As far as controversy goes, this has actually been a fairly dull year in terms of movies.
Brokeback Mountain: Gay shepherds. In ancient Greece, this was more the norm than the exception.
Syriana: Makes the shocking allegation that the U.S. manipulates Middle Eastern politics out of concern for the oil supply.
Munich: Palestinian terrorists at the Olympics.
Paradise Now: More Palestinian terrorists. It seems like their year.
Jon Stewart for Host: maybe he can inject some decent humor into the proceedings. I doubt it. Updates to follow.
Updates: So, Brokeback Mountain took alot of awards - although mot Best Picture. 'Crash' won that, and though I haven't seen it, everyone else in the room seemed pissed.
Jon Stewart was mildly amusing, although the negative ads voiced by Stephen Colbert were probably the highlight of the whole thing. I
