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By schmadrian (registered) | Posted March 16, 2010 at 09:38:39

I agree that 'The Blind Side' wasn't worthy of being nominated for Best Picture. (At least that's how I'm taking your article's thrust.) But as I've said elsewhere, it did what it was designed to do, it was what it was supposed to be: an uncomplicated tale that pushed certain buttons to accomplish a particular goal.

Not every film can be 'art'. And not every movie should be, either. I've argued that 'The Blind Side' could have been written entirely differently, that the focus could have been completely different, that it might have been filmed more as an 'indie', focusing on character and situation rather than an A+B=C story.

But it wasn't.

It is what it is.

It's a hamburger and fries with a milkshake on the side. It's not a six-course extravaganza, it never set out to be this, it never pretended to be that. It's not a particularly good sports film (in fact, save for Bullock's win, it'll be forgotten quickly); in fact, it's not a particularly good film, period. But it gets the job done that it set out to get done. And in a world of crap movie entertainment, that's actually a nice little accomplishment.

My wish for filmgoers would be that they 'render unto Caesar' a little more. Stop getting all pissy about genre films. Not everyone likes this food or that, but railing about them still being appreciated by others despite you not believing they're worthy of eating is...well...childish.

(My wish for The Academy is that they go back to five nominees for Best Picture. Watering down anything is never a good idea.)

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