[Red Moon]

I noticed that there seems to be a lot of topics on the Oscars on the site today. Just by the number of topics people must feel they are important. But are they really worth anything what do they tell you about a film?

Over the years, a substantial number of people in the industry have made the informed decision that Rocky is a better film than Taxi Driver; Ordinary People than Raging Bull; Dances With Wolves than Goodfellas. The Oscars really do have a way of getting it wrong. To my mind Oscars are a commercial tool for fame and publicity and nothing more than that. The Oscars are big business that adds millions to the box office take of a film.

Why should we make so much of an award ceremony where our films are just foreign movies? Why do we feel the American film industry is better than ours?

The Oscars just go to show you how far Hollywood is up it's own bottom.