Yesterday the Oscar Nominations were announced and I was somewhat surprised at the choice of Best Picture. How can The Artist get best picture nomination? If it was about the "Picture"  perhaps they would deserve it but come on we all know the "Best Picture" Oscar is not just about the actual picture which it would need to be in this case, but about the whole picture. The story, the transformation of that story to film, and of course the acting,  watching the actors become these characters, not just through mannerisms and pantomime but the  lines they deliver and how they deliver them. Would we really all love George Clooney if he just motioned his way through a movie and never uttered a word - probably!  Just kidding-of course not, we want to see the actors act.


 A group of movie goers in Liverpool actually demanded a refund after sitting through twenty minutes of The Artist they were gob smacked that there was no dialogue. Okay I will admit that is a little ridiculous they really should have known a little more about the movie they had chosen to see first. But hey who can blame them, you just don´t expect to go into a Cinema these days and suddenly realize you have been taken back to the 1920's. 


The art of motion picture in the "Silent era" was between 1894 -1929.  "Silent films" were replaced by "talking pictures in the late 1920's and known as talkies. Well I say lets leave those "silent films" back in the that era and enjoy the talking pictures, and lets hope the Academy will vote for a "Talkie", and there are some great one's to choose from. Moneyball, The Help, Hugo and the Descendants to name but  a few.