Anybody else ignoring the Oscars?
 

I didn't even realize it was on until the radio play-by-play announcer for the Everett Silvertips made a reference to them during the second intermission. I feel they have been for sale for a lot of years, I *completely* lost interest in them after The English Patient got the Best Picture award over Fargo in '96. If they get it right once in awhile, I can only make the comparison to a stopped clock being right twice a day.

Discuss...

Me. I actually don't care about any of that shit.

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I have a reaction post on my blog if anybody cares.

I think there was a time, probably in the '70's and earlier, that they meant something. But as I said they have been for sale for many many years now.

You and I are really on the same wavelength, Paul. That is exactly when I lost interest in them as well.

To be honest, my favorite part about the thing was watching my favorite stars talk to the media on the red carpet. Now that there's twitter and youtube, I have zero need for that. I'll see the results tomorrow. And I still won't care who won.

I like a bunch of the contenders this year though, which hasn't happened to me for a long time.

Yeah, this past year was a hell of a good year in the movie department.

I was trying to watch NBA, but someone kept making me change the channel to the Oscars.

I don't have a lot of respect for the Oscars.

I'm watching Attack on Titan for the 4th time instead

Personally, I think the Oscars tend to over-hype big studio blockbuster films, and A-list celebrities who really don't need the hype. I long for the day where the Academy starts to seriously consider more independent films and lesser-known actors for the big awards. Same with the Grammys. I can't take any of it seriously.

I think we're saying the same thing, BD

Don't hold your breath.

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Man if you haven't been spoiled yet you've got to have some theories by now huh.

Actually I accidentally found out who the Armored Titan is. I will not be looking at any more AoT wiki pages. :mad:

There was an oscars ceremony today?

Who's Oscar?

Why does he get a ceremony?

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Because his pants are slightly open and all of Russia (or whatever his home country might be) is so threatened by his pants that the US is like "good golly and a good goddamn, we better give this man a medal"

ugh

I'm so tired

Because he's pretty great.

Man, not visiting the wikis is like rule number one when a book is ahead of a TV series. That's a pretty heavy one too. =\

Anyway nah, the Oscar's aren't my thing, though I know every major event that happened because, y'know, internet.

Never ever seen them. Don't even have a TV at home, which is so invigorating.

I haven't seen that many movies this year and snubbing The Tree of Life last year killed my appreciation for the award shows (among many others), so I'm also not watching the event. However, given that Steve McQueen is one of my favourite directors, I'm very happy that 12 Years a Slave won best picture.

Oscar met Tard? I so need to see this!

Wait, when did they happen?

By you saying that it's like you never watched an Oscars in your life.

They shit on blockbuster films all the time in favor of artsy type films. You will most likely never see a summer blockbuster movie win an Oscar. I think the only one to do it or even get a nomination was Inception. It only most won the technical type of awards anyways.


This year was a great year for the Oscars and Ellen as the host was hilarious. All you cool kids can sod off.

Edit: Forgot to add if you want to see/hear about more independent films then that's what the Sundance Film Festival is for and they have winners from that.

I love The Oscars. It's entertaining. Filmmakers I really admire get credit for their work then they get to go up and speak about it. Last night's especially was just loads of fun! And all the winners were deserved in my mind.

itt: "my favorite movie didn't win best picture therefore i'm gonna boycott the Oscar's as if my opinion matters"

The Oscar's was great this year. Ellen is a wonderful host. The best movie won best picture, and the best acting performances were credited with their respective awards. Everything went how it was supposed to go.

I don't share the same enthusiasm as some people, but I heard about it on a local news radio program this morning. Something about a selfie, pizza, Ellen, Gravity, 12 something or anothers, and McConaughey did the "Alright, alright, alright" thing.

That'll tide me over 'til next year.

I know that Sundance is for indie movies and a lot of great indie films have won awards there. About summer blockbusters, you're right, they won't ever get Oscar nods. Most films that the Academy nominate each year usually premiere here in at TIFF, which tends not to feature over-hyped movies anyways, every September.

I get that they try to award the more artsy films overall, and I recognize that the purpose of the Oscars is to reward people for their hard work. But I just don't really care about them anymore. I find that most of the media outlets end up talking about things like who was "Best/Worst Dressed", or who someone's date is, anyways. Maybe I'm wrong.

I thought the awards were great this year. Mcconaughey was deserving but his speech had way too much God and cliche in it for me. Twelve years was also deserving. I had no idea Brad Pitt was so involved in the making. I was a lil disapponted that The Act Of Killing didn't win, but that just makes me eager to see the other documentaries.

That's true but even this year was pretty classy and most stars brought their mothers as their dates. It was just love all around. Ellen was a great host. The movies that were nominated were pretty interesting films.

That's another great thing I like about the Oscars is seeing the documentaries that win and even the nominated ones. It shines a light on ones that I may have missed out on.

I've seen some good documentaries at the Hot Docs festival here.

The speech was heavy on religion and that was kind of lame, but I like that he interjected that classic McConaughey humour and to be completely honest - his piece about chasing yourself and being your own hero really inspired me.