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Techtite.com's 6th Annual
Golden Otto Awards!
A Techtite
Feature Article
Movies:
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Movie of the Year: Crash. First things first: no
this is not a political statement. A lot of "big name"
awards shows have already labeled Brokeback Mountain the best
film of the year. That's all well and good, but we would have to
politely disagree, if only for two reasons. One, awards are not
based on pop culture, political statements, and/or "anti-defamation
leagues." Second: we were totally blown away by Crash.
For one thing: Crash took the harder
road than any film in 2005, by having a menagerie of stories and
making them all mesh perfectly, among the world we all live in. Every race,
creed, and religion is treated as equals, which love or hate the
film about this, offers a look at the "good" and
"bad" in us all. There are no bad
guys, and no good guys; only people. As soon as a traffic-cop
character does something totally sleazy to a woman he pulls over, we
automatically expect him to be "the bad guy." But then he
has a moment where he has to be the hero...with his former victim as
the woman in peril. He winds up showing us not that he is some
cinematic "quasi-hero," but that he is only human. That's
is the kind of three dimensional storytelling that defines a Best Picture.
We must repeat. This is not meant as
a political statement. Brokeback Mountain will win the Golden
Globe, and, we dare say (without knowing as of this page's final
edit) the Oscar ...and that is totally cool. But for us we loved Crash
to the point where any other choice was not an option. Which is to
say it truly moved us...and isn't that what Best Picture is all
about?
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The Honorable Mentions:
Walk the Line, because
regardless of cynics dismissing it as "Ray with white
people," it still rocked;
Batman Begins, the "best
action film of 2005," bar none;
Sin City, the most unique
2005 film, bar none;
Brokeback Mountain, not
because of politics or political correctness, but because it was
quite good, if not "best."
The 40 Year Old Virgin, for
depicting the true plight of single life in 2005, without
being condescending or village- idiot- goes- on- a- date about it;
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the
Sith, because now, "the circle is finally complete";
and March of the Penguins,
which shows how fun, well filmed and well delivered a documentary
can be, when not produced and directed by some fat sardonic schmuck.
Worst
Movie of the Year: Deuce Bigolow; European Gigolo.
What was the plan here? Did Rob Schneider have it too easy
finding work? No, seriously; we're really asking what the point was here.
The whole thing was not only horrible; it was Hollywood career suicide. Way
to go, Rob.
Most Disappointing
Movie of the Year:
Bewitched. Far from the worst film of the year, yet very
disappointing, given the missed opportunity here. You're given the green
light for a film based on one of the most beloved sitcoms of the late
1960's. You decide to instead make a parody of the sitcom (?), where the
characters are actually actors within a "film within a film" about
Bewitched. Huh?!? Then they wish to have their cake and eat it to, by making
"Sam" (Nicole Kidman) a "real witch." What was the point
of this film-in-a-film crap? Does anyone know? Because if the intent was
"for more jokes," um...no.
That
said: on to DVDs! >>>
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