3 too many song nominations

Dreamgirls - 42 (Bill Condon)

I have never seen more ham-fisted, heavy-handed direction. There is actually a shot, during a montage where one of the girl's singles is tanking, of the record being thrown in the trash. Just a one second shot, put in the movie just so that everyone in every theater, no matter how stupid they are, can figure out what is going on. Basically, this whole movie is just Bill Condon saying, "Subtext! Subtext!! Look at all my subtext!!." I'm surprised that he didn't just didn't put it into subtitles. The dialogue is partly ridiculous too... Worst line of the year, and this is the only appearance of the mom in the movie:

Girl's mom: "You make her sound like she is product."
Shady agent: "Product... I like that."

There are also way too many songs, and they all sound exactly the same. If you haven't figured out the reason that the Pat Boone parody is way too exaggeratedly white, it is because the original of the song is completely white. There is almost no soul to any of the music at all.

The only good thing about this were (some of) the performances. Eddie Murphy is great for the 50 seconds or so that he is allowed to act. Jaime Foxx is pretty good in a horrible role. When Jennifer Hudson is singing, she is a great actress, but the rest of the time Beyonce outshines her. And Hinton Battle is great, even though he has nothing at all to do.