I hate Ron Howard, I hate Russel Crowe, I'm not a big fan of bio-pics. obviously you can see i felt pretty bitch-slapped when this "film" won Best Picture. The academy seems only to recognize this stoic Aussie in brash terrible performances by overrated directors. Why not acknowledge the real pieces of film out there, there were plenty beautiful film pieces realized in 2001 that many people have never heard of. Best Pic should've went to Royal Tenenbaums. and by the way Akiva Goldsman isn't a genius, look at Batman and Robin.