Okay Leo won. Can we finally quit the boo-hoo crying act now and get on with it?
I’m so glad he finally got the nod and won the little gold man, although “The Revenant” was the only movie I saw, it was, sad to say, far too violent for me, and I didn’t like it all.
As for the other movies nominated, how does “Mad Max” even rate a vote? But hey if the members of the academy liked it, who am I to say different. Other than that sterling moment in time, all I can say is that this year’s show was a dud. I’m really so confused. Is the Oscar about awarding people in the industry for putting on a good film? Or is it a space for every Tom, Dick, and Lady Gaga to address their own personal agendas and spout away? One would think that the show is only there for the oh-so important celebrities to share their issues.
The foggy old members even took away the joy of finding out what designer designed which outfit for which actress. The talking heads were not allowed to ask, “Who are you wearing?” Why? Is it not politically correct any longer? My goodness, how I miss Joan and Melissa.
Chris Rock did an okay hosting job — for about 10 minutes. He needed to address the race matter, which he did with some humor, but then, like a 4-year old with a poop joke, he dragged the rant for far too long. We get it — no African-American actors were chosen, no films were chosen. But you can’t say the show was totally devoid of diversity. I didn’t find it racist — I found the nominations to be classless.
Can we get back to the days when Oscar was just Oscar? When an award show was just a night of dress-up and entertainment? I am tired of all the political, ecological, sexist, racist, and gender issues that abound at every award extravaganza.
List the movie, the star, the script, the sound track, who the winners are and be done with it.
I have better things to do than to wade through the muck and mire of what Oscar night has become.
Not for Nuthin’™ but I just might boycott next year’s Oscars — unless they bring Billy Crystal back. Until then I’m flipping the channel to the shopping network.
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