{"id":159,"date":"2006-03-07T01:55:59","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T01:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2006\/03\/07\/post-oscar-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2006-03-09T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2006-03-09T21:28:17","slug":"post-oscar-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2006\/03\/07\/post-oscar-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Oscar thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Crash <\/strong>won Best Picture<\/a>. It seems some members of the Academy did know how to quit Brokeback<\/strong> <\/strong>Mountain<\/strong> <\/strong>after all. It’s a shame as Ang Lee’s film (along with all the other Best Picture nominees) were superior to the LA set racial drama. But just how often do the Oscars ever award the best film “Best Picture”? It is a surprisingly rare occurrence<\/a>. The only one’s I can think of in recent memory were The Return of the King<\/strong>, American Beauty <\/strong>and Schindler’s List<\/strong>. And let’s not forget that recent Best Picture winners have included Chicago<\/strong>, Braveheart <\/strong>and Driving Miss Daisy<\/strong>. Maybe in the long run Brokeback Mountain will be more admired because it didn’t win, in the same way we now look back fondly at Goodfellas<\/strong> (beaten by Dances with Wolves <\/strong>in 1990) and Raging Bull <\/strong>(beaten by Ordinary People <\/strong>in 1980). But never mind. <\/p>\n

Some other random thoughts:<\/p>\n