Re: Academy Awards
AntiUtopia (AntiUtopia@aol.com)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:29:18 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-01-09 14:56:45 EST, you write:
<< Its really too bad everyone is ignoring Ulee's Gold, Peter Fonda deserves
some
nominations.
>>
I know this is a matter of taste, but I think Fonda deserves to be shot for
Ulee's Gold :) If I didn't live in Central Florida, and wasn't familiar with
the areas depicted in the film, I'd have been Completely bored off my arse.
Ugh!
In other words, THANK GOD everyone's ignoring Ulee's Gold... :)
Sure, he tried to import mythological significance into trailer park
life--Ulee, Fonda's character--was obviously Ulysses, and Penny was his
daughter (Penelope--which was also his dead wife's name), but Fonda's
character was, well, stiffer than Al Gore and Mr. Spock combined. And yes,
like Homer's work by the same name, this film was about the restoration of the
home and family--at least, that was the goal the characters in both works were
moving toward. But at least Homer's Ulysses was human. Fonda's character?
It's like the freaking guy wasn't even human or something. Grief and angst
are one thing--that was ridiculous. He may as well have been made of paper
maiche....
Jim
PS Brian--at least the question wasn't--"are you a homosexual music major?"