Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Oscars BLAHSCARS
So Crash won. I didn't see it but I'm sure it's pretentious bullshit - like the audience at the show. If this show proved one thing it's what the most reasonable among us knew forever: celebrities are fucking astronauts.
Some comments from Metacritic.com. They're from users and they're actually more interesting than the critics. So, EVERYBODY sucks! http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/78thannualacademyawards
Drew F gave it a 4:
Stewart recognized that his material was tanking early on, and so he opted for much safer comedy for the rest of the night. On one hand, probably a safe choice, on the other: BLAH. This show really did a good job of displaying the political and social disconnect between Hollywood and the heartland of America. Seemed like it was all a tribute to Hollywood's collective head shoved up it's ass. Sad. Do you think THIS is really the way to make box office receipts go UP? By telling the rest of America that they're idiots and that they should follow the Hollywood intellectuals and their TRAIL BLAZING WAYS? And to top it all off, the most bland, contrived film nominated took home the award for Best Picture. Keep believing your own press, Hollywood!
Heh. Yup.
joe gave it a 5:
crash won? seriously? crash? give me a break! but, three 6 completely made up for that travesty of justice by making a few million white people REALLY uncomfortable. i think that's a lot more relevant statement of race than crash will ever be.
Um. I guess? Maybe? What would us stupid white folk know of the artistic relevance of repetitive hip-hop? If it's not smooth jazz then fuck it M I RITE lol
JGC: gave it an 8:YES. Best analogy I've seen in a long time. Jon wasn't bad. I mean, he was hardly onstage and when he was he took potshots at celebrity assholes and the bullshit of the business. So, fuck you, L.A.
Opening bit about past hosts was great. Jon proved a good MC for the proceedings. Some jokes and comments funny, some just mildly clever. But blaming him for a boring Show is like blaming the Pastor for a funeral. best regards.
WHOOPS nevermind.Los Angeles Times - Paul BrownfieldAs TV comedy, anyway, the gambit worked, even if you couldn't help notice the look of vague comprehension on the faces of the stars themselves. Stewart's monologue might have played as a kind of well-written chore, but then he hit his stride as the show went on, mostly by doing what he does so well on his own program -- jokes out of videotape.
I suppose the most excitement I got from it was the Batman Begins nomination for Cinematography. They showed the clip of Bruce standing surrounded by the swirling bats. MMMMFFFFFF. So my excitement lasted approximately 1.4 seconds. Oh and they showed a clip from Blade Runner in a nifty TRIBUTE to EPICS or something. So, that brings my excitement up to 2.5 seconds perhaps. But there were also shots of Return of the Jedi and Fellowship of the Ring so... okay, let's say four seconds flat. But there was also a NOIR TRIBUTE using the L.A. Confidential theme music and there were tired-looking guys wearing awesome hats in smoky black and white so... shit... ok, I'll round up to a minute. A MINUTE. Phooey.
It was also nice for Philip Seymour Hoffman to win. He's filthy! Can't wait to see him in Mission: Impossible III - Philip Seymour Hoffman Does Mean Things or Whatever to Special Agent Ethan Hunt's Girlfriend or Wife!
# posted by magusart @ 5:52 PM 
