With seeing The Betrayal, I have seen all the Oscar nominated documentary films, and it is time to hand out the Andrew Award for this category.
The nominees are:
The Betrayal: Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man On Wire
Trouble the Water
I hated Encounters at the End of the the World. How it received a nomination I do not know, but it should not win anything, except maybe a Razzie.
The two films The Betrayal and Trouble the Water were both excellent, and treated their subjects in a unique way. And I learned a lot from both of them---but, they were quite good enough for best documentary.
That leaves The Garden and Man On Wire. The Garden was really, really good. But the winner of this year Andrew Award, Best Documentary goes, hand's down, to...Man On Wire! (Wild applause...cue standing ovation).
Man On Wire tells the story of Philippe Petit, who planned and carried out his goal, in 1974, of walking between the Twin Towers on a tight rope. When I heard about this film, with rave reviews, I thought it still sounded boring. But it plays as a thriller, captivating, sometimes edge of your seat thrilling, and simply amazing.
There is only one category left for the Andrew Awards, and this is best foreign film. If the year before is any example, it will be awhile before all those nominees are out on DVD.
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