Author Topic: Oscars wut (Read 33988 times)

Svevan · « **on:** February 25, 2008, 07:31:35 AM »

I don't really want to discuss the Oscars cuz I don't care about them but it's the only thing I did today so I might as well start the topic, wait for someone to say something dumb, then jump on their ass like the jerk that I am.

On second thought, I think I'm going to become a new man. Maybe this time, instead of telling everyone what they SHOULD think, I'll just tell them what I think in an un-condescending way, so as to share thoughts and opinions, encourage multiculturalism, and dispel the animosity that comes naturally with Internet discourse and me.

Maybe I'll become a learner instead of a fighter, and be known as the most peaceful intellect on the planet. I'll fly to the moon to teach seminars and go to Washington D.C. to support the next honest presidential candidate. Maybe I'll make movies that are argued about, but the people arguing love each other despite their differences. Maybe I'll learn French. And then move to France. Then I'll come home and direct plays and fight poverty and build houses with no nails.

it's a worthwhile dream to have i think

ShyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2008, 07:39:34 AM »

[q]I don't care about them but it's the only thing I did today.[/q]

Irony has taken over everyone's lives. Or maybe that was sarcasm, I can't tell.

I cared about the Oscars once. Then a girl broke my heart.

I didn't see any of the movies, but I like the Coen brother's films, so I'm glad they won.

that Baby guy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2008, 07:45:05 AM »

My roommate cares far too much about the Oscars. If the person/people/project won that he wanted to win, he'd shout out "Yeah! Alright! I knew it!" If this person/project/group didn't win, you'd hear "Jesus! Dangit!" He was excited the whole show because the awards were either going to whomever he predicted or whomever he favored, but he was upset, because at the end, the Best Picture went to No Country For Old Men, rather than one about the screaming, crazy bowler.

It struck me as odd, because with SAG, he wanted NCFOM to win everything, but he seems to have pulled a 180 over his position on what awards the movies should win.

As for me, I wanted Ratatouille to win every category. Including the ones it wasn't nominated for.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:39:49 AM »

No awards for Superbad means the Oscars are made of fail.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2008, 11:06:48 AM »

I haven't seen any of the movies from the Oscar's. I don't remember the last time I went to the theater to see a movie, but I think it was Spider-Man back in 2002, it seems like that was the last time I saw a theatrical showing and not on DVD.

wandering · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2008, 11:58:16 AM »

Jon Stewart was pretty funny, but I'm disappointed he wasn't as hard on Hollywood as he was last time.

I'm happy that the winner for Best Original Song was decent. How often does that happen?

My favorite Best Picture nominee (There Will Be Blood) didn't win, and my favorite two films of last year (Persepolis and Ratatouille) weren't even nominated...but I like the Coen brothers so I'm not too shaken up.

THE Princess · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:04:22 PM »

I did not watch the Oscars because they bore me to death. I don't understand how people become so wrapped up in something so idiotic. Whether or not a movie wins an award or not is not going to change my mind about whether or not I liked that movie. Oh and lets not get started on how people become obsessed about how people were dressed. Noo thanks.

Deguello · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:04:44 PM »

Yeah. It's unfortunate that an animated film as good as Ratatouille just can't seem to threaten Best picture. there's some kind of anti-animation bias just for that one category.

But other than that, I liked it. Especially with Jon Stewart opening the show by playing Wii Tennis. Man how does this game stay relevant?

that Baby guy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:09:27 PM »

He didn't open the show with it, that's how they came back from a commercial break. Yeah, I can't get worked up about them. I really don't care if the movies, actors, or directors I may like get awards. The funniest category is the editing one. Yeah, I'm certain we've all seen all of the completely unedited footage of a film to find which one wound up edited best.

I played Professor Layton through the thing, actually. I'm on chapter 3 or something around there now, thanks to the Oscars!

Deguello · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2008, 01:17:08 PM »

Oh heh. I actually didn't see either the opening or the Wii Tennis Part. I just assumed it was the opening.

vudu · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2008, 02:43:54 PM »

Quote from: Wandering on February 25, 2008, 11:58:16 AM

I'm happy that the winner for Best Original Song was decent. How often does that happen?

I was psyched for that, as well. Most people here probably haven't seen it, but I highly recommend Once for the music alone. The rest of the movie isn't bad, either. But there are 4 or 5 really excellent songs in that movie.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #11 on:** February 25, 2008, 02:44:24 PM »

Stewart found something better to spend his time on.

Stewart VS. Colbert would've rocked the house.

No, I didn't watch the Oscars. At all.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #12 on:** February 25, 2008, 02:57:49 PM »

The oscars were boring and predictable. It is hard to be dissapointed or overjoyed with the winners though, all the show is about is about stars telling each other how great they are, and how important they are. Personally the whole Hollywood scene is ridiculous and self centered. Yeah I have respect for some stars but I would never worship them like so many seem to do. Oscars are just an extension of this egotism.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2008, 03:06:58 PM »

Did anyone watch the brits? Huh Huh?!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2008, 05:40:10 PM »

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I'm happy that the winner for Best Original Song was decent. How often does that happen?

I hadn't heard any of the songs prior to the awards but when I heard the performance of that song I was immediately rooting for it. It was a great song so I wanted it to win and I didn't think it would. I figured that gospel song would win because it was from some movie that dealt with people in Harlem having a rough life and stuff. It's the sort of preachy issue stuff that the Academy likes to reward like how last year that horrible Melissa Etheridge song won purely because of the global warming message attached to it. So I was estatic to see the best song win. And then after they cut off the girl's mic before she could thank anyone Jon Stewart brought her back on. That was great! The stupid orchestra always f*cks over the non-actors because of the star factor. I hate it when someone doesn't get to say ANYTHING on their big moment because they're not famous so I loved seeing that actually getting addressed for once, and having it tie in with the deserving song made it all better.

In fact the Oscars were largely not very controversial this year which is probably why no one is really talking about it today but for me I enjoyed it more. No obvious deserving winners getting screwed over. No "it's their turn" crap where someone gets an award merely because they should have won one years ago for something better. No "we're famous so our opinion is obviously worth more" political message.

In fact the only part of the show that made me mad (and typically there's always one moment that pisses me off) was when they were showing the montages of past winners and they showed Cuba Gooding Jr.'s long embarrasing acceptance speech. I've ALWAYS thought he never deserved that award for a nothing performance over William H. Macy. But then the guy's career has amounted to sh!t like Snow Dogs so karma balanced everything out in the end.

I think a fair amount of people don't like the Oscars because it doesn't fit what they're interested in. There are only four actor awards so people who just want to see the stars are bored through most of it. While others probably have the opposite reaction. They don't like the attention celebrities get and thus don't like what they see as Hollywood patting itself on the back. Others probably find the awards too pretenious as they've never seen most of the films being nominated. I like the Oscars because I have an interest in film-making. I don't care about stars but I do like actors and, yes, there's a big difference. I find the less popular awards like for costume design or writing interesting. And though I typically haven't seen many of the films being nominated it does help me discover some great films that I otherwise wouldn't be familiar with because they're not some mainstream oriented blockbuster.

Though I have a question for Americans. In Canada, by law, if a Canadian channel is showing the same show as an American one our cable provider automatically re-routes us to the Canadian one (as a result I NEVER see the Superbowl commercials everyone talks about the next day). I noticed some goofy stuff and I'm wondering if that was a specific Canadian feed issue or an overall problem. First the opening video looked like a 3D image but I didn't have the glasses on. Everything looked doubled. Second, and I noticed this LAST YEAR and figured the Oscars would have the attention to detail to fix it, often in montages I couldn't read any text because the image on the big screen at the show was widescreen but my TV isn't and the sides of the image were getting chopped off and usually that was where the text was. Were these dumb CTV screw ups or were they problems with the feed everywhere?

Caliban · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:37:38 PM »

Don't watch much tv other than the weather channel. Yup. Let's see how cold it's going to be tomorrow in the morning... -2 degrees celsius, no wind-chill. Yay, it's no longer -20, -30 with wind-chill.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:52:04 PM »

Quote from: Caliban on February 25, 2008, 06:37:38 PM

Don't watch much tv other than the weather channel. Yup. Let's see how cold it's going to be tomorrow in the morning... -2 degrees celsius, no wind-chill. Yay, it's no longer -20, -30 with wind-chill.

Probably much more exciting than the Oscars were, which may be the least viewed Oscar show.

Caliban · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:53:59 PM »

And it took me only 1 minute to watch such weather forecast. The oscars are overrated, confirmed.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2008, 07:05:27 PM »

Shouldn't this thread have a better title?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2008, 07:08:28 PM »

Quote from: DAaaMan64 on February 25, 2008, 07:05:27 PM

Shouldn't this thread have a better title?

Evan is talking down to our level, or at least he thinks he is.

ThePerm · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2008, 07:47:56 PM »

I thought the oscar awards this year were great...

actually i didn't watch them

THE Princess · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:56:38 PM »

Oscars Shmoscars.

matt oz · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2008, 11:00:06 PM »

Quote from: Ian Sane on February 25, 2008, 05:40:10 PM

In fact the only part of the show that made me mad (and typically there's always one moment that pisses me off) was when they were showing the montages of past winners and they showed Cuba Gooding Jr.'s long embarrasing acceptance speech. I've ALWAYS thought he never deserved that award for a nothing performance over William H. Macy. But then the guy's career has amounted to sh!t like Snow Dogs so karma balanced everything out in the end.

Don't forget Daddy Day Camp!

vudu · « **Reply #23 on:** February 25, 2008, 11:03:16 PM »

Quote from: THE Princess on February 25, 2008, 10:56:38 PM

Oscars Shmoscars.

Thank you for that insightful post that contributed to the topic at hand. Your keen grasp on the matters currently discussed have enlightened and entertained us all. Somebody give this poster a point.

THE Princess · « **Reply #24 on:** February 25, 2008, 11:06:07 PM »

^evil.

I cannot discuss the oscars in an intelligent manner because I think they are pointless.
The end.

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