tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4708904073301031143..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1997SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-27934287103302159262017-07-21T10:38:30.285-05:002017-07-21T10:38:30.285-05:00Cop Land is one I don't know, although I remem...<i>Cop Land</i> is one I don't know, although I remember hearing good things about it.<br /><br />I don't honestly object to <i>Good Will Hunting</i> winning. It's a great nomination, and in the moment I can't say that I wouldn't have voted for it. This blog gets the benefit of years of hindsight.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82019813583942808872017-07-21T09:29:50.229-05:002017-07-21T09:29:50.229-05:00Tough call for me, because while I love that Good ...Tough call for me, because while I love that Good Will Hunting won in this category (and I'm a fan of the film), time as shown that Boogie Nights is the real star here. Of those not nominated, I would have loved to see James Mangold's script for Cop Land to get some attention.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49770045716828561302017-07-15T08:23:28.799-05:002017-07-15T08:23:28.799-05:00You definitely need to find time for The Apostle. ...You definitely need to find time for <i>The Apostle</i>. It's not a happy movie, and it's odd that someone as antithetical to religion as I am would like it, but Robert Duvall is unreal.<br /><br />Like I said above, <i>Titanic</i> not being here is more surprising because of all the other Oscars it was nominated for, less because it was a great screenplay.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-47807484682411575112017-07-14T23:20:01.624-05:002017-07-14T23:20:01.624-05:00I'm totally with you on Boogie Nights being th...I'm totally with you on Boogie Nights being the best of the bunch. It really does do everything right. The screenplay for Titanic doesn't do it for me, so no biggie to me that it didn't get a nom. I haven't seen The Apostle yet, but sounds like I should.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-36111525803009134172017-07-14T20:42:21.027-05:002017-07-14T20:42:21.027-05:00Given the choice to subtract one film and add one ...Given the choice to subtract one film and add one film, I'd drop <i>As Good as It Gets</i> and add <i>The Apostle</i>. It was more surprise that <i>Titanic</i> wasn't nominated than a desire to have it nominated, although I would pick it above <i>As Good as It Gets</i>. <br /><br />If you like ship sinking stories, I'd recommend the book Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age by Greg King and Penny Wilson. It's a bit repetitive at times, but there are some really interesting stories on that ship. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58579553224685895552017-07-14T15:15:05.631-05:002017-07-14T15:15:05.631-05:00My choice would be the same as yours even though I...My choice would be the same as yours even though I didn't enjoy Boogie Nights as a viewing experience. That's not because I thought it was bad nor poorly constructed, it wasn't, it was because those were sad broken people in a self destructive cycle that was more than likely only going to end tragically. But the script pulled you along on their downward spiral in a way that made it hard to look away.<br /><br />Very happy to see As Good As It Gets in fifth. I detested that movie.<br /><br />I'd never nominate Titanic for Best Original Screenplay. I admired the technical marvels that the film achieved and loved both Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart but the main love story was hogwash that never would have happened given the class restraints of the day. There were over 2200 people on that tub, Cameron couldn't find a real story to tell?joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37098446983323651412017-07-14T12:11:11.242-05:002017-07-14T12:11:11.242-05:00Oh, I don't disagree with you on Good Will Hun...Oh, I don't disagree with you on <i>Good Will Hunting</i>. I think it's a damn good movie in a lot of respects, and for it to be a rookie screenplay is pretty astonishing. But <i>Boogie Nights</i> for me is a complete screenplay and story, and one that genuinely surprised me in many ways.<br /><br />I like <i>The Apostle</i> a lot. It's again, a great screenplay, but it's also a movie that trades so much on the completely unconscious performance of Robert Duvall. Duvall is almost always one of the best things in any movie he's in, and in <i>The Apostle</i>, he might be better than he is anywhere else in his career.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58649518771490889862017-07-14T12:08:16.226-05:002017-07-14T12:08:16.226-05:00If "The Apostle" were in the lineup, I&#...If "The Apostle" were in the lineup, I'd have trouble deciding between it and "Good Will Hunting" for first place. Duvall made an incredible film—a true labor of love. I think your criticism of "Will Hunting" is legitimate, but despite the predictability, I found the movie to be emotionally powerful and quite authentic (mainly thanks to my reading of M. Scott Peck, who apparently had some therapy sessions that were as shouty as those portrayed in the movie). For it to have been written by two <i>youngsters</i> is a testament to the mental and emotional maturity of which both guys were capable. And it's hard to believe that 2017 is the twentieth anniversary for "Will Hunting."Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com