I still dont care about the Oscars but I still post - Indie Spirit Awards, too

Uh, looks like a lot of people think Noah Baumbach wuz robbed. Well, while The Squid and the Whale had better dialogue than Crash, dialogue by itself doesn’t make a great script. Perhaps that is what the Oscar voters were thinking. Who knows (slipping back into I don’t care about the Oscars mode). I notice not too many peeps are discussing the Independent Spirit Awards, where Oscar complainers often go to find the “real” winners. However, this year nearly all the winners at the Spirit awards in the major categories were also Oscar nominees. Makes sense, most of the “indies” are coming out of auxiliary arms of the major studios, and has been that way for several years now. That said, there are a few nominees in the ISAs that didn’t get Oscar notice, you may want to check them out. Gregg Araki – Mysterious Skin (best director nom) Jeffery Wright – Broken Flowers (best supporting nom. One of the best actors in the country, period) Tony Takitani (best foreign film) Lackawanna Blues (best first feature, the movie was made for HBO. Features Terrence Howard) snoogins