Anyone else not care about the Oscars?

Gonzorex · 25-02-2005 2:04pm #1

I'm not one bit interested in this poor excuse for entertainment only as an excuse to spit bile about something so awful. The one thing worse than watching edited highlights would be having to sit through the whole damn array of stupid songs, bad jokes, undeserving winners and billions of wasted cash.

Martin Scorcese is obviously going to clean up and after being rejected so many times he'll still turn up to accept his award for one of his worst films . . . no pride. Anyway he should have had his retina's removed after Gangs of New York . . .

TerrorFirmer · 25-02-2005 2:10pm

Nope, not much interest here either! I'd rather be doing pretty much anything else other then watching the oscars, even if it meant doing some study

jor el · 25-02-2005 2:48pm

Yup, couldn't give a toss about that or any other awards show. In particular though, the Oscars is a big pile of poo, moreso than say the BAFTAs or the Meteor awards.

Chringingly bad jokes, whinging biotches (there's always at least one) and a load of crap actors I wouldn't watch on a pirated DVD. No thanks.

ixoy · 25-02-2005 2:58pm

I watched 'em last year 'coz I wanted to see LotR get what it deserved but this year I've no emotional investment in any of the nominations. Also I'm not sure that it's being broadcast on terrestial tv live and there's no point in watching it if you know who the winner are.

This year, at least, I won't be angered/happy over the winners so I'll look at the results, nod, and know there should be others there (as always). More fun is watching the fights between the conservatives and liberals beforehand...

simu · 25-02-2005 3:23pm

No interest. Vacuous shíte tbh.

Etain · 25-02-2005 3:26pm

I have no interest. Haven't watched for a few years now. I don't want to know celebrity political views and I don't care what they are wearing.
Even though he's hosting,Chris Rock made comments( not especially kind) about the people who were actually interested in the Oscars.

doh.ie · 25-02-2005 3:36pm

Was only worth staying up for two years ago when the Iraq war had just kicked off and the speeches were electric, all building up to Moore's documentary win for Bowling for Columbine.

Of course, this year Fahrenheit 9/11 was entered for Best Picture not Best Documentary and he missed out on either! Wouldn't have been quite the same political climate even if he had been around as a nominee.

Any of the particularly weepy and cringeworthy speeches (in the vein of Paltrow and Berry) will be on the news on Monday morning anyway.

Only showing on Sky Movies 1 this year, with a Monday edited repeat (by Sky) on Sky One, with highlights also on RTE1. (RTE's edited version, edited in the US before being satellited overseas, is notable mostly because that Moore speech was completely chopped from it in 2003. So it's very much the less fun one.)

koneko · 25-02-2005 3:38pm

Couldn't care less. Chris Rock was right when he said it's basically just a fashion show with celebs. Everyone kissing eachothers behinds and telling them how great they are, when the people that really deserve recognition don't get it. It's all politics.

Capt'n Midnight · 27-02-2005 7:50pm

Kirasawa rejected an award for them can't remember the words he use but some thing like "self congratulatroy"

I can remember one Late Late Show where they gave NO fashion award because the standard wasn't high enough. Imagine that in Hollywood where they'd award two oscars on some years and none on others..

And far too many awards going to people because of thier previous body of work and not necessarily for the current flick.

Also too much spent on ads in local mags to "buy" the awards.

iguana · 27-02-2005 10:43pm

I think it's kind of ironic that in the edited version they leave out the editing award. It's like we do need you to edit, but we aren't even going to pretend that anyone gives a damn about your profession.

And I do care about the Oscars. I care that Malcolm in the Middle was not on Sky this week because of some bulls**t Oscar pre-show with Sharon Osborne and Jamie Theakston. And that last week RTE showed 2 episodes of Scrubs as the would showing the Oscars this Monday and I didn't know and only taped the first ep.

MisterAnarchy · 28-02-2005 1:05am

The Oscars are getting worse every year.
I made a point of seeing nearly every main film nominated and to be honest I could think of far better nominees in each category.
I notice most of the main films are released by Miramax who whore themselves to win awards.

Hugh Hefner · 28-02-2005 1:17am

I'll be watching cos' I like all the glamour and to know who won before other people. That, and the speeches can be pretty memorable. Sentimental me.

Karl Hungus · 28-02-2005 8:05am

Blargh, it's a dreadfull shambles of a show. Let me put it this way, in the year when Edward Norton was up for best supporting actor for his role in Primal Fear, Cuba Gooding Junior recieved the award for shouting show me the money. A shambles I tells you!