tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301700579040384196.post-10242122514916884212008-03-28T07:23:00.000-07:002008-03-27T19:34:00.880-07:00Awards.<br /><br />A for instance: After Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, and more, Scorcese gets a directing Oscar(TM) for a tedious and ridiculous self-parody "The Departed" with featured an embarrassing performance by Jackie "The Joker" Nicholson, denouement of bullets-to-the-head that is executed (excuse the pun) seemingly without the slightest awareness of its own absurdity.<br /><br />So that two things I hate. Awards (because they are often for something else -- which will be the case if Chabon wins the Hugo this year) and "The Departed."Michael Canfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253993580978300259noreply@blogger.com