So what if Lebron James is a millionaire with his own shoes and millions of media crazed jock fans? He has no respect. He left his hometown, his home team, his home, for a chance at a championship somewhere else. He easily could have won a championship in Cleveland given a little bit of time. It's not like the guy is getting old or something, and even if he was, where is the loyalty? Look at Karl Malone, stuck to his team throughout, when he did leave it was a respectable time to do so.
So what if The King's Speech is a great movie? Its still a typical movie, with the same typical formula that we've all learned to "love." Ok, so Colin Firth had a great performance, that alone is not a reason to push this movie over a historical landmark like Social Network. From Trent Reznor's edgy, electronic to classical soundtrack to David Fincher's attention to transitions and color schemes to Jesse Eisenberg's despicable but genuinely real performance of Zuckerberg's least revered qualities. Breakthrough, betrayal, corporate war, sex, money and women. This movie is a real portrait of modern American dreams and aspirations. King's Speech was an encomium to the talents of an amazing cast, its plot was simple, its execution was excellent yet trite and the real span of creativity that a director can exude was, for me, not grand enough in this movie to warrant a victory over such an opus as Social Network.
So what if the Royal Wedding took place? Have we really reached such a modern age of Reality TV that even something as "sacred" and respected as the Aristocracy of Britain must be paraded internationally, from TV set to iPhone to iPad to Magazine to Bars and water cooler discussions? Who the hell cares if they got married, they have no bearing on other countries (let alone their own) that would warrant such foolhardy attention. Wouldn't you rather be watching Nice Dreams?
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