So, anyone care about the Oscars?

[seven2go]

Streep is my favorite actress EVER.
There is virtually NO role she can't play......and play it to perfection.
Her portrayal of Childs will never be duplicated or improved upon.

That said.......I'm one for letting the established actors step aside now and then and make room for some noobies.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Operafan: You and I are in total agreement. To deny "Bareback Mountain" best movie was one thing....but to declare "Crash" the best movie was simply adding salt to the wound.

Um... if I could point out that many of the big critics (Ebert, Corliss, Travers) who know how these things work had earmarked Crash from the day it was released. I remember a lot of hoo-ha in here about it being a conspiracy, but these guys know their stuff and know the field intimately, and they'd spotted it from miles away.

Personally, I loved Crash. I really thought it was a masterpiece. And I wonder if those of you who thing Brokeback should have won would have thought the same if it was a hetero love story.

Should be watching Hurt Locker tonight.

The Hurt Locker only starts here in a couple of weeks, but it looks superb. I'm looking so forward to it.

No one in the industry believes Sandy Bullock gave the "best" female acting performance of the year.

But many, many people in the industry love her, and they feel it's "her time."

Roger Ebert thought she was superb.

I doubt the industry reckons anyone who's made the rom-com her staple fare is in need of an Oscar. Next you'll be having us believe they're demanding one for Hugh Grant.

I love the Oscars, and it's the only awards show I bother watching. Not enough to watch them live (partly because that's 3am .za time) but I will certainly watch the broadcast Monday night.

-d-

 

[boxerdudeuk]

There was the Cybersocket Awards which was held during the XBiz convention. A great party, a lot of fun. I also have been to the GayVNs.

But my dream was to make great porn, not to get an award for it.

so you'd turn it down obviously if you won for something in the future....?

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

so you'd turn it down obviously if you won for something in the future....?

Um.. no?

Hey, if someone wants to give me an award I'm not going to be an asshole and refuse to accept it. But it's not a life-long dream and it's not something I'd pour tens of thousands of dollars into, either.

Rubicon is saying that it's the "Dream" of young actors to win an Oscar. And I'm saying that if your "dream" is to get an award bought for you, you need better dreams. It doesn't mean that I'd be a jerk if I won one.

That said... I probably won't ever win anything because winning awards like that require campaigning for votes, money for advertising, time spent trying to convince people to vote for you. And it's just not something that I've ever really cared about.

When I worked for Fratpad, we won a Cybersocket award... we didn't campaign it or spend any time or money for it... it was fun to win and it was a great party. But it wasn't (a) a validation or (b) something we'd have been upset if we didn't win.

 

[Joshua_me]

meh...

I don't know, every year I go into it wanting to like the show....

I mean, I love all the fashions (so sue me, I'm gay... ) and just the general spectacle of the whole thing....

But, every year it ends up being like how Jasun sort of put it, One big self-aggrandizing, self-congratulatory never-ending circle jerk....

Still, this year I've seen more of the nominated films than usual:

Up in the Air

Up (Even if you hate Disney and Pixar, try to see this one on Blu-ray...)

Avatar

The Hurt Locker ( Horrible, stressful, excruciating to watch, and also an unforgettable must-see...)


And of course the latest Streep vehicle... (Just OK, IMO...)



OF course I'll watch...

Do I care about them ? In my own numbed-out, watch it all go by sort of way, sure I do...

 

[Lukeee]

This thread made me lose my horny but not my boner still hard as a rock after reading all that. I'm quite proud.

Anyway I don't watch it. I don't watch a lot of movies/tvs whatever else is in it and I don't keep up with celebrities at all so I probably wouldn't know more than a few people there.

Still hard

 

[disturbtheworld]

I used to care about the Oscars, but I never agree with their choices in the least. I do like to read about the nominees for ideas about good movies to see.

I will say Crash deserved the Oscar, although BB Mountain was a great movie.

 

[Red Storm]

Btw, am I the only gay/bi who couldnt watch Brokeback Mountain?

That movie looked SOOOO boring and I could not understand a thing Heath leadger said. I'd rather watch grass grow.. srry.

I don't think Crash deserved it either though.

Read the book instead ( brokeback mountain), it is only 50 pages.

 

[bearbacked]

I've always liked the Oscars, but other than Jeff Bridges who I've always thought to be the best living, no movie this year holds my interest, especially not the locks. It's a mediocre year in film, IMO

And being the Nth award of the season, I can't help feeling most of the voters might just lazily chose whoever has won everything so far in each category instead of actually bothering to watch some films they might not be interested in watching in the first place.

 

[shaychboi88]

I just wanna see Avatar win; saw 5 times in IMAX 3D; wanna learn Na'vi, wanna get my own avatar and go into cryo and get to Pandora.

 

[joshz88]

I like the Oscars. For the most part, I don't really care who wins, but friend of mine has an Oscar party every year, and we play our Oscars drinking game. If nothing else, the Oscars provide us with a good excuse to get hammered on a Sunday night. I am rooting for Christoph Waltz though, he is just incredible in Ingourious Basterds.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Well, with 3 hours to go.... anyone want to do predictions?

Cock on a block time:

Film> Avatar
Director> Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Actor> Clooney (Smart money on Jeff Bridges, apparently)
Actress> Bullock
S Actor> Waltz (Guy from Inglourious Basterds)
S Actress> Mo'nique
Screenplay> Tarantino
Adapted Screenplay> Jason Reitman/Up in the Air

-d-

 

[MawellEvans]

i hate those shows on "E". the hosts grovel and try to take some of the spotlight away from the actual guests. they claim to ask the questions i want to know about. i don't care who is wearing what, that kind of bullshit.

 

[Joshua_me]

Btw, am I the only gay/bi who couldnt watch Brokeback Mountain?

That movie looked SOOOO boring and I could not understand a thing Heath leadger said. I'd rather watch grass grow.. srry.

Not me.

I just bought it on Blu-ray and it looks *gorgeous*. The cinematography really shines. Much crisper and more detailed than in the theater.

And yes, at the end I cry like the little bitch that I am...

 

[Joshua_me]

Watching the red carpet right now...

Looks like it's been raining pretty hard. In L.A. in early March ?

Hmm, how long before Pat Robertson and his ilk say that rain was actually God crying over Hollywood and it's gay-loving depravities ?

 

[MyReply]

Btw, am I the only gay/bi who couldnt watch Brokeback Mountain?

That movie looked SOOOO boring and I could not understand a thing Heath leadger said. I'd rather watch grass grow.. srry.

I don't think Crash deserved it either though.

So many people treated Brokeback Mountain like some sort of pagen idol to worship that I was thrilled when it lost the award for Best Picture. I don't think Crash was a better movie, but giving that award to BBM would have been like feeding a stray cat.

Anyway I hope tonight a similar upset is pulled with Precious beating out Avatar for Best Picture. I just don't like the arrogance of "shoe in" nominees. I like that sort of thing snubbed/contradicted.

 

[Red Storm]

Way to go Mo'nique

 

[Joshua_me]

Ok, is it me or does George Clooney look completely wasted ?

 

[GL]

i was so happy to see michael giacchino win for his score for "up."

 

[scrapple]

The year that the awful "Dances With Wolves" beat "GoodFellas" was the year I stopped watching the Oscars.