As usual, I'm only getting around to seeing last year's Oscar caliber films now that they are on dvd.
Brokeback Mountain and Munich are both wonderful films - you really cannot fault them on acting, directing, or production. They are both brilliant.
They are also both depressing as hell.
I have not seen Capote yet, but my friends said that the acting was brilliant, but the film is depressing.
My friends have also told me that last year's winner, Crash is very depressing and disturbing.
My husband and I were trying to think of movies in the modern era (say the last ten years) which were critically acclaimed - Oscar caliber films - that everyone (both audience and critics) take very seriously - which are not depressing. We were only able to come up with The Lord of the Rings, which still has plenty of sad moments - and ditto with Walk the Line.
Why are so many very good movies so sad? And beyond sad into depressing and/or disturbing?
Can anyone think of other very serious and well made and acclaimed movies made in the last few years which make you feel good by the end? Because after watching Munich tonight, I could use some good cheer.
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Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 11/17/06 12:13 am </i>
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