tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34194333.post8034050347454299034..comments2022-10-08T09:46:31.013-04:00Comments on <center>The Blog-O-Rama</center>: Natalie ShruggedJohn Peddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00062482419412857588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34194333.post-17293353211785557702007-02-12T13:15:00.000-05:002007-02-12T13:15:00.000-05:00I was shocked when it was nominated for Picture, t...I was shocked when it was nominated for Picture, too, actually. I had recalled thinking when I saw it that it was probably good enough, but that it might be too edgy for Oscar. <BR/><BR/>For me, all of the power in Little Miss Sunshine - which I think has elements of all the criteria you mentioned, just in much smaller doses, I suspect, than Babel and Letters - was distilled in that moment, just after Greg Kinnear started dancing on stage, when Toni Collette smiled. In that moment, she was alone in that room with her family, and none of the rest of it mattered - which was sort of the theme. She had that same look in her eyes a second later when Paul Dano jumped up on stage, too. <BR/><BR/>I haven't actually seen any of the other four noms - which is why I say that I would like Sunshine to win, not that I think it should win. At the end of the day, I'm most attracted to movies that are about characters - and to interesting documentaries. I suspect my opinion would change if I saw some of the other pictures, especially The Departed and Letters. I wanted Sideways to win over Million Dollar Baby two years ago for many of the same reasons as I want Sunshine to wn this year - although, overall, Sideways was a better film (and a great novel).<BR/><BR/>I'm really not good at being brief. Anyway, I don't have anything against the other four noms. From what I have heard and read about them, and the bits and pieces I have observed from my projection booth - it feels like the strongest Best Picture field in quite a while.<BR/><BR/>(And thanks, by the way.)John Peddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062482419412857588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34194333.post-65462551447542145052007-02-12T12:34:00.000-05:002007-02-12T12:34:00.000-05:00I would be interested in knowing why you think Lit...I would be interested in knowing why you think Little Miss Sunshine should win. I saw it and thought it was okay but was shocked when it was nominated for best picture. I have not seen The Queen or The Departed but it seems to me that Letters from Iwo Jima and Babel both embody the creativity, risk-taking, social commentary, excellent acting and beauty that making movies is all about. I didn't see those things really in Little Miss Sunshine. Maybe you saw something in it that I didn't. Just curious. <BR/>By the way, apology accepted for last week's goings ons. :)Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317097386536539058noreply@blogger.com