Too much hype

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2006)

Not a bad movie, not a good movie, I just thought it was mediocre.
I have no desire to knock the movie because it kept my attention and I was interested enough to want to know what was going to happen next. But Best Picture nominations and awards? I don't know if it deserved them.
The movie reminded me of a very well-made Lifetime movie. I really just didn't find it particularly good, and I think the only reason it won awards and was highly praised is because it was about homosexuals. People thought that was going to turn off the majority to seeing it, but instead it just hyped it up so people who wouldn't normally have seen it wanted to see it to see what it was all about.
Eh, nothing special. Breakthrough movie? Not sure about that. Maybe they'll be more gay themed movies, but who knows. In any case, not a whole lot of substance here. I was somewhat surprised that Crash won the Best Picture Oscar -- while it was a dang fine movie, I thought that Brokeback had it in the bag. After finally seeing it though, good choice Academy.