Mark Evanier has some thoughts to add on the whole Oscars thing, detailing why Stewart was actually quite good and why the controversy on Brokeback Mountain‘s “snub” is largely pointless. He writes:
These are the Oscars, people. They matter to agents and actors and technicians and people in the movie industry whose incomes are pegged to how many tickets or DVDs get sold. They shouldn’t matter that much to anyone else. I wish some of my friends spent less time caring about who wins Best Supporting Actor and more time worrying about who wins President of the United States of America. Personally, I think we’d be better off in both cases with Paul Giamatti.
Paul Giamatti for President? Hmm…