Are Todays Movies Getting Better Than Older Movies?
March 17, 2009
By Jeremy Newton
When the 2009 Oscar nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, a lot of people were upset and disappointed that The Dark Knight missed out on a nomination for Best Picture. No more than 10 minutes had past from when the official 2009 Oscar Nominations where announced to when the backlash began. People throughout the internet community were getting very upset that The Dark Knight is somehow not getting enough attention and recognition.
The Dark Knight failed to gain one of the five coveted spots for a Best Picture nomination. What were the Academy thinking about when the skipped the Batman? The Dark Knight has already received nominations from the Producers, Writers, and Cinematographers guilds earlier this month and picked up nominations and awards from the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Grammys.
The late Heath Ledger has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but the movie has not been nominated for Best Picture, nor has Chris Nolan been nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Has the Dark Knight bubble finally burst?
Many people have described this movie as the best movie that they have ever seen in their lives and that it truly deserves more recognition by the Academy. Reaction to the movie has reached a level that no other movie has ever seen before.
The Dark Knight has broken record after record in box office receipts. It has also shown an amazing run at the box office as the awards season continues. The very first weekend the hyperbole emanating over the internet about how fantastically brilliant the movie is was intensely nauseating. It got so bad at one point that a lot of people were calling it the greatest film of all time. Certainly the greatest crime drama of all time and a yardstick that all other super hero movies would be measured against from now on.
The movie is not just an entertaining, albeit dark, story presented with high production value and as much gritty realism as a comic-book movie can sustain. It is also part of the ongoing cultural production and reproduction of the structural imperatives of the capitalist system. A system that upon monopolizing finance capital, subjecting the power of the state to capital, the creation of criminal classes out of any minority group, the reproduction of internal racial inequality on an international level, and the legitimation of violence in keeping the lower classes divided, subservient, and 'irrational.'
Terrorism is a central theme in The Dark Knight, and how the general public view these insane terrorist and the reaction from the authorities in dealing with them. In short, it shows us how capitalist dominance will prevail.
The next instalment in the Batman franchise is now on everyone?s thoughts. Considering it?s Worldwide take at the box office, a sequel is inevitable.
The Dark Knight?s executive producer has spoken publicly about the very real possibility of a sequel, and has hinted at a release date in 2011.
The Dark Knight failed to gain one of the five coveted spots for a Best Picture nomination. What were the Academy thinking about when the skipped the Batman? The Dark Knight has already received nominations from the Producers, Writers, and Cinematographers guilds earlier this month and picked up nominations and awards from the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Grammys.
The late Heath Ledger has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but the movie has not been nominated for Best Picture, nor has Chris Nolan been nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Has the Dark Knight bubble finally burst?
Many people have described this movie as the best movie that they have ever seen in their lives and that it truly deserves more recognition by the Academy. Reaction to the movie has reached a level that no other movie has ever seen before.
The Dark Knight has broken record after record in box office receipts. It has also shown an amazing run at the box office as the awards season continues. The very first weekend the hyperbole emanating over the internet about how fantastically brilliant the movie is was intensely nauseating. It got so bad at one point that a lot of people were calling it the greatest film of all time. Certainly the greatest crime drama of all time and a yardstick that all other super hero movies would be measured against from now on.
The movie is not just an entertaining, albeit dark, story presented with high production value and as much gritty realism as a comic-book movie can sustain. It is also part of the ongoing cultural production and reproduction of the structural imperatives of the capitalist system. A system that upon monopolizing finance capital, subjecting the power of the state to capital, the creation of criminal classes out of any minority group, the reproduction of internal racial inequality on an international level, and the legitimation of violence in keeping the lower classes divided, subservient, and 'irrational.'
Terrorism is a central theme in The Dark Knight, and how the general public view these insane terrorist and the reaction from the authorities in dealing with them. In short, it shows us how capitalist dominance will prevail.
The next instalment in the Batman franchise is now on everyone?s thoughts. Considering it?s Worldwide take at the box office, a sequel is inevitable.
The Dark Knight?s executive producer has spoken publicly about the very real possibility of a sequel, and has hinted at a release date in 2011.
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