Comments on: Saving Private Ryan (1998) http://ctcmr.com/2009/11/11/saving-private-ryan-1998/ ...for people who don't read movie reviews. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jake Cole http://ctcmr.com/2009/11/11/saving-private-ryan-1998/#comment-1018 Jake Cole Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:19:08 +0000 http://ctcmr.com/?p=1769#comment-1018 Oh, I think that TRL and SPR absolutely canceled each other out. Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote about the Chicago Film Critics Circle (or maybe it was New York) devolving into an argument over the two until another film entirely won because the votes were so split. Shakespeare in Love is a prime example of Miramax's stranglehold on Hollywood through the '90s. They gave us some great things, such as Tarantino and Kevin Smith (sue me, world, I like the guy), but the Weinsteins set in motion the current dismal state of the Oscars today by so blatantly exchanging their cash for gold. Not that the Oscars has ever been truly on the ball, but they used to at least be in the ballpark when it came to the year's best. I spent most of my teens wishing SPR would have won the Oscar, and even now I think it's a damn sight better than the three other nominees (do not even get me started on Life is Beautiful) And thanks for the kind words about my own blog. I've been stumbling across some great stuff lately as I've kind of hopped through the blogrolls of some movie sites I like (basically all of these sites have similar listings to yours so I've been going between them) and I really like a lot of them, yours included. Oh, I think that TRL and SPR absolutely canceled each other out. Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote about the Chicago Film Critics Circle (or maybe it was New York) devolving into an argument over the two until another film entirely won because the votes were so split. Shakespeare in Love is a prime example of Miramax’s stranglehold on Hollywood through the ’90s. They gave us some great things, such as Tarantino and Kevin Smith (sue me, world, I like the guy), but the Weinsteins set in motion the current dismal state of the Oscars today by so blatantly exchanging their cash for gold. Not that the Oscars has ever been truly on the ball, but they used to at least be in the ballpark when it came to the year’s best. I spent most of my teens wishing SPR would have won the Oscar, and even now I think it’s a damn sight better than the three other nominees (do not even get me started on Life is Beautiful)

And thanks for the kind words about my own blog. I’ve been stumbling across some great stuff lately as I’ve kind of hopped through the blogrolls of some movie sites I like (basically all of these sites have similar listings to yours so I’ve been going between them) and I really like a lot of them, yours included.

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