The Great Love Story
So the Oscar nominations are out, and they’re just as I expected. I watched a lot of grown up movies this year, and by “grown up” I mean well written, well directed, and, well, totally devoid of any Happily Ever After. Mystic River had me crying a river. Monster completely ripped me to shreds. I lost myself in Lost in Translation. And Cold Mountain, good God. Cold Mountain embodied the futility of a salmon swimming upstream to mate just once…