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[bryant]

The Golden Globe nominees have been announced. Is The Passion of the Christ anywhere in there? Nope. Probably should have been; it's a spectacular movie with a questionable message, but I don't think I want award shows to be in the business of judging messages. That's the kind of thing that leaves Crash without an Oscar. (It did, however, win Best Alternative Adult Feature Film in the Adult Video News Awards in 1998, despite being released in 1996. I don't know how that works. For some reason the award wasn't blurbed on the DVD box.)

Where was I? Ah, yes. Biopics are hot. Most of the Best Drama nominees are biopics. All of the Best Actor (Drama) nominees are from biopics. Most of the Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) nominees are from biopics.

Natalie Portman got a nomination for Closer, but Julia Roberts did not. Clive Owen got one; Jude Law did not. Julianna Margulies, my high school's most famous graduate, got nominated for television work.

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[that-cad.livejournal.com]

How the Hell did Jude Law not a single nomination?! He was in, like, a billion movies this year! THIS THING IS RIGGED! RIGGED I TELL YOU!

ALSO: THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THE WORLD!

[roniliquidity.livejournal.com]

It may not be just a matter of the message. Honestly I didn't think "The Passion of the Christ" was a very good movie. Once I got over the violence of it, I was incredibly bored. The whole bit about Jesus inventing the chair was ridiculous. The walk to the cross hit the point of almost comical, where any bad thing that could happen, did happen. People throw things, he trips, he slips in the mud, the cross falls and hits him in the head; I'm surprised we didn't get a close of up him getting a splinter.

Cinematically, it had a lot of nice shots but the end bugged me because everything was screen center as if to show how VERY VERY important it all was. I just wasn't impressed.