Once in a blue moon Oscars surprise me in a pleasant way, by rewarding

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

a film that I wouldn't expect them to, because it doesn't fit the usual "mold" of a Oscar best pic. "Silence of the Lambs" was such an example because good horror/suspense type films are usually ignored because it's the "wrong genre". "Annie Hall" would probably be another since any comedy is rarely recognized.

Selection of "Crash" is disappointing to me but I view it as a typical Hollywood Oscar pick. "Serious" "issues" movie. Disappointing to me (I thought Brokeback was easily the best film I saw last year) but a fairly typical Hollywood Oscar pick.

I don't have a quarrel based on "Hollywood wimped out politically" type of considerations, I just disagree with the pick based on what I see as the merits. I don't have a problem with those who like Crash as a pick, our tastes just differ...