Now don't get me wrong, all the nominations for that category were excelent but.....Crash. I thought it was interesting and kinda controversial (not in the Brokeack scale of course) but I personally think Munich was a much more intersting film. The acting was better, the story was more interesting and intense. Very emotional and suspenseful. Just my opinion tho.
Crash just wasn't my kinda movie. It was complex and realistic but not very entertaining and kind of stereotypical. Brokeback Mountain was a very daring, well acted, well directed, and a movie that really made you think about things well at the same time completely engrossing you in what the hell was going on.
But....oh well, it's just the Oscars.
On the more kick ass note, Phillip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor. I damn near jumped in joy. He finally got recognition for being one of he most interesting actors out there and he did such a weirdly awesome job in Capote. He was so into that character (and apparently stayed in character, voice and all, for like 36 days of his shooting) and it shows.
Rachel Wesz won, King Kong got 2 (maybe 3, can't remember)
In all, I'm kinda glad the academy went away from predictable expectations like not giving Brokeback Mountain everything it was nominated for. It just seems to happen too often, the one film sweep. Extremely few movies can possibly be that good. Again, IMO.
Anyone else catch the completely unedited "talk shit" line in the ...Pimp song. How the hell do they miss that. Kinda funny I think. And the one guy they completely cut off after winning something for Crash, one guy talked them BAM...commercial while the other guy was walking up.
Jon Stewart did an awesome job, even made fun of himself when one joke or another didn't work so well...the intro was great.
I love Oscar night. And now...sleep