Ok. Am I the only one who doesn't care about Oscar?

I mean, what's so fucking special about a bunch of actors and actresses doing their jobs? Who the hell decides what movies are the so called best anyway? One mans great movie may be another man's crap. Just watch the movies and enjoy them, or not. Personally, I loved "Caddyshack" and I'm pretty sure it didn't win any Oscars. Undoubtedly too tacky for "serious" film people. And most indie films I have seen suck too.
Yeah, I know a few films have great social and/or political importance, but what makes them any more worthy than something that just plain old fashioned entertains people? I also like a lot of Clint Eastwood films and as far as I know, only one has ever won an Oscar, "Unforgiven". And that was a good movie, but still one of his weaker efforts, imo. All I'm saying is that Hollywood and all the alleged "serious" critics can't tell me what to like or dislike. I saw "Syriana" and it was too hard to follow. So does that make it a great film, because an average guy like me had trouble following it? No. I just don't give a damn about the Oscars, but then again,I rarely watch any awards shows, save for the former Handys, now simply called the Blues Music Awards. But since they are not on major network TV, they don't count.

Jon Stewart is doing great!

;-)

I do look to see who won the next day, thats about it.

Am sort of interested to see if the big prize goes to Brokeback Mountain, because that will be fun... :popcorn:

The Oscars can be entertaining, but they shouldn't be headline news, IMHO.

My taste in movies is to eclectic to fit into the mold of the awards...I find that I usually either have very little opinion on the nominations, or disagree completely. Of course, one of my favorite movies of all times was Ghostbusters, if that tells you anything.

I think this might be the first time I've ever actually watched an Oscar ceremony.

John Stewart was the Host, and to see how he was handling it, but soon clicked over to another show.

"If we tear that statue down can we bring democracy to Hollywood?" He was mocking pulling the SH statue down. lol

rather look at the 10 second re-cap later.

ya ya ya.....doesnt do it for me. geez i get embarrassed for the people that say their speeches, generally they jsut seem very awkard and emotion and makes me uncomfortable for them

The Oscars have been irrelevent for decades anyway.

I have not watched in the past 10 years.
Mostly silly and boring. Usually, I haven't seen most of the films. Acceptence speeches, yawn.

man....every frickin YEAR!

quit putting it on so often, already

i'm interested in seeing how Brokeback, Syriana, and Good Luck do.

i'm sure my daughter will be watching Clooney since she got to visit his office.... but he wasn't there. :-((

I have my favorites and sometimes they come nowhere close to the Oscar stage.

Oscar does not automatically equal good movie.

I think they're useful, however, for annoying fundies.

why can't the frigging pigmedia just leave things alone? blowing up the academy awards into some kind of bs 'global extravaganza' while ignoring the most terrible criminal gangsters ever to screw up the usa seems to be their easy way out, the dodge....the revulsion that those tabloid mags found near checkout counters evoke conjure up an image of helplessness at the state of our society, and when you watch the oscars you can see that 'hollywood' is as helpless as we are, and at least jon stewart mocks the fatuous hero worshipping nonsense that is the political correctness that's prevalent now, this being georgebushamerica until the people are rid of him .....

Hair on fire, nevermind the panties in a bunch.

and apparently appreciate those because you appreciate excellence in music, specifically blues. I imagine socially relevant blues would be even more deserving of recognition.

And so it is with film.

People in a profession awarding excellence. Not an attack on your movie watching habits.

being a member of the Blues Foundation. Maybe if the average movie goer could have a say in what wins, the Oscars might hold more interest for people. But we have absolutely no say as to what wins and what doesn't in motion pictures.
I think we agree that sports is entertainment, and in all major sports, fans have a chance to vote for all stars. Why can't the same be done for movies and music?

Hello??? Who do you think votes for the Oscars? 6,500 members of the Acadamy of Motion Pictures including actors, animators and short film makers, art directors and costume designers, cinematographers, composers and songwriters, documentary filmmakers, directors, executives, film editors, producers, public relations specialists, sound technicians, visual effects experts, and writers. I think they have every right to award excellence in their profession. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

and I still don't know the nomination process. I imagine it's the same for the film industry.Incidentally, I am not involved in the Blues Music industry, just a huge fan. So I reiterate, why can't film fans have some say in what wins and what doesn't? I am not watching it. Like I stated in my original post, I rarely watch awards shows.

and some others where people do get to vote.

I would vote to just not have movies. Other than Wedding Crashers, what a steaming pile.

http://www.pcavote.com/nominees_fi.shtml

to my mind, the SAG awards are more interesting, as the winners are chosen by their fellow actors. But then I only watch SAG if a certain actor is in nomination. Otherwise I don't really care.

But I appreciate the fact that the Academy is pretty liberal, and I have almost always liked the movie that ends up being selected for "Best Picture." Still, I feel no need to watch. I can find out who won what in the paper tomorrow.

-Laelth

Limbaugh and Hannity hate the fucking Oscars, too.

It's a great show. I love the montages of film clips they put together.

I've always liked watching the Oscars & Jon Stewart is doing a great job.

It was an excellent film and deserved everything it got.

till this mornings headlines.

I haven't seen any of them, and I really don't care. The only movies I'll be paying attention to are the foreign, documentary and animated short.

wanted to see chris rock. a couple of years i didn't bother. depends on the mood i'm in.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815

The poor critter never did anything to hurt you.

every year.

The only reason it's even on television is due to the bizarro celebrity worship that runs rampant in the Western World.

i'm minimally interested, at best.

i can stand about half an hour of the decadence.

I had very little idea what the fuss was about.

Lots & more.