Dinna Be Afraid to Cry...

I could go on (and on) about my disappointment at the Academy Award nominations, but I have simply come to the realization that my point of view and the Academy's point of view of what constitutes an award-winning movie/actor/song/etc. is vastly different.  


BUT, I did want to post up this preview of an absolutely beautiful and sweet, and really, quite wise, short film, The Ballad of Nessie, that was, unfortunately, not nominated.  I think everyone should see it - the sentiment is rather rare - and the movie that comes with it, Winnie the Pooh, is also perfect. 


It's about a sweet monster named Nessie who gets kicked out of her lovely pond so a greedy tycoon can make a golf course.  She tries to 'keep a stiff upper lip' as she searches for a new home for herself and her dear friend, McQuack... Any more and you'll have a spoiler! But I can promise you, it's a wonderful ending.


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I See the Light

So, Oscar noms yesterday... and one of my favorite movies from last year, nay, from ever, Tangled, didn't get nominated.

And that bothers me. Because, why wasn't it nominated? Because it's too happy? Not edgy enough? It (gasp) made people feel good after watching it? If someone says because it's not realistic, I beg that they read the synopsis of Black Swan or Inception and get back to me.

I have written previously about how happy movies and music are considered "guilty pleasures" so this is a bit of a repeated motif but I feel really strongly about this! Can someone explain to me why happiness isn't valued? Why Natalie Portman as charming is laughed off and as psychopathic is revered? Actors know that it is much easier to play evil, twisted, dark and tragic than funny or light; comedy and happiness are the hardest to pull off while being the least appreciated.

I don't understand.

Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.
Ivan Reitman

P.S. I am glad Toy Story 3 was nominated. That was a good movie too.

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