If this were a different year, the movie that would be walking away with the Oscar for Best Picture would be The Help. But the reason The Artist is the film in the number one spot is because it’s the least offensive film of the bunch. Every movie has one thing “wrong” with it so that people are selecting it out. We’re too hard to make happy. Our problem is we can’t get no satisfaction. Nathaniel on the inevitable backlash popular movies receive – so that by the end of the year love takes a backseat to hate.
“It’s the tide. It’s the dismal tide. It’s not the one thing.”
“It’s not the one thing.”
Herewith, Frowning Girl’s rundown of this year’s Oscar movies.
More Frowning Girl commentary after the cut.