After the past weekend there is only one thing most movie bloggers will be talking about: The Oscars. Personally I am one of the exceptions who don’t really follow them and who will have a quick look at the winners, but that is usually about it. But I am interested in your thoughts about them.
What did you think of this year’s Oscars?
I thought it was pretty good. Ellen was hilarious… good thing she brought pizza and man… it was good thing I had some for dinner. I got most of my predictions right except for Doc and Production Design. I didn’t do the shorts while I had my alternate picks for Best Supporting Actress and Cinematography win. Lupita Nyong’o and Matthew McConaughey gave the best speeches.
Good to hear you had a great time watching it Steven!
I don’t watch the Oscars and last night’s outcome proves again why! It’s unbelieveable that Matthew McConaughey (with all respect for his great performance in DBC) instead of Leonardo DiCaprio wins the award for best actor in a leading role. I’m very dissapointed 🙁
McConaughey is not that of a surprise, but agree that DiCaprio deserves an Oscar…
“The Academy is 94% white, 77% male, 14% under the age of 50, and has a median age of 62. In addition, 33% of members are previous winners or nominees of Academy Awards themselves”
– If that’s not a bunch of reasons to take everything with a pinch of salt, I don’t know what is.
Yeah, that is a very good reason for those outcomes
The Oscars is a great event for Hollywood to congratulate itself on being Hollywood. Winning means a lot to those who get the Oscar but it means nothing to me.
That said, I like to look at the history of the Oscars and highlight where it went grossly wrong with its choices but it’s all opinion. Last night’s awards went to the right people in some people’s eyes, the wrong ones in others.
Like you, I check up on the winners but I don’t watch the show. I usually record it and skip through to the “best bits” – ie. John Travolta unlearning the ability to speak…
Yeah, it is just something a bunch of people made up 🙂 Still it can be a bit of an indication for movies worth checking out, especially if you go back in time.
Fell asleep.
But from what I did watch, I thought Ellen did a great job with the monologue, Jared Leto’s acceptance speech–though a little tangental–was moving, Jim Carrey and Kim Novak were both on something, and I’m pretty sure Sally Field has that Dick Clark no ageing gene.
Things I heard were good and plan to watch tonight on the DVR, the in Memoriaium and Bill Murray’s mentioning of Harold Ramis.
Fell asleep because of the show or other reasons?
Both. But leaning towards other reasons.
This was the first year in a long time that I haven’t run an Oscar pool, and it got pretty labor-intensive to tabulate it all over the past few years. So this felt very different and was fun.
The winners were mostly predictable, but that’s okay. It helped a lot to have Ellen instead of last year’s mess with Seth MacFarlane. She has a dorky type of humor (let’s have stars take selfies, eat pizza, etc.) that’s a lot of fun for me. She makes it seem easy too.
I thought this was a strong year for great speeches, especially for Lupita Nyong’o, Cate Blanchett, and Jared Leto. And that John Travolta blunder was ridiculous but kind of awesome in an odd way.
One thing I don’t do is get too wrapped up in who wins the awards. The key in enjoying the Oscars is now turning it into a true representation of what’s “better”. Comparing art in this way is silly. That’s the side of it that makes the show less fun.
Yeah, I guess you should just watch it for the show and not the results…
I thought it was pretty decent. A lot of people have said it was predictable and it was to a certain extent but I think pretty much all of the winners were very deserving.
So you had a pretty good time watching it.
This was the first year I watched til the very end and wasn’t bored. It’s not so much about the outcome (when the predicters talk about ‘late marketing’ you know it may not be the mosr objective result) but the spectacle. The dresses, Ellen’s antics, acceptance speeches.. just makes it a (sometimes) fun night for fans.
Yeah, it is all about entertainment 🙂