End of the Movies

The ideal Oscar nominee is a high-middlebrow movie, aspiring to real artistry and sometimes achieving it... - We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

это тот же пиздобол Ross Douthat, что про Lyme Disease пургу нес. вот мне очень нравится это high-middlebrow

очередной фукуяминг my ass

Sure, non-superhero-movie box office totals will bounce back in 2022, and next year’s best picture nominees will probably earn a little more in theaters.

you wish! a little more is more appropriate.

...despite its snobbish detractors - это он про Титаник

и largely pitched to teenage tastes - собственно, на этом можно поставить жирную точку.

но это был бы не Ross Douthat, если бы не писал глупостей: There are things “The Sopranos” did across its running time, with character development and psychology, that no movie could achieve. и буквально через строчку But “The Godfather” is still the more perfect work of art.

иногда он чувствует, что говорит глупости:

Second, an emphasis on making the encounter with great cinema a part of a liberal arts education. Since the liberal arts are themselves in crisis, this may sound a bit like suggesting that we add a wing to a burning house.

из комментариев:

-- I will always question the choice of "Forrest Gump" in a year that had far better films to offer.
-- Which suggests not just the fall of the Oscars, but of civilization itself.
-- They're loud and frenzied, aimed at children, long on special effects and short on acting.

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