An Open Letter to the Academy Awards: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice? No way.
Dear American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences;
I am very saddened by this post. For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a little girl, I waited for your great show; the Academy Awards, to come washing over my tv set. I watched as all the rest of the world as you gave awards to people who deserved it. I sometimes watched lots of the movies that you thought were good and I agreed with you completely. We had a great time, right? You gave your little Oscar to great actors, incredible directors, amazing writers, gifted cinematographers.
All was well. We had a great relationship, you and I.
And suddenly, you changed. You started noticing not so good movies, but hey, we all make mistakes. You are entitled to your opinion. Sometimes I disagreed but still, I trusted you...
Then you went crazy on me. You were erratic. And then... you gave an Oscar to the Hurt Locker. Our relationship turned sour. I had problems with you, but I was willing to forgive and forget.
I would like to give you notice. I basically quit. Our relationship is over. I cannot trust you anymore. And no, it's not me. It's you.
You didn't nominate Waiting for Superman for the best Documentary award. I am devastated, and I think all the avid fans out there like me who are doc junkies would totally agree. You have made a major mistake.
You forgot to include a wonderful and inspiring movie in your list. You have ignored one amazing piece of cinema that I'm sure will change the lives of thousands of people, like it changed mine. I started caring about education. I started caring about what my future son or daughter will learn, where she or he will go to school, what can I do to make him or her have the best opportunities - even more than I had, and I had it good.
Documentaries are made for two things: record our world and our history and show us what happens when we're not looking... and they make a lasting impression on how we think, what we care about, how we can help each other in this little blue planet. Great documentaries are like getting punched in the gut - you are deeply affected, you feel physically moved and affected, and you never expect it coming.
Waiting for Superman should be watched, mandatory, in school. All parents should be shown this when they are having a baby. All parents who are having kids with grade problems should play this to their kids so they can be inspired to be better.
AMPAS, you made a huge mistake. Shame on you.
Waiting for Superman is awesome. They deserve the nomination. Period.
I am very saddened by this post. For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a little girl, I waited for your great show; the Academy Awards, to come washing over my tv set. I watched as all the rest of the world as you gave awards to people who deserved it. I sometimes watched lots of the movies that you thought were good and I agreed with you completely. We had a great time, right? You gave your little Oscar to great actors, incredible directors, amazing writers, gifted cinematographers.
All was well. We had a great relationship, you and I.
And suddenly, you changed. You started noticing not so good movies, but hey, we all make mistakes. You are entitled to your opinion. Sometimes I disagreed but still, I trusted you...
Then you went crazy on me. You were erratic. And then... you gave an Oscar to the Hurt Locker. Our relationship turned sour. I had problems with you, but I was willing to forgive and forget.
I would like to give you notice. I basically quit. Our relationship is over. I cannot trust you anymore. And no, it's not me. It's you.
You didn't nominate Waiting for Superman for the best Documentary award. I am devastated, and I think all the avid fans out there like me who are doc junkies would totally agree. You have made a major mistake.
You forgot to include a wonderful and inspiring movie in your list. You have ignored one amazing piece of cinema that I'm sure will change the lives of thousands of people, like it changed mine. I started caring about education. I started caring about what my future son or daughter will learn, where she or he will go to school, what can I do to make him or her have the best opportunities - even more than I had, and I had it good.
Documentaries are made for two things: record our world and our history and show us what happens when we're not looking... and they make a lasting impression on how we think, what we care about, how we can help each other in this little blue planet. Great documentaries are like getting punched in the gut - you are deeply affected, you feel physically moved and affected, and you never expect it coming.
Waiting for Superman should be watched, mandatory, in school. All parents should be shown this when they are having a baby. All parents who are having kids with grade problems should play this to their kids so they can be inspired to be better.
AMPAS, you made a huge mistake. Shame on you.
Waiting for Superman is awesome. They deserve the nomination. Period.
