The Oscars ceremony is the worst awards event at present. It needs a far bigger shakeup than it's getting. They need to:
Shrink it to two hours, never mind three. Ditch the song performances. That would help reduce the running time. Ditch the terribly pretentious scripts about the art of moviemaking that the presenters have to read from autocue. It's embarrassing. No one else does this. Ditch the individual Best Picture presentations scattered throughout the ceremony. Just give the award out at the end - that's another 30 minutes shaved off the running time. Stop ramming cameras up the audience's noses every ten seconds. Just generally stop taking everything so seriously!
You said everything that I would have. Thank you for saving me some time!
I always get a kick out of Oscar comments on this board. Members chime in saying the Oscars are meaningless and fairly dumb. Then some members say they don't care about the Oscars but battle here over the 5 nominated film scores, stating who should and should not win.
Then I sit down to watch the Oscars and notice that someone at FSM has posted who wins best movie score in less than a minute after the announcement. The next day, members chime in on what they liked and what they didn't like during the 3 hour program; therefore, there must be people from this board who watch the Oscars.
I love the Oscars, even though it can be too long.
Of course, I have to watch the 2 hour prequel where we get to see (and judge) all the fashions. That way I know what I should add to my wardrobe.
Seriously, I do find the show entertaining, and I like seeing the songs and scores performed.
I must be a mutant because I live near several nuclear power plants.
Motion pictures have become more trivial and disposable now than they have been at any other point in its history. One has to look pretty hard to find anything of substance and originality. Oh, there are worthy things now and then--but Lordy, the rest of the dreck...
And SPOTLIGHT for Best Picture? It's a fine film but who remembers it?
No I haven't seen it henry but your choices are normally good ones, I know the Oscars are crooks how in the hell didn't the Shawshank Redemption win any Oscars thievery.
And SPOTLIGHT for Best Picture? It's a fine film but who remembers it?
No I haven't seen it henry but your choices are normally good ones, I know the Oscars are crooks how in the hell didn't the Shawshank Redemption win any Oscars thievery.
I'm not saying they're always wrong, but often. You're right, I think SHAWSHANK should have won Best Picture. I mean FORREST GUMP was good, but it's no SHAWSHANK.
And the award for Thanks For Saving Me Some Time goes to... Litefoot! Sowwy Bob, better luck next Millionaires' Parade.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" for best picture over "Jaws", told me everything I ever needed to know about the Academy Awards.
No, that wasn't the one. Annie Hall > Star Wars was the one. Annie Hall changed romantic comedies (a dying genre now consigned to two billion Hallmark channels). The only thing Star Warsdidn't do was your taxes. They picked the wrong movie that had animation in it.
I always get a kick out of Oscar comments on this board. Members chime in saying the Oscars are meaningless and fairly dumb. Then some members say they don't care about the Oscars but battle here over the 5 nominated film scores, stating who should and should not win.
Then I sit down to watch the Oscars and notice that someone at FSM has posted who wins best movie score in less than a minute after the announcement. The next day, members chime in on what they liked and what they didn't like during the 3 hour program; therefore, there must be people from this board who watch the Oscars.
B-b-but that's Best Score: THE ONLY AWARD THAT MATTERS EVAH. Just televise that and have all the others pick up Oscars as door prizes.
If one views older Oscar telecasts from the 50s, winners generally went up to the podium, accepted their award by saying a quick thank-you, and made a quick exit. No pontificating or saccharine recitations of all the important people in their life. Let's have a return to those days.
B-b-b-ass-b-b-but there are egos to felate and billions on the line, so get on that stage and thank your deity de jour, your stylist de jour, and your social cause de jour... ALL THE DE JOURS!!!
Ooooorrrrrr you could make the greatest speech evah...
And SPOTLIGHT for Best Picture? It's a fine film but who remembers it?
No I haven't seen it henry but your choices are normally good ones, I know the Oscars are crooks how in the hell didn't the Shawshank Redemption win any Oscars thievery.
I'm not saying they're always wrong, but often. You're right, I think SHAWSHANK should have won Best Picture. I mean FORREST GUMP was good, but it's no SHAWSHANK.
Their both great movies, looking carefully we all know because its Hanks & the influence, but yeah Hanks did deserve it, come on doe SSR must be the 100 greatest movies of all time & I'm not a big fan just appreciate how I saw it, some big £ pockets that year.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced they are "postponing" their controversial new category to honor achievements in "popular" films. The announcement met with a tidal wave of criticism from A.M.P.A.S. members and movie fans in general who accused the organization of simply trying to goose up sagging ratings for the Oscar telecasts by including more coverage of boxoffice blockbusters. For more click here:
