The Oscars (and other awards)

This year's ceremony was the most entertaining in a while.

I've been watching the Oscars since the 90's and this might be the best one. Jimmy Kimmel was great. The fuck up at the end was legendary. Only comparable thing I can think of is Roberto Benigni going batshit crazy when he won two Oscars for Life is Beautiful. But Whoopi hosted that year and I thought she was a major downgrade from Billy Crystal.

People's hatred for La La Land fueled their enjoyment. If only this had happened when Shakespeare in Love won... or Crash... or The King's Speech.

I completely agree, her speech was pathetic.  "Our profession is the only one that celebrates what it means to live a life."  Holy shit she needs a reality check.  We work in the ENTERTAINMENT business.  I'm not saying that the industry we're in doesn't help people or raise awareness to issues, but that statement is absolute blasphemy.  It's an insult to the great work so many people and organizations dedicate their lives to.  Her blubbering was painful to watch.  So full of herself to the point of being disgusting.  The funny thing is she did not deserve the award, Naoime Harris did.  Has this speech been getting ripped to shreds or is she getting a pass because she's a black woman?  A quick glance shows a lot of praise but no one calling her out for it.  Pathetic. 

I'm at work but I'll post more of my Oscar thoughts later tonight.

I completely agree. Even aside from that part of her rhetoric, she was bombastically over the top. Blubbering, taking forever and ever to ramble about nothings. It was embarrassing. YOU'RE AN ACTRESS! I work in the industry because I love film, and again I don't deny that the industry has massive influence on raising social awareness. But come on, the work we do isn't nearly as important as so many other professions out there. What she said is bullshit and she should absolutely be condemned for it. Will she? Nope, The Huffington Post is already regarding the speech as "an instant classic." I'm liberal, but I agree that this kind of shit is why people got sick of the smug liberal elites thus paving the way for Trump. She was beyond full of herself.

I agree it's really not a big deal in the long run but it's a clear example of what people hate about award shows, celebrities and Hollywood. And it was watched by millions and millions of people around the world.

If they hate celebrities congratulating themselves so much why the hell are they watching the Oscars in the first place?

She's in a profession, where she takes her career very seriously? That's how it should be though.... If you have passion in your profession than saying what she said, gives her full respect. Shes not doing it for fame, or money unlike Adam Sandler and people in reality tv like Kardasians who wouldn't dare do these things if it wasn't for there pride and ego being amped up to 100. 

I don't know if anyone brought this up yet, but here's the inadvertent genius of last night: The Oscars managed to recreate the ending of La La Land in their own way.

I already said that, Phantom Knight. Don't try to Carlos Mencia me, man.

jk

I finally am sitting down to watch the whole ceremony. I am loving it. No problems with any of the speeches.

Maybe I'm just bitter because John Chode was there. Fuck that guy.

I loved the tour bus portion.

I think the biggest misstep was John Legend singing the songs from La La Land. Whatever the reason he did it, and Ryan and Emma chose not to, those songs lost a lot of their emotional punch when sang by him.

White Guilt Liberals need to stop pretending they watched Moonlight. It grossed $22 million. It's the 2nd lowest grossing Best Picture winner of all-time. Ya'll didn't watch the movie. Shut the fuck up. This is why Trump got elected. Stop politicizing everything.

Yes, it's a breakthrough that a Black movie that didn't revolve around slavery won Best Picture. That should be celebrated. But you can't blind praise the movie either or get upset when someone who did watch the movie says it's not that great. We can talk shit about Crash or 12 Years a Slave cause those movies weren't starving for an audience. The backlash didn't create any real harm. Moonlight is a small movie most people haven't seen. If you start creating animosity, guess what, people won't see it. If people feel like they HAVE to like a movie, they rather not deal with the pressure of it, and the movie gets lost in the crowd.

That's why, at the annoyance of Dracula and PG Cooper , I'll go to bat for a genre film instead of a prestige one. Get Out, the brilliant movie ya'll are ignoring and will eventually hate on, will ultimately do more good than Moonlight. You gotta throw some entertainment in there to ease the tension. Moonlight will always be perceived as a Black movie and I don't think that's what the filmmakers intended. They just wanted to tell a story based on their life. Not everyone is a white person in the suburbs. Not every story is gonna reflect that and it shouldn't. Moonlight is a movie. The end. But if people continue with the Black vs White narrative, it'll never be allowed to be one and its Best Picture victory will mean nothing. It'll always be the Black movie that stole the spotlight from La La Land.

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It's no secret that male Academy members vote for the Best Actress nominee they wanna have sex with. Hence... Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Lawrence and so on and so forth.