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Another expected, nothing-new, run-of-the-mill 2008 award roster arrived yesterday from the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association, a group of 46 DC, Virginia and Maryland-based film critics from television, radio, print and the internet. Is any critics group going to go rogue or wildcat on us over the next two or three weeks? Is any group at all saying to say, "The prevailing winds on Best Picture are well and good, but we don't happen subscribe to them"?
Of course not. Everyone is going to vote for Slumdog Millionaire as Best Picture, no matter what. Because doing this puts the voter into a nice, safe, warm and cuddly place. A place that will result in smiles and hugs and mistletoe and cups of egg nog. Is anyone going to stand up with me and salute the best film of the year, hands down -- i.e., Che? Are any critics outside of Chicago going to stand up for The Dark Knight or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Revolutionary Road?
WAFCA went for Slumdog Millionaire as Best Film, SM's Danny Boyle as Best Director, The Wrestler's Mickey Rourke as Best Actor, Doubt's Meryl Streep as Best Actress,
the Doubt gang as Best Ensemble, The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger as Best Supporting Actor, Rachel Getting Married's Rosemarie DeWitt as Best Supporting Actress, Let The Right One In as Best Foreign-Language Film and Man on Wire as Best Documentary.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 8, 2008 at 8:36 AM
comment #1
BurmaShave
says ...
I'm amazed there are 46 film critics in this area, almost every publication I can think of runs a wire service review. Safe choices mostly, I hope this isn't another 2005 lockstep season. Glad for Rosemarie DeWitt, hope to see more of that.
Posted by BurmaShave
at December 8, 2008 9:11 AM
comment #2
Deathtongue_Groupie
says ...
2 groups are not "everyone."
But I guess this answers why Jeff has uncharacteristically laid low on the whole thing until now: a doomed hope that somehow one of the critics' groups would "go rogue" to nominate the film.
Art is subjective
Art is subjective
Art is subjective
Arty is subjective
Is this sinking in? Understand why ALL award shows for art are a ridiculous endeavor?
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at December 8, 2008 10:33 AM
comment #3
vp19
says ...
Not really a hock, considering D.C.'s traditional cultural timidity. It's a very establishment town.
Posted by vp19
at December 9, 2008 8:31 AM
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