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Originally posted by: ricarleite
It wasn't even nominated, I don't know why.
The problem with "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is that it featured two names on it: Jim Carrey and Charlie Kaufman. The academy hates Jim Carrey and they will never allow anything slightly related to him get an important award - he should at least have been nominated for Man on the Moon. The academy is ignoring Charlie Kaufman because he is "too smart" for Hollywood, he's considered "indie" by them, he makes movies with no explosions, no guns, no pseudo-fantastic era swordfight, with no parts for Van Diesel, and the worse of all, he makes movies for smart people. So this award (which he should have got from his past films too, specially Being John Malkovitch), to me, feels like the academy saying "yeah yeah you're the best screenwriter around, here's your award, now get lost".
1. I did not know that the Academy hates Jim Carrey. why?
2. usually the Academy Award goes to a film that does not have explosions,guns pseudo-fantastic era swordfights.
3. I do not recall a best picture winner that had Van Diesel in it.
4. Million dollar bady had none of these things and was (imho) a movie for smart people.