The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Indie Spirit Awards Nominations

The Independent Spirit awards unveiled their nominees earlier today and like always they were an interesting bunch. After the usual chatter online, I decided to take another gander at the the noms and come up with some more concrete thoughts. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Spirit Awards nominations.

Pacific Rim and Crystal Fairy: Why You Don’t Owe Films Your Support

Twitter and Facebook have been places of intense discussion for the past several days, most of it revolving around the George Zimmerman verdict and Cory Monteith’s death. But there’s been just as much discussion regarding Pacific Rim‘s box office and whether the third place finish signals death of new material. Also on the Twitter is convos surrounding Crystal Fairy, a movie I loathed out of Sundance. I initially hadn’t planned on commenting on Pacific Rim or Crystal Fairy (cause I’d love to forget about the latter) but after seeing two people I respect and am friendly with advocate for these films, I had to share my opinion.