Internet Used For Oscar Smear Campaign
from the but...was-it? dept
Apparently the battle for this year's Best Picture Oscar award has gotten nasty. Universal (the distributors of "A Beautiful Mind") are saying that they believe another studio has been planting various stories about how John Nash (the subject of the movie) was a bad person in ways not described in the movie. Bastions of ethical reporting such as the Drudge report and the NY Post have picked up on such stories and may be influencing voters. Ah, so much to say about this with so little space. I will sum it up this way: get a life, people. We're talking about a movie! Yes, I realize that the winner of the award will mean big money for that studio (and associated actors etc.) but come on. Trashing someone's reputation for an award? Besides, who cares if the movie left out some info about the guy. It's a movie! Of course you're going to leave out some information about someone's life. You only have 2 hours. The movie should be judged on the merits of the movie itself.
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