tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post8682913731933429529..comments2023-10-31T08:19:54.708-07:00Comments on Five by Five: Best Picture: "Shakespeare in Love," 1998balyienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-41844473237315500312014-03-16T09:46:01.914-07:002014-03-16T09:46:01.914-07:00Thanks for the recommend. I'll have to check o...Thanks for the recommend. I'll have to check out "Elizabeth." I'm intrigued by your theory re: movies with a strong female lead. There certainly haven't been very many of them amongst the winners, which has gotten more and more depressing/troubling as time has gone on.<br /><br />I do feel that, after the excesses of the 80s, we were uncomfortable with wealth throughout much of the 90s, at least until the tech bubble emerged. Throughout the 90s, the "bad guy" in a lot of TV/movies was the rich guy. That disappeared for a while, but I've noticed it making a reappearance over the last few years.balyienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-12772298472158114992014-03-14T17:02:18.372-07:002014-03-14T17:02:18.372-07:00Well, had you seen "Elizabeth," you woul...Well, had you seen "Elizabeth," you would be all over that movie! So. Fricking. Good. I actually couldn't breathe at the end of it. It totally should have won, but you know that whole problem with the women being in the films and the guys not liking it? I think that sunk it. Or maybe all the boys were splitting the war movie vote and that left the female members to battle it out between the heavy drama and the plucky love story.<br /><br />I am interested in your observation of the two years in a row of plucky males from the other side of the tracks wooing the richie girls with horrible future mates. Collectively uncomfortable with our wealth, were we? We seem to have gotten over that quite nicely.<br /><br />But seriously, "Elizabeth" is something to watch. In fact, I saw this movie after that one and remember being tickled between the comparison/contrast between Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett's portrayal of the same woman. Admittedly in different life stages and for different purposes, but it was very amusing.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967372439743853589noreply@blogger.com