Robyn’s Blog

I didn’t get a chance to watch the Academy awards because I was doing about 30 hours worth of an Arabic midterm (and it’s doubtful I would have watched them anyway–too much clapping) but I was catching up on everyone’s blogs like a good student might and I came across a listing of all the awards.  I don’t know that much about real films and actors, because I’m relatively uncultured, but let me tell you, I know my animated films, I’ve got all my Disney movies memorized, and Happy Feet was just awful.  It’s pretty difficult to screw up a film with singing, dancing, AND cute penguins, but Happy Feet managed to do just that. 

It started out tolerable enough; adorable animals, cookie-cut plot–it seemed like it was going to do really nice, entertaining, predictable things.  And then they threw in all the political bullshit “oh my gosh save the planet” oh my gosh let me turn my brain off and watch a cute animated film without having to deal with liberal global warming propaganda.  Can’t I just watch some dancing penguins without having to listen to the voice of the Green Party?

On the other hand, Cars!  was amazing.  I added the exclaimation point because that’s how I say the title every time I mention it, because it gets me excited to think about such a fantastic work of film.  “Cars!”  Cars!  I love Cars!  That was the most beautiful animated movie ever!  It was completely captivating!  I could not tear my eyes from the screen!  I’ve never been so convinced of the obvious personality of such lifeless objects as cars.  Cars!  And you know what was the best part about Cars!, now that I really think about it?

It was basically the animated anti-environmentalist movie.  Yeah fossil fuels!

I have no faith in the Academy Awards.