And then the sun itself will turn us all to sand

[sovay]

Spurred by a gloomy desire to know what the hell movie Spike Lee's era-defining Do the Right Thing (1989) lost Best Original Screenplay to at the 62nd Academy Awards, spatch and I just spent the last hour reading Oscar nominations and results from 1990 onward, an activity punctuated by frequent cries of "[X] was robbed!" "[Y] should have been nominated!" and "That was poop!" I had forgotten how many years I had opinions about. I've seen even more of those movies now. I have more opinions.

The answer to our original question, by the way, was Dead Poets Society. My opinion about that is: "That was poop!"

Comments

[sovay]

Ah, so the assertion is that the Academy were poop.

I didn't like Dead Poets Society, but I would probably categorize it as "schmaltz" rather than "poop" if we had to get technical.

[drwex]

I would agree that it's very dramatic, but I experienced the decade that way. I don't know how others felt, but it seemed in tune with its times and my experience. De gustibus non disputandem est, I suppose.

[sovay]

De gustibus non disputandem est, I suppose.

I believe that it resonated with you. It didn't for me. Everyone's different.