Reply #61: I cannot believe how NASTY this post has gotten...

[marmar]

Clearly, there are many opinions on what the best picture was. But can't we disagree and be civil?

It's wrong to assert that there's no homophobia in Hollywood - you probably don't have to look very far to find homophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, sexism or whatever, even in "liberal" Hollywood.
But it's also wrong to assume that homophobia is definitely what determined the Best Picture. I know lots of people who saw Brokeback, Capote, Munich and Crash and loved all four, and you'd have lots of choices for best picture among those people.
If you're choosing the most groundbreaking movie with the biggest social impact, it's Brokeback without question. But does that make it best movie in the critical sense? I'm not so sure. You could have chosen any of those four for best picture without much regret, IMHO.