enough.
But, at least offering the win to Hustle & Flow's "It's Hard to be a Pimp" the Best Song revamped the evening.
Except for Reese Witherspoon taking Felicity Huffman's Oscar from her, things seemed reletively calm and appropriate. Reese was wonderful in Walk the Line, but Felicty was much, much better in Transamerica, and it is not Reese's fault that the Academy made a mistake to play it safe.
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