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Hollywood’s: #Oscar So Sad
It was a bad year for films — at least that was my feeling. Even the newest Star Wars saga was just good…not really up to the standard I expect. But, hey…it was fun at least. However, the three films accorded the most nominations by the Oscar voters were anything but fun. I’m referring to The Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Irishman.
With these films, the Academy has rounded up the usual suspects (and directors). These were films that often bomb in the box office (Once Upon a Time) or barely/ never show up at the box office box — only on Netflix. (Irishman/Marriage Story.) And the thing is…I had no interest in spending hours watching them.
That’s right. I didn’t see Joker, Hollywood or Irishman. Why? Because I don’t want to see madness, murder, and mayhem — (if I wanted that, I turn on the news), nor do I care about much about Hollywood’s male actors (Pitt and DiCaprio) who feel so bummed out because their ‘good ol’ days of yesteryear’ in westerns just don’t play in 1969. Perhaps the portrayal of Native American Indians back then was…um, despicable. I’d be more interested in seeing films about women who have been screwed by the Hollywood establishment…see Greta Gerwig.
As for Joker, I know there are many stories of people dispossessed and disturbed — real people who feel hopeless. But a comic book villain! Seriously? The Washington…
