TARDIS Dude here,
Given that 'Park' has recently officially premiered in Los Angeles, do you think it being released in 2007, a year after its completion, will make it eligble for possible nominations in the 80th Academy Awards? If it does get a few Oscar nods, just think what this could do for the career of Melanie Lynskey. It could lead to her finally getting asked to join the AMPAAS, if she isn't already a member.
Regards,
TARDIS Dude.
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If either one of you knuckleheads thnk that thi movie is even close to Oscar calibre, you are crazy. While it was a charming little flick, it is very film schoolish in quality.
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this movie was not good. but the oscars have never been able to gauge good talent so this very well could be a winner.
shareOn what grounds is this film better than Little Miss Sunshine?
Every member of the LMS cast gave a brilliant performance. The photography was beautiful. There was a wealth of humor, but there was a strong undercurrent of drama that was very real. I cannot think of any level on which Park is a better movie.
And to the idiot who thinks that the movie should win Best Soundtrack- that award does not exist.
And I also thought it was funny that one user (who actually seemed to like the movie) was attacked for being "commercialist." That amuses me because this cast has a lot of washed-up TV actors without any real artistic credibility, and it's about as entertaining as a TV commercial. As in one of the bad ones. Maybe a KFC ad?
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You may be the only person to ever argue with me ona board and actually crack me up. And I do mean that as a complement.
Anyway, a lot of movies are popular for a good reason, though not all are. I'm not sure what it is with Juno and Little Miss Sunshine: I love both of them, as do a lot of people, but it seems that a lot of people come out against both.
But my question is this: how subtle does a movie have to be in order to qualify as "not shoved down your throat"?
Or are you referring to movies backed by a marketing campaign? Are you arguing every movie that Hollywood tries to get an audience for is inherently diseased (they like movies too, and are bound to get it right at least 2% of the time); that movies that 99.9% of the public is unaware of have value on this basis?
Anyway, I appreciate your argument against LMS- comedy is just so subjective. I gave Park a chance, hated the characters, rolled my eyes at the dialogue, and never laughed. LMS cracked me up, and I loved every performance (it's an 8/10, though- it wasn't perfect). We are, therefore, at an impasse.
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Cannes is a glitz-and-glamour fest. The competition is open to smaller films, but the rest of it is a promotional deal.
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