Matt: the Academy's got it wrong
Comment
Permalink
E-mail
Matt Damon tells Parade mag today that – when it comes to honoring films – the Academy has it all wrong. “I think that the best way to judge movies is, like, 10 years after they're released,” he said. “I think they should have done the Academy Awards this year for movies from 1998. I think it's better to look at a movie and then step back and look at it again. I don't think – that the awards necessarily get it right. I think they get it wrong more often than they get it right.”
Wouldn’t that have made this the year for “Good Will Hunting” to win some little statues? We’re just saying….
(Above: Matt and his brother, local sculptor Kyle Damon, ride in the 2009 Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town on Sunday. Damon is in South Africa filming a movie. We just love to see family work together. Photo by Mark Wessels/Reuters.)
About this blog
Mark Shanahan joined The Boston Globe in
2003, having worked previously at the Portland Press Herald, where he
covered City Hall, and the Lewiston Sun-Journal, where he was the
education reporter. A Northampton native and graduate of Bates College,
Shanahan enjoys the usual - books, music, movies, etc. - as well as the
unusual. shanahan@globe.com
Meredith Goldstein has worked for the Globe since 2003, covering
everything from nightlife to New Kids. She keeps her eyes peeled for
celebrity juice, and also writes Love Letters, a Boston.com blog for
hopeful (and hopeless) romantics. Meredith chats about love problems
every Wednesday at 1 p.m. If you see Justin Timberlake or someone like
him at a local eatery, please e-mail her immediately. mgoldstein@globe.com
- Steve Greenlee is living editor for The Boston Globe
- Hayley Kaufman is a senior assistant living arts editor
- Additional contributors include the Boston.com sports and A&E staff
Recent Blog Posts
- Aerosmith’s Tyler enters rehab - 12.23
- JoJo puts school on the shelf - 12.22
- First look at Cruise and Cameron in "Knight & Day" - 12.22
- Gisele's message to fans - 12.18
- Brady son has name (finally) - 12.18
