The 78th Annual Academy Awards hit the airwaves on March 6, 2006. Instead of giving you a list of who I think will win (or better yet, should win) of those nominated for Oscars, I present to you my own award show, my own collection of fourteen categories, my personally selected nominees, and my very carefully hand-picked winners. Welcome to The 1st Annual Golden Kernel Awards!
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
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Joey, what happened to make Brokeback Mountain knock off The Chumscrubber (p.s. Woody Allen over Ang Lee?)
There is a commonly false perception among my critics that my list of Favorite Flicks is a "best of" list. My Favorite Flicks is, as the name suggests, just a list of my "favorite" movies. I do not feel that I am at a point in my life nor my carreer to compile an accurate list of the "best" movies. I hope to be eventually, but for now I offer only my own personal favorites.
There are many differences among the two words (favorite and best) - among them is the difference between watching something over and over and being deeply enthralled and then having something on your video shelf because it is an important movie but rarely watching it because it may or may not offer you much enjoyment. "Brokeback Mountain" crossed both of those barriers as did "The Chumscrubber" but each does slightly better in each opposing category.
The Golden Kernel Awards are just for fun since the Oscars are this Sunday. I stand behind my nominees and winners, but as you can see with some of the categories (quote, etc.), it is more for fun than it is for benefit. Nonetheless, my "best of" list would be rather similar to my "Favorite Flicks" list but the order would be shuffled (and "Crash" would definitely make an appearance as opposed to, say, "Green Street Hooligans").
I hope that very long response answered your seemingly simple question.
P.S. - While both directors are amazing autuers with their respective masterpieces, Allen made "Match Point" his own to Lee's astounding-yet-(at least to me)-unidentifiable "Brokeback Mountain." Perhaps this unsatisfactory answer is the very reason I am not ready to compile a "best of" list... ;-)
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