http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/munson/2024 The blog of Commentary Magazine. Fri, 16 May 2008 08:04:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/munson/2024#comment-84042 Peter Suderman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:06:52 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/munson/2024#comment-84042 I certainly enjoyed Spartan -- I'm a huge Mamet fan. And maybe I could've been more clear about Clayton; I honestly enjoyed it quite a bit -- even thought it was a good bit better than Spartan. But it didn't (and doesn't) strike me as an Oscar-class film, and it generally just doesn't feel the sort of thing that usually gets nominated. It's doesn't fit into the usual categories -- it's not an epic, a period piece, an indie breakout, or an art-house gem. It isn't even really a deeply issue-oriented film. It didn't generate it much chatter, and it was so under seen that it's being rereleased. So it's not that I didn't enjoy the film -- I very much did. But it does seem like a weird fit for a Best Picture nod. I certainly enjoyed Spartan — I’m a huge Mamet fan. And maybe I could’ve been more clear about Clayton; I honestly enjoyed it quite a bit — even thought it was a good bit better than Spartan. But it didn’t (and doesn’t) strike me as an Oscar-class film, and it generally just doesn’t feel the sort of thing that usually gets nominated. It’s doesn’t fit into the usual categories — it’s not an epic, a period piece, an indie breakout, or an art-house gem. It isn’t even really a deeply issue-oriented film. It didn’t generate it much chatter, and it was so under seen that it’s being rereleased. So it’s not that I didn’t enjoy the film — I very much did. But it does seem like a weird fit for a Best Picture nod.

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/munson/2024#comment-83984 Michael J. Totten Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:20:49 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/munson/2024#comment-83984 <I>Spartan</i> was awesome. No one I know in the world, except my wife, has even heard of that movie. Spartan was awesome. No one I know in the world, except my wife, has even heard of that movie.

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