Friday, April 11, 2008
The Week
I really liked watching the videos during the week. It gave you a perspective into what the troops were going through during the war and the environment they were living in. The cartoons were also entertaining. They were a little disturbing through because Donald Duck was heiling Hitler. I don't see how it won any awards though, but times were different then. The battles seemed to be turning around. The americans not going after Berlin was fine by me. Not taking unnecassary loses was a smart move. Lets just let the other countries take all the loses. They still played a crucial role though in going south and destroying the pockets of resistence. They both moved swiftly and the war ended shortly there after. Did this boost Trumans standings politically? Did he recieve a lot of the credit for the war ending so fast or did the Russians?
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Your comment about the awards brings a knowing smile to my face. I've done some research into past Academy awards, and that with my experience of watching the more recent ones leads me to believe all it takes for a movie/short piece is to get lucky. Some years there is nothing out there, and movies that aren't that great win best picture. Other times, three or four movies come out together that would have all gotten awards in other years, but alas, only one could prevail that year. The system has to be taken with a grain of salt and a lot of background.
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