Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2000

The Contenders:

Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Traffic (winner)
Wonder Boys

Manuscript Blues

Film: Wonder Boys
Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen.

When I first finished the 1001 Movies list, as I got to the end I realized that there were certain aspects of the List that I had ignored. Now that I’m under 250 movies left on my various Oscars lists, I’m seeing the same thing. Specifically, this refers to year of release; there are years that I’ve ignored more than others for some reason. In an effort to not end with a bunch of movies from the same year, I’ve started planning my viewing more carefully in that respect. This is literally the reason I requested Wonder Boys from NetFlix a couple of days ago.

Wonder Boys is based on the book of the same name by Michael Chabon, and for once, it’s an author I know. I haven’t read this book in particular, but I have read some Chabon in the past. Honestly, I think I was supposed to like “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” more than I did, and I wasn’t aware of the authorship of this one going in.