{"id":8754,"date":"2013-02-11T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T12:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=8754"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:30:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:30:05","slug":"subjective-blogathon-1128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=8754","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 11\/13 Subjective!"},"content":{"rendered":"

unaccustomed as I am to being right on a massive scale…<\/em><\/p>\n

I didn’t watch the BAFTAs last night, and my invitation sat at home on the table, as I struggled through some of the most hazardous driving conditions I’ve ever encountered, outside Northampton.<\/p>\n

But I feel slightly smug that the Academy chose Argo as the Best Film. Slightly smug because I tipped Argo, as the Best Film of 2013, on December 29th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the Oscars coming up, I shall get my crystal ball out once again (oo-er, Matron!) and see if I can come up with an even more refined prediction.<\/p>\n

Focussing on one niche award – Best Foreign Film – I would like to categorically state that the winner of the \u00a0Best Foreign Film for the 2013 Oscars should be…<\/p>\n

drum roll…<\/p>\n

The Spanish-language film No<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, No won’t win.<\/p>\n

The good (but nowhere near as good as No) Amour will win.<\/p>\n

It’s a political thing.<\/p>\n

I’ve just finished watching No. I saw Amour a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to compare two randomly different films.<\/p>\n

No is the story behind the Chilean ‘No’ campaign, a movement that ultimately ousted General Pinochet from power.<\/p>\n

No is a lightly dramatised account of how the use of an advertising narrative transformed Chile, under the rule of a dictator, to a country of hope, in to a place where the subjects felt safe about voting ‘No’ (despite the dictator having the open support of both the UK and the USA governments).<\/p>\n

Amour is the fictional account of a made up elderly French couple, and their dwindling lifespans.<\/p>\n

Yes, my synopses highlights the importance, in my world, that each film has.<\/p>\n

But really, No is the better film, even without Amour’s blatant audience-manipulation.<\/p>\n

Putting No up against Amour in one category is, for me, exactly like putting All The Presidents Men up against Bambi.<\/p>\n

The fluffy emotional film is going to win against the hard-edged factual one, every single time.<\/p>\n

Which is a shame, because the better film will be overlooked.<\/p>\n

ps: other awards at the Oscars will be:<\/p>\n

Best Film:<\/strong>
\nArgo<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actress:<\/strong>
\nAnne Hathaway<\/p>\n

Best Director:<\/strong>
\nAng Lee (probably)<\/p>\n

Best Actor:<\/strong>
\nDaniel Day Lewis (probably; but I would like it to be Bradley Cooper)<\/p>\n

Best Cinematography:<\/strong>
\nLife of Pi<\/p>\n

Best Film Editing:<\/strong>
\nI haven’t a clue, but how on earth did the disjointed Zero Dark Thirty get a nom for this?)<\/p>\n

Best Visual Effects:<\/strong>
\nLife of Pi (obv)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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