The Oscars

[Kev]

This was the first Oscars i watched from start to finish. Tells ya alot about my life. YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Rock is a funny man, but lets bring back Billy Crystal.

Hilary Swank (from Bellingham, Washington) was dressed to the tees and won best Female Actor for her skills in "Million Dollar Baby". I haven't seen this film yet.

Jamie Foxx won best Male Actor with his excellant portrayal of Ray Charles in the film "RAY". A great film.

Best picture went to "Million Dollar Baby". Well done Clint.

Morgan Freeman and Kate Blanchett won for Best Supporting Actor.

Now can someone explain to me why Beyonce was in every song sung be a women. Couldn't the Academy find other talented, beautiful singers to sing some of the songs choosen for tonights performance? That was weak.

And what the hell was Antonio Banderos doing on stage with the Carlos Santana attempting to sing. Another weak point.

Salma Hayek and Penelop Cruz were both exceptional and yummy presenting their awards. Both should be, if not already included in the, "Women I Want To ____" thread. Posted elsewere on PERB.

The Oscars has really turned into a three ring circus. I'm not sure who watches the Oscars these days to see which actor won for their accomplishment in film or to see what the fabulous babes are wearing. And watching tonights viewing there are many.

Anyone disappointed in the 77th Academy Awards? Were errors made in the Academy's picks? Worst dressed? Best dressed? --- Kev

 

[LonelyGhost]

Thanks for posting the winners -- i could only stomach a few moments worth of the program.

Watching people thank god knows who is just boring. Knowing that jamie foxx's grammie died a little while ago made his speech a bit sad ... but the rest were just plain boring.

since chris rock didn't use the F'ing N-word he really wasn't very funny ... he is very funny when he is outrageous and this wasn't the venue for it.

why bother with these awards at all anymore?

 

[wolverine]

I hate watching the Oscars. I only did so last year because I wanted to see how many would be won by Lord of the Rings. What made matters worse was the news cancelled in favor of seeing Ben Mulroney's empty grin and his Mary Hart impression on the red carpet.

 

[dirtydan]

This was the first Oscars i watched from start to finish. Tells ya alot about my life. YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Rock is a funny man, but lets bring back Billy Crystal.

Hilary Swank (from Bellingham, Washington) was dressed to the tees and won best Female Actor for her skills in "Million Dollar Baby". I haven't seen this film yet.

Jamie Foxx won best Male Actor with his excellant portrayal of Ray Charles in the film "RAY". A great film.

Best picture went to "Million Dollar Baby". Well done Clint.

Morgan Freeman and Kate Blanchett won for Best Supporting Actor.

Now can someone explain to me why Beyonce was in every song sung be a women. Couldn't the Academy find other talented, beautiful singers to sing some of the songs choosen for tonights performance? That was weak.

And what the hell was Antonio Banderos doing on stage with the Carlos Santana attempting to sing. Another weak point.

Salma Hayek and Penelop Cruz were both exceptional and yummy presenting their awards. Both should be, if not already included in the, "Women I Want To ____" thread. Posted elsewere on PERB.

The Oscars has really turned into a three ring circus. I'm not sure who watches the Oscars these days to see which actor won for their accomplishment in film or to see what the fabulous babes are wearing. And watching tonights viewing there are many.

Anyone disappointed in the 77th Academy Awards? Were errors made in the Academy's picks? Worst dressed? Best dressed? --- Kev

Last night was the first time in many years that I saw the Oscars. There wasn't much else on so I figured what the hell. Chris Rock started out ok and was getting pretty good during his opening monologue. But it seemed he lost his edge as the show went on, perhaps first time jitters?

And holy shit! Only 10 minutes longer than planned! That must be a new record for the Oscars.

Best dressed? Hands down Hilrary Swank. That was damn near a porn star's dress. Got a kick out of her husband, sitting there with a "That hard bodied babe is my wife" look on his face.

Worst moment, Sean Penn. Poor timing dude, your defence of Jude Law was way, way too late in the show. Amazing how bad actors are when they have to think on their own rather than have some one write lines for them.

Not far behind were Dustin Hoffman and Babs Striesand. Hoffman looked pissed off through much the Fockers routine. And Striesand should stick to singing, comedy ain't her thing.

Too bad Hotel Rwanda didn't win anything last night. Fiction won out over fact in the biggest categories.

 

[tom25]

Thanks Kev for the post ... that's about all the information I need. By the time the complete list is out in tomorrow morning's paper I'll have lost whatever small interest I have!

I feel for you though ... greater endurance than I have if you could watch the Oscars from start to finish. Haven't tried to do that in over 15 years. Are you feeling any ill effects this morning!!!!

Tom

 

[Gruss-ly]

And what the hell was Antonio Banderos doing on stage with the Carlos Santana attempting to sing. Another weak point.


Did anyone see the look on the guy's face who wrote the song... priceless. He actually sang some of it as his acceptance speech so the audience could hear what it was supposed to sound like!


Salma Hayek and Penelop Cruz were both exceptional and yummy presenting their awards. Both should be, if not already included in the, "Women I Want To ____" thread. Posted elsewere on PERB.


Wow were they ever hot... what a duo! But it didn't look like they cared too much for each other. Maybe the Mexican (Hayek) vs. the Spaniard (Cruz) rivalry.

 

[LonelyGhost]

whoa whoa whoa......lets put the breaks on that statement for just a second.....how is it funny for someone to use a derogatory racial term throughout their routine funny, or using other "outrageous" and often painful or humiliating comments

sorry but just trying to see some consistency in what you see as acceptable humor

anything that doesn't involve cruelty to animals is fine by me. the rest of your posse doesn't seem to get that either. i am consistent: if it involves animals it isn't funny.

 

[tom25]

anything that doesn't involve cruelty to animals is fine by me. the rest of your posse doesn't seem to get that either. i am consistent: if it involves animals it isn't funny.

Did you hear the one about the chicken that crossed the road ....


o.k. ... now those jokes really aren't funny!!!

Tom

 

[LonelyGhost]

Did you hear the one about the chicken that crossed the road ....

Tom

yeah, it was trying to get away from you chicken-chokers!

 

[HankQuinlan]

...and what was with the Sideshow Bob haircut on the singer for Counting Crows?

 

[PoorGuy]

The presentation by Dustin & Barbara was strained and awkward...

Haha I watched that scene too. Awkward as hell. I noticed Dustin Hoffman began by holding his hand against Barbara Streisand's lower back. Then Barbara would slightly move away, dislodging his hand. Dustin would slide his hand back, and Barbara would turn slightly. Rinse and repeat a third time until Dustin got the message and clasped his hands behind his own back!

 

[dirtydan]

I agree with dirtydan... I really like Chris Rock and he started out funny but seemed sort of awkward as the show went on..... they should bring back Billy Crystal.

Antonio Banderas butchered the song... it was horrible... no wonder the guy got up and sang some of it himself so we could hear what it was supposed to sound like.

I have no idea WHY Beyonce sang every song that was performed by a female... dumb idea..... and Chris Rock constantly referring to JayZ in the audience was overdone.

It seems to me there is something of a tradition with the Academy Awards that the performer of a song nominated rarely gets to perform it on the show. They get either an actor or some pop star to do a cover. And that's the time I wouldn't mind seeing the highlight reel from the previous night's presentations of the Oscar's technical awards!

Speaking of past hosts, I liked the tribute to Johnny Carson. Now there is some one who endured a lot more crap than Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, and Whoopie Goldberg combined. Carson had to host the show when it was notorious for going 1 or 2 hours longer than scheduled.

Next year if they get say Jon Stewart to host the show, then it might very well be worthwhile to watch.

 

[Cock Throppled]

Talk about awkward - what about Adam Sandler and Chris Rock with Rock supposedly Catherine Zeta Jones? That nearly shut the place down. First time I've watched the whole show in decades and it was...boring as ever. The rerason they gave awards in the aisles was to speed things up and we didn't have to watch people walk from the back to the front. It helped. Hotel Rwanda was the best film and Don Cheadle and Sphie Okinawando (sp?) bests actors, but nobody saw this fantastic film. Let's face it - box office and American rule the day.

 

[Makhno]

Censorship hits Oscars hard in the Republican era

What Wasn't Said At The Oscars
01/03/2005 01:47 PM
Mike Collett-White - Reuters

At the Oscar awards, what was not said was probably more interesting than what was.

Hollywood's big night was beamed to the world with a five-second time delay, and broadcaster ABC ordered some controversial quips cut before the show, sparking debate about how far political correctness should go and freedom of speech controlled.

Comedian Robin Williams said it all when he walked on stage with a piece of white tape over his mouth.

Williams was to have performed a song lampooning conservative critic James C. Dobson, whose group had criticized cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants for appearing in a video it branded "pro-homosexual."

He was going to do it by concentrating on the dark underside of other cartoon characters, asking, for example whether Casper the Friendly Ghost wore that white sheet as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Marc Shaiman, who wrote Williams' original routine, said he decided to withdraw the material after ABC raised objections that would have led to him re-writing 11 of 36 lines. ABC declined to comment.

"It's ironic because I feel the song is silly and the situation is silly and yet on the other hand it's extremely serious," Shaiman told Reuters from New York. "This is the most blatant, immature censorship that I've ever come across."

Williams did eventually develop an act questioning cartoon characters' sexuality. But it was a pale imitation of some of the lines originally planned and he looked pained performing it.

"The show lost what would have been the best minute-and-a-half they would have had last night," said Shaiman, before adding: "Where does the buck stop?"

Chris Rock, the edgy black comedian called in to host the show, and, some say, to boost flagging ratings, was also in trouble long before the Oscars got under way.

He previously joked that straight, black men did not watch the Oscars, drawing an angry response from commentators like Jake Lamar, an African American who called Rock's comments "a massive generalisation" and "depressing."

Then Oscar producer Gil Cates weighed in, calling ABC's decision to introduce a time delay in transmitting from Kodak Theatre a "terrible idea" and a concession to political correctness.

It Began With A Bare Breast

Federal regulators may boost fines for US broadcasters following last year's infamous Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" by singer Janet Jackson in which she bared her breast.

Earlier this month the US House of Representatives voted to raise the maximum indecency fine to as much as US$500,000 from US$32,500.

On the one hand, commentators predict that the more networks are forced to sanitise shows, the less people will be inclined to watch.

But at the same time, the more a show's producer warns viewers they may be offended, the more they are likely to tune in.

"The entertainment industry is figuring out how to spin and use this paranoia we've encountered since the Super Bowl," said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.

"People wanted to make sure they were present if the next Janet Jackson moment happened."

In the end Rock's content was political and racial but avoided becoming the main issue on the night.

Thompson said Rock's natural instinct would have been to go much further with his humour, but he had too much to lose.

"He is going to play by the house rules," he said. "He realises that certain compromises have to be made."

Williams was not available to comment on his act at the Oscars, but he told the New York Times on Friday:

"For a while you get mad, then you get over it. They're afraid of saying Olive Oyl is anorexic. It tells you about the state of humor. It's strange to think: How afraid are you?"

 

[Makhno]

Does anyone know who won this Oscar?

 

[dbrw42]

I read a while back that one of the big execs in the movie business(Michael Eisner's name rings a bell, but I can't remember exactly who) goes out to dinner on Oscar night, but videotapes the show and watches it on fast forward in 20 minutes when he gets home, because even he finds the whole thing boring.

 

[Kev]

I read a while back that one of the big execs in the movie business(Michael Eisner's name rings a bell, but I can't remember exactly who) goes out to dinner on Oscar night, but videotapes the show and watches it on fast forward in 20 minutes when he gets home, because even he finds the whole thing boring.

And to think i watched the whole thing from start to finish. What a shmuck i am.

When Mr. Mayer recieved his Acadamy Award there was a lovely, busty women seated high up in the balcony cheering him on. This women should be added to the, "Women i would like to @#*! list. --- Kev