Nobody Knows Hollywood

Director: Christopher Nolan Year: 2014 The whole reason I review movies the way I do, with a resonance rating, is so I can judge their impact both immediately and over time. The movies that bother me most are the ones that I feel should have a greater impact but, for whatever reason, didn’t. Interstellar is one of those movies. I don’t like to feel stupid – particularly at the movies, an area where I feel fairly well educated. I’m respectful and a fan enough of Christopher Nolan (Dark Night, the Prestige, Memento and Insomnia were all excellent – Inception, many Nolan fans favorite, was very interesting, but, similar to this film, one that I felt may have flew above my head) to give him the benefit of the doubt and succumb to the fact that I may have missed it – maybe many its – in my viewing of Interstellar. My biases/realites that may have played a part include: 1)    the venue – I saw this movie in an antithetical environment to what Nolan intended,...

ADD:*THE POLITICKING AND MARKETING EFFORT PUT INTO GETTING THE AWARD *IF I WAS TO PICK ONE MASSIVE SNUB IT WOULD BE DAVID OYELOWO B/C OF THE DEPTH OF THE ROLE, IMPORTANCE OF THE CHARACTER AND SKILL DISPLAYED IN THE PORTRAYAL Every year, the greatest drama about the greatest film dramas of that year (because comedies aren't allowed to win Oscar) occurs right after the nominations are announced: the Snubbies. These are the famous howlings of those who didn’t get nominated or those on behalf of those who didn’t get nominated. This year is no different. The outcry of Jennifer Aniston’s lack of nomination for her role in Cake seems to miss the point that most people just didn’t like the movie that much. SCREAM: But it's about her performance! Not the film! Retort: How many Oscar Winning performances come from films that were received with a largely lukewarm response? The howling about Selma’s Director Ava DuVernay not getting a nod (thank you Rev. Al Sharpton) seems to b...