PROBABLY WILL WIN
FOOD, INC. (Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein) - This is actually the only one of the nominees I've seen, but in reality this is the only one most people have seen, including Academy Voters. Much like Michael Moore's documentaries name recognition makes the ballad. If you've seen only one and it was good, which this film was, it is going to rock the vote.
SHOULD WIN
IT MIGHT GET LOUD (Davis Guggenheim) - It wasn't nominated. Ridiculous. Looking at all of the films the Academy chose they were only "Issues" movies, and great docs, like this or "Valentino: The Last Emperor," are skipped over because they deal with creativity and art. Unfortunately this country has lost sight of the importance of those things, that is why art and music education are the first to go during a budget crunch. Where other countries have governing bodies that set standards for food, beverages, art, music, film, basically regulating what can and cannot be called "Good," this one has nothing of the sort. Art and culture have become the weapons of politics and morality, and thus have lost any sense of import. People in this country can't even imagine a governing body telling them what is "Good" because it has been beaten into their heads that their individual opinions are just as valid as those of the educated or experts of any one field. If you are more likely to trust the opinion of a doctor, who has spent a lifetime studying the ins and outs of the human body than a lay person, wouldn't it reason to assume you might take the opinions of a film maker or accomplished musician in higher regard as well? Yes, a diagnosis is different from an opinion, but the difference between a "Serious Man" and a "Terminator Salvation" is not subjective. There are objective qualities that just make it a better film. And that is why this film should win instead of one of the many rejected "60 Minutes" pieces that are nominated, it is just a better made movie. Then again that's just my opinion, and I didn't even see most of the nominations, so what do I know?
FOOD, INC. (Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein) - This is actually the only one of the nominees I've seen, but in reality this is the only one most people have seen, including Academy Voters. Much like Michael Moore's documentaries name recognition makes the ballad. If you've seen only one and it was good, which this film was, it is going to rock the vote.
SHOULD WIN
IT MIGHT GET LOUD (Davis Guggenheim) - It wasn't nominated. Ridiculous. Looking at all of the films the Academy chose they were only "Issues" movies, and great docs, like this or "Valentino: The Last Emperor," are skipped over because they deal with creativity and art. Unfortunately this country has lost sight of the importance of those things, that is why art and music education are the first to go during a budget crunch. Where other countries have governing bodies that set standards for food, beverages, art, music, film, basically regulating what can and cannot be called "Good," this one has nothing of the sort. Art and culture have become the weapons of politics and morality, and thus have lost any sense of import. People in this country can't even imagine a governing body telling them what is "Good" because it has been beaten into their heads that their individual opinions are just as valid as those of the educated or experts of any one field. If you are more likely to trust the opinion of a doctor, who has spent a lifetime studying the ins and outs of the human body than a lay person, wouldn't it reason to assume you might take the opinions of a film maker or accomplished musician in higher regard as well? Yes, a diagnosis is different from an opinion, but the difference between a "Serious Man" and a "Terminator Salvation" is not subjective. There are objective qualities that just make it a better film. And that is why this film should win instead of one of the many rejected "60 Minutes" pieces that are nominated, it is just a better made movie. Then again that's just my opinion, and I didn't even see most of the nominations, so what do I know?
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