tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424170077153902211.post5386336246570672995..comments2024-02-09T14:19:05.970-05:00Comments on The Way Things Turn: The Artist - Good, But Not Best Picture-WorthyJeff McKownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146464664238780057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424170077153902211.post-7755235709011786972012-02-28T12:08:35.555-05:002012-02-28T12:08:35.555-05:00Thanks for the comment anonymous. I have to agree ...Thanks for the comment anonymous. I have to agree with your conclusion. Considering all the pre-Oscar buzz we typically hear about this or that studio "campaigning" for a film, I'm certain there's much more at play than meets the eye in the choosing of a winner.Jeff McKownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146464664238780057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424170077153902211.post-82790791578548211532012-02-28T10:14:31.951-05:002012-02-28T10:14:31.951-05:00Thanks for writing what I was thinking. Not a bes...Thanks for writing what I was thinking. Not a best picture. Put another way, we want the film equivalent of literature. It operates beyond the story the way Old Man and the Sea is more than a simple fish story. Decades of watching Oscars always leaves me feeling that there are political and other agendas dominating and little else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424170077153902211.post-48184957882145598652012-02-16T17:32:48.370-05:002012-02-16T17:32:48.370-05:00He's cute and all...but he didn't have any...He's cute and all...but he didn't have any spoken lines either.Jeff McKownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146464664238780057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424170077153902211.post-12421709886389955962012-02-16T15:07:05.802-05:002012-02-16T15:07:05.802-05:00but what about the dog Jeff!?!?!?but what about the dog Jeff!?!?!?janenoreply@blogger.com