Monday, March 6, 2006

Things went from bad to worse (there was bloodshed in horrible places), but Mollie was able to view the Oscars with me. "Crash", which I suspected would win Best Picture, did win. I'm sure it's an amazing movie, and I really want to see it, but it was a little sad that the movie that won Best Director, and had won so many pre-Oscar awards didn't win the biggest prize. And no Best Picture winner has ever been GLBT themed, which is unfortunate, so while the night was overall a great night for GLBT themed projects (Brokeback was nominated for more awards than anyone else, it won 3, including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score - Capote won Best Actor, and was nominated for several more - and TRANSAMERICA was nominated for at least 2 - plus the Queer twisted Constant Gardner was on show) - the final award left me a bit...downcast.

One good thing though was all the gay content of these films in the aftermath of the de-lesbian DOMINO, the less gay Director's Cut of ALEXANDER, and the de-bisexualizing of "A Beautiful Mind". Maybe these latest films will encourage others to step up and be heard - truthfully. There are so many GLBT stories that need to be heard.

And I have to say that I was very happy that "Brokeback Mountain" won for Best Score! I'm a huge fan of movie scores, and I've seen this one nominated for all sorts of other prizes and not win for them - which I didn't understand as this score is so moving, and I didn't expect it to win tonight, so that was a lovely surprise. If Brokeback had lost for Director or Adaptated Screenplay I would have been shocked; as it was I was just very grateful.

I rerented Harry Potter 4, and also rented Howl's Moving Castle; I look forward to watching them, possibly tonight.

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