Saturday, January 05, 2008

why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends


^ Julie just wants to ignore all the mean things these people are saying about her
Julie Christie.

Marion Cotillard.

Why is it that the supporters of either of these ladies cannot support their respective choice without constantly bashing the other? Look, I know whose side I'm on. In my quest (...) to see all the big movies of 2007, I watched both Away from Her and La vie en rose again. Away from Her holds up just as well as it did in the early part of this year; La vie en rose, while always a horrible movie, now no longer enchants me through its lead performance either. Goodness, Cotillard sure was... trying, wasn't she? But just because I support Christie doesn't mean I'm going to perpetually bash Cotillard all the time.

One thing I don't understand is how both of them are locks for Oscar nominations. When I left for Spain, back on September 1, both their buzz was dead. Oh well. Also, can people stop saying stupid things like "the Academy isn't going to give the Oscar to an old person 2 years in a row"? From 1997 up to and including 2005, they gave the Best Actress Oscar to a (relatively) hot (relatively) young thing. Who's to say they won't give it to a hot old thing two years in a row?