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Entry #3 -- A month before
15 years ago
Monday, December 15, 2008
As the year comes to a close, the festivities come to life in Hollywood and the movie community. The best films of the year are being released in theatres. Producers are throwing parties to promote their films. This should be a time of celebration and commemoration of the success of the year and the wonderful art that has been produced.
However, that is not the case this year nor was it last year. Once again the award shows are facing a certain problem with the shadow of one word no one likes to hear: STRIKE. The same can be said about last year when the ScreenWriters went on strike, and we all know how long that lasted.
Due to that strike, the T.V. season was completely ruined resulting in no new material being able to be created. Films in there own little way were affected too. Shutting down anything that needed a rewrite or a little tweak here or there.
This year though there are new players on the scene, the Screen Actors Guild. They have been threatening to strike and will send out ballots early next month asking members to vote on the possible of a strike. SAG has been in discussion with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers but have resulted in nothing short of a standstill.
However, there is still light at the end of the tunnel as big name celebrities such as George Cloney, and Tom Hanks, and many others have signed a petition against the strike. They at least see that there is no sense to being striking in the current times we are facing. Personally, I think that SAG should be kicked upside the head, and told to look at the world around them. For once in a blue moon celebrities are not the focus of the country's attention. Nobody wants to give a damn about Actors making more and more money when people are losing their homes and jobs left and right.
The ballots will be cast after the Golden Globes, so there will be a show for them this year instead of that god awful press conference that was the Golden Globes last year. However, the same fate may not hold true for the Oscars. If the SAG members opt to strike then the Oscars' telecast could be in grave danger of no stars showing.
In the long run SAG must ask themselves is it truly all about them and based on that answer we will or wont have the Oscars this year. I hope for their sake that they get it together because I'm tired of all the strikes in Hollywood.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
According to the American Film Institue the top ten films of all time are as followed:
1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca
3. The Godfather
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. The Graduate
8. On the Waterfront
9. Schindler's List
10. Singing in the Rain
Let me know what you guys think of this list and what would be your top ten films of all time.
1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (31 Million)
2. Four Christmas (13.3 Million)
3. Twilight (8.0 Million)
4. Bolt (7.5 Million)
5. Australia (4.3 Million)
Saturday, December 13, 2008
In an attempt to get more people to watch the Academy Awards the show is being completely revamped starting with the host. this years host will be none other than People's Sexiest Man Alive: Hugh Jackman. However why stop there the shows producer, director, and music supervisor will be all new for the 2009 award show. Let me know what you think about these changes and weather or not we should stick with tradition and have a comedian be the host or does it not matter.
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