奧斯卡只是影劇學院內五、六千人的民意調查. 奧斯卡是反映美國某一群人在乎的題材, 與他們肯定的演出, 作品. 奧斯卡是非常主觀的！我只想以我的一些心情來談一談, 該如何看待奧斯卡這麼一個獎項.　　

For example,there is this debate that I have with myself today.
Should I write about my great half day trip with my family in
San Francisco, or comment on the true purpose of the World Classics
Baseball, or talk about Hollywood movie culture with the Academy
Awards? Actually, I wasn't thinking about writing today, but just that
I don't think I would sleep well if I don't.

The trip to San Francisco was my personal experience, which was the
most important thing in my life, and it was also something that I have
caught on the films, or more appropriate, the flash card. I can write in
next week without losing any major things. The WBC is the least
interesting topic in my mind, same as most of the American baseball
fans, at least before Koreans took on Japanese, and eventually took
the game from the arrogant Ichiro Susuki-led Japanese team. The
academy awards, seems so far away from me, but actually reminded
me many things, like how Ang Lee sticked with the philosophy he
believed when I heard his talk ten years ago, worked with what he
loves for all these years, and tonight, become the most famous
Chinese in the world, or at least in the global Chinese community.

Yes, there is this three-way perplexity just as it might be as
part of our daily lives. To think more about it, I learn an important
lesson, you should try to realize what you care the most. Think again,
what is important to you now, and what is the thing you should care
the most at this very moment? In my example, life with my family,
with my kids, it is an on-going thing. It lasts and it is going to be part
of my life, written down or not, plus there will be always be some
excitements everyday. WBC, it is just a baseball tournament, could be
a real classics, or could be a bust. I am not going to jump on any
quick judgement. Academy Awards, the Oscar, is actually what I would like to talk about the most, not every Academy Awards but this one.

Academy Awards is about movies. Just like movie, the awards are
very personal things. Annie Proulx's short story, versuses the
provocative, unflicnhing look of the 36 hours drama of the normal
people's life. "Brokeback Mountain" showed me two things, one is the
loves, especially between the homosexual cowboys, and the love of
the nature. "Crash" is actually a movie about the life that I am living in,
justwith more complexities, of the racial tolerance, and happened in
the city I lived for years when I first came to US.

Tina said to me that she felt Annie Proulx was right about not having
confidence on Ang about directing the movie because he was from
Taiwan, a metropolitan country. It is what I want bring up the most.
Is Taiwan really a metro-country? Is that why I couldn't fit in Taiwan?
I had that personal urge that nature was calling me every day while
I was fighting for the dream that our lives will be better if we kept
working hard? Ang Lee is different and is successful because he believes
in his dream. I am not sure whether he does believe in himself
to be where he is today. In one of the interview ETTV showed today,
Ang Lee was talking about Academy awards when he was in high
school. How long has he tried to live up that dream? Hope his father
were able to see him winning the best director today.

As to the best movie, I believe "Crash" win it with legit reasons. Movie,
is not just about story, is not about director. It is about actings, cast,
message, etc. Ang's movie might have lost because the "Gay"
image, or because of the "Cowboy" part of the movie. "Crash" is so
powerful, and so direct when it put all the elements together. I would
vote for "Crash" just by how Matt Dillon perform in that movie. A
house wife, a DA husband, a couple car hi-jackers, a few officers, and
the rest of the characters in the story, just give you the tension
about lives in the big city. In US, facing the crimes in the big city,
dealing the diversity of cultures or even in the same working
environment are big challenges. Hollywood, it is about making movies
that people can understand and would pay to watch. "Brokeback
Mountain"? Two of my five best white guy friends told me that they
would rather go to see the ballet. Can this movie win Academy Awards,
the symbol of American movie? I don't think so.

For those of you who is about to make your judgement, stop, and
think again. Things are not that straightforwards, but it is not that
complicate neither. Find out what you like, what you REALLY like.
Criticize as hard as you want, but, don't jump into any quick
judgement.

After I wrote this articel, I found out there is one article with great
detail about the movie "Crash". 比斷背山更可能奪獎的電影撞車(衝擊效應)