Heh. Suck on that, Brokeback

Sorry, but it just seemed appropriate.
Also, I have to say I'm glad that Crash won solely because it's a film that came out in May of last year and bucked the tradition of waiting until the last few weeks of December to come out to be "fresh" in the Academy's mind. Look, if a film deserves to win Best Picture, it's going to stick because it's that damn good. Million Dollar Baby came out in limited release on December 15, 2004. It didn't open wide until January 28, 2005. Yet it won BP for 2004. Seriously, that's stupid. Crash was at a film festival in late 2004, opened in limited release in April of 2005, and then wide in May. That's how a BP should be, not like Million Dollar Baby, Return of the King (December 17, 2003, although it was following the trend the other LotR movies had), Chicago (December 27, 2002), or Beautiful Mind (December 21, 2001). Gladiator came out in May of 2000, but did anyone really expect that to get BP? I mean, really? It was supposed to be Traffic's year, which premiered in, can you guess? December 27, 2000.
Speaking of Oscar winners and such, I found myself watching Shakespeare in Love today. I only caught the last half-hour or so, but I actually enjoyed the production of Romeo and Juliet in the film. Also, Judi Dench fucking ruled as Elizabeth. The woman was in the film for six minutes and totally deserved the Oscar she won. I'd also forgotten how many great actors were in the film, including Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. I'm debating on whether or not to watch the film entirely or not. I mean, the end part was good, but I vaguely remember the other hour and thirty-three minutes sucking hard.