and the Chris Brown/Rihanna joke was way below the belt - but still funny
in case you missed it
Here's how MacFarlane introduced "Django Unchained": "This is the story of a man fighting to get back his woman, who's been subjected to unthinkable violence. Or as Chris Brown and Rihanna call it, a date movie."
Most of the time, the awards are given to the same shithole movies/actors/directors, with the Academy fellating the big studios. Rarely is true creative (and independent) cinema awarded.
I love movies, and have or will watch most of the movies getting awards tonight. And I'm a fan of Seth MacFarlane. But I don't really care to watch the Hollywood clique circle jerk each other.
Edit: And any of the good jokes, people will either be talking about (i.e. posting here minutes after they occur) or bitching about, so there will be links to video clips all over the place.
I watched the first have then tivo'ed the rest to watch tomorrow. Seth McFarlane seemed to be doing a good job, and his jokes were pretty funny. I prefer his humor over most others and I love crude jokes, but I think the best host of the Oscars was Billy Crystal.
Shirley Bassey was the highlight of the night. That old diva refused to share the stage with Adele for a duet and then stated "I'll be wearing my own jewels, I'm not borrowing them. I own them."
Michelle Obama presenting Best Picture was Hollywood trolling the right.
Shirley Bassey was the highlight of the night. That old diva refused to share the stage with Adele for a duet and then stated "I'll be wearing my own jewels, I'm not borrowing them. I own them."
Michelle Obama presenting Best Picture was Hollywood trolling the right.
76 years old and still belting it out... But I think she had a rough start and was nervous for her.
What kills me about the awards now is that they have pushed the technical awards to their own night, which is not broadcast until months later. Sure its nice to see the actors get their trophies, but I pay attention about a dozen technical properties of of any film and think the artists, engineers and programmers behind them shared the stage with the on-camera artists instead of being pushed to the side as nerds.
What kills me about the awards now is that they have pushed the technical awards to their own night, which is not broadcast until months later. Sure its nice to see the actors get their trophies, but I pay attention about a dozen technical properties of of any film and think the artists, engineers and programmers behind them shared the stage with the on-camera artists instead of being pushed to the side as nerds.
It sucked to watch the winner for VFX get played off when he wanted to talk about Rythym and Hues going bankrupt. It's pretty ironic that the company who brought the Life of Pi tiger to life(and won an Oscar) will be going out of business because Hollywood VFX are getting outsourced to countries who pay their workers nothing -- and a lot of the time use pirated software.
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