The following are my reviews for the films nominated for the 'Best Picture' Academy Award.

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

The film stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as, you guessed it, gay cowboys who share camping and fishing trips up on Brokeback mountain. It's hard enough for them to continue their monthly visits when, during this particular time period, homosexuality is shunned in American society, but to make matters worse both men are married. Ledger has a wife and two kids, while Gyllenhaal has a wife and a new born boy. The film captures the struggle the men must go through just to continue seeing each other, never mind avoid their desires to start a life together in public. The movie is fantastic and really plays with certain emotions and allows the audience to decide whether or not they believe their relationship is worth the trouble, or whether or not it is right for two men to have a lifestyle such as they do. I definitely think that the movie is worth seeing, but there are many people who will not like the movie because of their own personal views. Nontheless I highly recommend this film.

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CRASH

Crash is one of those movies that you have to watch twice. When you first watch it you wonder what all the praise for the film was. It doesn't jump out as a particularly wonderful film, but after you think about it for a while, the more you like it. Crash is about how a bunch of people in Los Angeles' lives are connected and affected by one car accident. The films major conflict is about racism. Everyone in the film have pre-conceived notions and feelings about the other characters because of how the person appears. Even if they don't mean to be racial, like Don Cheadles character, everyone in the film is a little bit. The movie deals with some pretty heavy topics and is definitely worth seeing.

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GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Good, but not as good as it could have been, George Clooney's 'Goodnight and Good Luck" follows CBS's struggle with Senator Joseph McCarthy and shows how Edward R. Murrow was one of the only people in America brave enough to speak up against McCarthy. The film depicted the newsroom atmosphere very well and was really able to show what these men went through each week to bring their opinions to the world. However, while watching the film, you rarely feel the urgency of the situation. These workers went through a lot of stress to prove their points, but you barely ever feel that this was somehow affecting a Nationwide audience. The audience is barely ever mentioned. I think this is one of the major things that the film left out. Also, the lack of suspenseful music (or any music whatsoever) caused the viewer to feel less than on the edge of their seat.

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CAPOTE

This is my pick for Best Picture this year. This movie is amazing from the acting (Philip Seymour Hoffman really deserves that Oscar) to the story. The film follows Truman Capote throughout his four year journey to write his Non-Fiction novel "In Cold Blood." The entire feel of this movie is perfect. The other movies nominated for Best Picture are good too, but this was the only one that never had a dull moment. Every second of the movie was entertaining. Watching Hoffman act was almost fun and how Capote did everything to get the information he needed was fascinating to watch. If you still haven't see this movie I suggest you go to see it as soon as possible. It even made me go to the library and check out "In Cold Blood."

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MUNICH

I still have not seen the film Munich

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THE OSCARS ARE ON SUNDAY MARCH 5th and
JON STEWART WILL BE HOSTING

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