Crash deserved best picture

I was hoping that Crash would win best picture. It’s an incredible film. And despite what the media writes about upsets and such of Brokeback Mountain, I think it’s only an upset because the media took the film on as a pet project for promotion.

Un met expectation always leads to disappointment. The fact that Crash won best picture last night was by no means an upset to me. Keep in mind that the people who selected Crash over Brokeback are those that are members of the Academy. They are the ones who pick the films every year. They picked Crash, not Brokeback Mountain as best picture.

Here’s an example of Brokeback media promotion from CNN.
“The Los Angeles social drama ‘Crash,’ which interwove plots and characters from different racial and economic backgrounds in Los Angeles, won best picture honors despite favorite “Brokeback Mountain” winning virtually every other major award it had been up for leading up the the 78th Oscars.”

This may have been true for other awards ceremonies, but the film didn’t even win in very many categories besides best picture. Best picture? (we already talked about this). Best actor? No. Best supporting actor? No. Leading actress? No. Supporting actress? No. Cinematography? No. It won for best director, best adapted screenplay and best original score, which was a hard one to believe, but I will have to give it a listen.