Mini rant…damn these award shows…I haven’t seen a movie all year, they are taking up TV time on such a mundane and pointless show, it makes me mad.
I don’t have cable and have few choices…
'spose I will watch a movie on my TV tonight from years gone by…maybe an 80’s flick like Stripes, Platoon or …
I think I’ll watch the intro, just to see what Billy Crystal has to say about the statuette theft. Then I’m probably going to watch the History Channel. They’ve got a Civil War battle show mini-marathon tonight.
I haven’t seen any of the contenders, either.
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The last “new” movie I saw was South Park, last summer in Seattle.
I’m gonna watch anyway – like someone else here said, it’s not for the awards – we watch to see who’s with who, who’s wearing what, and to make fun of the people doing the commentary.
I think the CNN chick just said “joo-la-ree”.
Oh, and Robin Williams is supposed to “sing” the Blame Canada song from South Park. That should be worth the price of admission. (Free.)
That settles it. Robin Williams makes me gag! I rented a DVD of 2001: A Space Odyssey so I’ll be camped out in front of the computer tonight watching that while my husband yells “What?!?! Noooooooo! Not that one!!” in the next room.
(I was tempted to watch just to see if Trey Parker combs his hair, but I think I’ll wait for the highlights.)
Adrock, light up the place
And if you pull my card you pull the ace
And if you ask me turn up the bass
And if you play Defender I could be your hyperspace
Oh, I enjoyed it. Billy Crystal is a fantastic host (I don’t think a single joke of his flopped), the fashions were fun to admire and mock, some of the acceptance speeches were good (albeit most weren’t), and some of the winners surprised me. Robin Williams’ take on “Blame Canada” amused me, hearing Issac Hayes do “Shaft” again was cool, and who knew Queen Latifa could belt out cool jazz and big band like that? Love her! (And when Germans accept awards, why do they always sound like they’re going to start spouting off about the Reichstag?)
I watched the whole thing, even though I usually don’t, just to see Billy, and I was entertained.
Esprix
Hmmm…serious choice here…Oscar award show or the Cartoon Channel.
:::click:::
…send lawyers, guns, and money…
Warren ZevonYeah, it was nice to hear Hayes again, but it was sure hard to SEE him with all that damn fog they used.
Feel free to correct me at any time. But don’t be surprised if I try to correct you.
I didn’t watch it. What woman got the best cleavage this year?
Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Keith
You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!!
I decided several years ago that I will no longer be held hostage by that banality they call the Oscars.
Oh, sure, I’m still interested in the results, but I’m content to read about it in the papers.
Well, excuse me if I sound hoity-toity, but enough is enough and too much is too many.
Wally, for once you and I part ways—I couldn’t care less about the results (it’s all a studio-generated popualrity contest, anyway). I just wanna see the gowns, the hairstyles, this year’s face-lifts, and see who suffers a meltdown onstage!
Yeah, but Eve, look at the cost. Three and a half hours of moronic idiocy for a few seconds of something that you can see on the news.
I’d rather be nibbled to death by a muscovy duck.
That was pretty crappy, especially for such a usually well-run show. Poor Isaac…
“Shut yo’ mouth!”
Esprix
Oh, Wally, I could kiss you! Thank you for being a reasonable human being!
(Needless to say, it irks me when people whine on and on about something they hate, when they always had the option not to participate in the first place. It’s one thing to complain about things you didn’t like in something you did overall or thought you would, but to subject yourself to something you know you’ll hate… what’s the point?)
Esprix