I definitely agree with your assessment about BBM's conclusion. However, given that both sides have been all "omg, it promotes teh gay lurve," I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Academy picked it because of that. All the nominees are political movies, but BBM's gotten the most buzz -- amplified now by the fact that it was 8 nominations (I think I heard somewhere that's the most of any movie this year?).
The fact that the movie really *isn't* all that groundbreaking or progressive adds to my discontent over all the buzz around it. Not that one *shouldn't* make movies about the tragic possibilities of being gay in rural America, but saying, "Look, we love the pretty boys kissing and the sweeping panoramic views, aren't we so progressive?" discomfits me. Of course there are legitimate reasons to like the movie/short story, but the way the buzz has gone -- coupled with the fact that I was personally unimpressed by the movie/short story -- makes me cranky.
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Date: 2006-02-01 02:03 pm (UTC)I definitely agree with your assessment about BBM's conclusion. However, given that both sides have been all "omg, it promotes teh gay lurve," I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Academy picked it because of that. All the nominees are political movies, but BBM's gotten the most buzz -- amplified now by the fact that it was 8 nominations (I think I heard somewhere that's the most of any movie this year?).
The fact that the movie really *isn't* all that groundbreaking or progressive adds to my discontent over all the buzz around it. Not that one *shouldn't* make movies about the tragic possibilities of being gay in rural America, but saying, "Look, we love the pretty boys kissing and the sweeping panoramic views, aren't we so progressive?" discomfits me. Of course there are legitimate reasons to like the movie/short story, but the way the buzz has gone -- coupled with the fact that I was personally unimpressed by the movie/short story -- makes me cranky.