Year of the Gay Oscar

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2005)

I wouldn't be able to vote between Phillip Seymour Hoffman & Heath Ledger. PSH made you interested in & care for an likable but self-centered, manipulating Capote. Heath Ledger makes you understand a complex tight-lipped character with so little dialogue, mostly nuance. Ang Lee's best movie, and that's saying a lot since "Sense & Sensibility" is one of my top 5.
Not since "Thelma & Louise" has the right movie come out at the right time. It will be the prestige pic to beat this O season, and the one most talked about in the current societal climate. Opened in limited release this weekend, and that's the smartest thing the distributor could have done. A news crew was filming the box office while I was buying my tickets. The cashier was saying "this was one of the last two performances with available tickets FOR THE NEXT WEEK!" (and this is in cowboy-macho Dallas). Word of mouth is going to be all the publicity this film needs, and once you see it, you can't help but recommend.