I think Mel Gibson is doing the right thing by not pandering for Awards from the Academy for The Passion of the Christ. There are several organizations, such as Passion for Fairness, that seem outraged that the movie is unlikely to win many award, but I have to wonder why they care. I agree that The Passion is worthy of acclaim and recognition for being an excellent movie, but winning awards wasn't really the point, was it? Mr. Gibson seems to realize that lobbying for an Oscar for his film would be like Jesus Christ mounting a campaign for the American presidency.
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Not really. You have to be a natural born citizen of the U.S. or a naturalized citizen at the time of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution to run for President.
I've been trying to decide whether this matters or not.
On the one hand I think it DOESN'T matter one whit, as who really cares which movie the Hollywood PatSelfOnBack committee recognizes? They've been proven in the minds of many to be fools, so what does it matter?
On the other hand, maybe it DOES matter if the recognition would help send a signal to film makers that good films can be winners, too. I'm not talking specifically religious films at all, though I wouldn't mind seeing more respect from the moneybags movie makers when it comes to religion in film, but just good "wholesome" quality in general. The money THE PASSION has brought in is the strongest signal, of course, but an Oscar might help drive the point home.
Wouldn't it be nice to see a major, cared-for production like THE LORD OF THE RINGS about a religious story? Or even some non-religious historical event?
Hollywood has waned in importance in our society, but they're still a major player. Movies aren't really good places to learn history, you and I know. But a lot of people don't know any better, and even you and I probably think some things in movies are true when they aren't. And even the truth is often spun in ways that I don't appreciate. The fact is that movies just don't really educate people. Wouldn't it be nice if they did?
The fact that THE PASSION has been almost totally snubbed tells me that Hollywood doesn't want to have to defend the fact to much of Red America that something else beat it out. On my site I made the point that AMERICAN BEAUTY beat out SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. That was a shame in my humble opinion, and I think time has proven me correct. But the backlash of THE PASSION losing out would be immediate and measurable, I think.
Safer to not let it run and try to keep the status quo afloat a bit longer.
X: The process is not the point.
M: Eh, who cares.