The Dark Knight

[Sean]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

although its not worthy of an Oscar, because Oscars don't deserve to go to films like this... its better than the Oscars piffle

Not to get off topic or anything, but I disagree completely. I think the fact that oscars only go to "serious" films is idiotic. Why not give best picture to a great comedy, even if it's slapstick? Or an adventure film, even if it is a summer blockbuster action spectacular? Or an animated film, even if it is...well...animated? Frankly, drama is probably one of the easier genres out there to successfully execute compared to creating great comedy, or following great action, etc. And the disrespectful view of animation is a story all to itself. But for an "oscar-worthy" drama, just do some crap like make a character sick, watch their loved ones go through the agony of seeing their friend/husband/wife/family member slowly die, everyone cries, have a bunch of tormented dialogue screamed passionately along the lines of "you don't know what it's like!", blah blah blah.