Reactions to the 2009 Oscars - Page 5

Apropos to the overall ceremony, at least you have to give the director Baz Luhrmann some points for trying to make a Broadway-styled Oscar show and I actually hope they try it once again. But I really wish that the Hollywood or government politics are toned way down so that there can be some truly deserving and credible wins and that even the deserving wins do not feel like they have agendas. Otherwise, if they continue this pattern, maybe people will (and possibly should) start to think that just getting recognized with a nomination has more value than actually getting up to the Oscar podium, which consequently means that fewer people may choose to see the Oscars.

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Joo-Wang John Lee is a computer programmer at Binghamton University by day and a movie critic by hobby. Upon insistent suggestion from people around him, he finally decided to start critiquing movies in writing instead of just verbal form among his friends. …

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