A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

WORST OF THE BEST: Blogger Edward Copeland surveyed film critics and bloggers to determine what was the "worst" Best Picture winner. While heavily tilted towards recent films, it's a good read.

My balot, for what it's worth, was topped by American Beauty, a movie that overwhelms you with its mood on the first viewing, and completely falls apart on previous subsequent viewings, with both the banality of its message (Suburbia Is Bad, Having Sex With Teenagers Is Good!) and, I mean, c'mon, the plastic bag thing?

(Oddly, the smaller one's role in that movie, generally the more success one's career has had thereafter, with John Cho and Marissa Jaret Winokur making much better choices than Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari and, of course, Kevin Spacey.)