Review-O-Sphere

To see part 1, click here . Metropolis Suite~Metropolis - Gottfried Huppertz This blog is where we discuss whether the winner of the Academy Award truly deserved to win or if other movies were snubbed. People decide this through a variety of methods (normally by complaining about them). We will be deciding this by watching as many major films that came out during that same time period as we can and comparing their historical relevance, impact and how they reflected their time period... and also by complaining about them.           With that said, let’s travel back in time to 1929. Herbert Hoover is the President, you’re expected to wear a 3-piece suit in the middle of the summer, the “booming” economy is built like the bastard child of a Jenga tower and a house of cards, you’re going to lose all your money in less than 6 months and you’re still not allowed to drink. Okay, so life fucking sucks but let’s ignore that for a moment while we head on over to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

     Once a year, every year, for the past 94 years (actually 93 years and it hasn’t always happened once a year but more on that later), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convenes to host a stellar show that honors the greatest and most artistic and influential films of the past 365 days. Or at least, that’s what they would like to say. In reality, once a year, every year, for the past 94 years (actually 93 years and it hasn’t always happened once a year but more on that later), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convenes to host an execrable waste of entertainment that is basically a popularity contest for the rich and famous. Any young burgeoning filmmaker who has come of age in the past generation who is aware of the Academy Awards will have grown up deeply questioning the wisdom of their choices. Hell, I was that wannabe filmmaker. Pretty much from the age when I first got into movies (let’s say high school or so), I’ve always considered the Academy