The Oscars are tonight; prepare for outrage

I used to watch the Oscars every year.

Used to

 

ha, clever op.

 

I think if people can’t separate the art from the artist they are missing out. Tom Cruise movies are pretty good, doesn’t mean I want to join Scientology. Why should it matter to folks their favorite actor is a strong environmentalist or anti-Trump? Seems weird to me.

 

I’d watch it if it were half as long and started 2 hours earlier. I can’t stay up that late anymore.

 

Rubbish. The 9000 plus Academy members come from every trade within the filmmaking industry. Editors, costume designers, makeup artists, art directors, gaffers, casting directors and dozens of other professions represented have little interest in "the subject" or much of anything beyond their own craft.

The technical and aesthetic aspects of filmmaking are lightyears beyond what people outside of the industry can comprehend.

 

That’s exactly as it should be. Most people are idiots.

 

So good. That is easily my favorite film of the year.

 

I don't pay much mind to or view the oscars. I will say out of the list I have watched two of those films Power of the Dog and Dune. Neither of which I consder exceptional to watch again.

 

Mine too. Thought Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim and Bradley Cooper all deserved nominations, especially Haim. The half-true stories and connections behind the film made it that much more enjoyable.

Did you know that…
Phillip Seymour Hoffman's other kids were in the film?
Paul Thomas Anderson's own kids were in the film?
Family friends on camera included Spielberg's daughters, Leo DiCaprio's dad, Tim Conway's son, the entire Haim family (you probably knew that)?
The Shabbat dinner scene was based on a similar incident at the Haim family's home on Pesach?

Best of all…
The 15 year-old crush on a 25 year-old was based on PTA's own crush on his single, 25 year-old high school art teacher who he reconnected with during production on a Haim music video. She is Este, Danielle and Alana Haim's mom.

 

It's all bullshit, the number of white, gay or minority caterers shouldn't matter if a movie is award worthy.

 

Most ignorant and wrongheaded post in this thread. The awards should never be about anything but artistic merit, even though it hasn't always turned out that way. Seriously, Driving Miss Daisy over Do the Right Thing?

 

If a movie is unpopular who cares about it's merit.

 

If the population determined Oscar winners, it would be some idiot comic book movie every year winning best picture. Mindless shit like Avengers doesn’t deserve any awards.

 

I knew Haim’s family in the movie is her actual family but I didn’t know the rest of it. I love some movie trivia.

Totally agree on Haim and Hoffman deserving noms. I almost think they got snubbed because it was a debut for both of them. Amazing film. First movie I’ve seen in the theater since covid started and it was delightful.

 

I see this example a lot. I think it is only 1/2 right. DMD sucks, but IMO DTRT is pretty craptacular too. Crash & Forrest Gump IMO are 2 movies that didn't even deserve to be nominated. Not sure what was beaten out, but surely there are a lot of films from those 2 years far more deserving than those.

 

Is Bob Hope still the host? I think his humor is kind of stale for today's audiences.