2 March 2004

Monster

Skipped school in the morning, stayed at home to catch the Academy Awards a.k.a. The Oscars.

Hmmm, no huge surprises this year, those who deserved to win won, and surprise surprise (or maybe not that huge a surprise,) LOTR finally won. ELEVEN Oscars. I enjoyed LOTR tremendously myself, with the beautiful scenery(i wanna go NZ), gorgeous actors/actresses, great story although some liberties have been taken with the original story, (YES, i'm one of the people who read the LOTR trilogy.). So i guess it really deserved to win, however i started to think, if the show wasn't such a great box office hit, would it have gotten any awards? although it is a great film, Hollywood doesn't really appreciate Fantasy stuff? hmmm...
i wonder....

As i watched Charlize Theron go onstage to recieve her oscar, i was struck by her beauty. something you coulldn't tell from her character in the Movie "Monster". I noticed that int the two most recent Oscars, the winner of the best Lead Actress, usually takes on a role which requires them to cover up their beauty, Nicole in the Hours last year and Charlize Theron this year, it makes wonder, do u have to uglify urself, before people will start to take u seriously?

however later in the evening when i got the chance to catch monster, i realised that Charlize Theron really deserved that award, she really moved me, she was able to make me feel the emotions the character was going through, the struggles, the pain, the joy. What really breaked my heart was that her character really loved Selby, yet Selby betrayed her love by helping the Police get a confession out of Charlize's character.

It makes me feel that human beings are a truly lousy bunch, we talk about ourselves as being higher beings compared to animals, yet when the time comes, we are reduced to animals willing to do anything to survive.

Hmmm, but i haven't yet lost all hopes in humanity, for i know that someone out there loves me, and i feel the same way too.

Cheers
Garion

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