Best Director/Movie 2005

By John • Mar 1st, 2006 • Category: Oscar Talk

This year the best picture and best director are exactly the same:

  • “Brokeback Mountain” Ang Lee
  • “Capote” Bennett Miller
  • “Crash” Paul Haggis
  • “Good Night, and Good Luck.”  George Clooney
  • “Munich” Steven Spielberg

I am a little disappointed in this year’s nominations. Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich all seem important, but I am afraid that is the only reason why the academy choose them. There were so many good movies, A History of Violence, Junebug, MirrorMask, Broken Arrow… these were not “important”, but I felt they were better movies. However, I don’t think I liked them more than Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. Maybe I am biased, since Lee is from Taiwan like my family. Maybe, but I think the movie speaks to our heart, even though I am not gay and I’ve never lived in that place during that time. The story is just universal, and I think anybody can understand it. I really hope Ang Lee is awarded this year.

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