"Culturally, I totally reject this horrible political correctness, this hideous notion that people should read and study any work of literature, of imagination, on the basis of the ethnic origin, the agenda, the sexual orientation or skin pigmentation of the writer. That strikes me as real fascism."
-Harold Bloom (May he live forever).
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
ok, ok
Look, I've been busy...graduated from law school a couple of weeks ago, and studying for the bar like a madman.
However, the movie "In the Line of Fire" was on a couple of nights ago, and since I didn't want my blog to just rust away from inactivity, I thought I'd take this moment to mention that John Malkovich got ROBBED for Best Supporting Actor that year. Tommy Lee Jones won for The Fugitive, probably based on a huge Pre-Oscar publicity blitz. I mean, serious...The Fugitive got nominated for Best Picture, and Shadowlands didn't?! Nobody walked out of The Fugitive thinking nomination for Jones, let alone award. Not to take away from Jones in general; he's a very good actor. The really funny thing is that I wouldn't have put Jones in second, or even third that year, let alone first. Leonardo DiCaprio (of whom I'm not a particularly big fan) was outstanding in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List...enough said. But if I'm picking one guy from that year, it's Malkovich for In the Line of Fire.
However, the movie "In the Line of Fire" was on a couple of nights ago, and since I didn't want my blog to just rust away from inactivity, I thought I'd take this moment to mention that John Malkovich got ROBBED for Best Supporting Actor that year. Tommy Lee Jones won for The Fugitive, probably based on a huge Pre-Oscar publicity blitz. I mean, serious...The Fugitive got nominated for Best Picture, and Shadowlands didn't?! Nobody walked out of The Fugitive thinking nomination for Jones, let alone award. Not to take away from Jones in general; he's a very good actor. The really funny thing is that I wouldn't have put Jones in second, or even third that year, let alone first. Leonardo DiCaprio (of whom I'm not a particularly big fan) was outstanding in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List...enough said. But if I'm picking one guy from that year, it's Malkovich for In the Line of Fire.
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