Oscar, 94, was found dead today from unnatural causes. Having been on life support for many years now, the once prestigious awards night for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, died from complications of no longer being regarded by many as the most significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. That all came to an end today as the Oscars stopped celebrating the arts and the achievement in cinema. It had now turned into a sheltered celebration for the selected elite. Although it is important that the Academy Awards showcased the talent from diverse communities and helped educate and influence the film world, it failed not to include a large faction of the film community which remained vacant from its award night for several years. Although the night before Oscars death, the Academy Awards received more news coverage in its 94 year existence, it had nothing to do with cinema or the arts. Instead, the only relevant exposure Oscar received in the last ten years was when something went wrong. Whether this be a slap, naming the wrong film or just being political, Oscar has been losing its way and its audience for decades. Although Oscar was a night for the Hollywood system to give itself a pat on the back for most of its life, Oscar had many memorable moments with several films and performances. Sadly, Oscar had slowly been losing its audience for over the last thirty years. Knowing this was effecting its life, Oscar stayed the course and chose not to change its way. To compete with ratings, the funeral will be televised and the event will not be open to the general public. In care of flowers, please make a donation to any independent filmmakers that works outside of Hollywood.
41 Reviews
Let's be honest here
AdrenalinDragon28 March 2022
The Oscars suck nowadays. There's not much excitement or thrill on who is going to win or be nominated anymore. Honestly, when Will Smith hitting Chris Rock is considered the highlight of this year's ceremony, it just goes to show how mediocre and superficial it really is. You're better off just watching the highlights rather than sitting through the entire thing.
5/10.
5/10.
Will Smith strikes back
lareval28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The Oscars have lost its way years ago, new categories like Oscars Fan Favorite film are completely lacking and the awards have become predictable (the ones I save go to Hans Zimmer, Billie Eilish and Jessica Chastain)... But oh damn: That Will Smith slap resonates as one of the most unforgettable & shocking moments ever. Beware bad jokers.
PS: Jessie Buckley & Benedict Cumberbatch should have won in my opinion.
PS: Jessie Buckley & Benedict Cumberbatch should have won in my opinion.
Actor assaults actor with no consequences. Unbelievable!
pmaczoni28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This show was awful to watch. It became truely uncomfortable when Will Smith hit Chris Rock for and off color joke (which Chris is known for). The academy did nothing about this. I thought Will Smith should have been escorted out of the theater at the very least. However he was allowed to sit there and then accept his award. He should never be invited back again. This ruined an already struggling show and just totally made me as a viewer say to myself that this was not worthy of my time. Disgraceful!
A disaster
hotrobinproductions28 March 2022
Terrible in every direction. Will smith is a grown man child and the Oscar's just fails to be anything remotely entertaining. The Grammies is bad too but at least it's more entertaining depending on how good music was that year, they have performances and other things to offer. I'd definitely be rather watching that than a bunch of fake celebrities spew hypocrisy and BS for every 10 minutes they get on the spotlight. The Oscar's used to be so THRILLING. The last time the Oscar's had something of a amazing watching value was every time Ricky Gervais Hosted! Now what we have here is Political agendas being thrown in our face, and people are missing the point... EVEN if I DO AGREE with the politics it's still NOT what I'm here for. I'm here for the legacy of film, the acknowledgment of film, the people who died and contributed to that legacy... you want to mesh in real world problems that's fine but I feel like they really need to relax with the agendas it's just making it very unwatchable. Other issues I had... the hosts... they are just very unfunny. I was trying to actually get into the jokes and take it for what it is. I like Wanda Sykes the most out of all 3 of them, but Jesus their chemistry did NOT mesh well together at all. It was EXTREMELY cringey. I feel like a good host for the Oscar's would be Jim Carey, Steve Carell, Dave Chappell, Bill Burr, and if you want woman then Joan Rivers, Melissa McCarthy, Betty White (RIP) there's a lot of ideas to go, and sure you don't have to go funny people if you want someone with at least the slightest bit of charisma you just need someone who can capture the audience. Idk why it's so hard for the Oscar's to do this. I can go all day for how much of a disaster this was but it won't change anything. I feel like the Oscar's just really don't care at this point... just like they didn't care that much for acknowledging the dead actors of 2021, just like they didn't care for making this and the previous years the least bit of entertaining or exciting, just as much as they don't care for keeping the show together and having an entertaining execution for something worth watching... and just as much as they could care less about a grown man walking on stage to physically assault a man and yell to the top of his lungs overshadowing the entire night. Literally imagine working so hard in the film industry putting time and effort and finally getting recognition for your hard work and then having the "will / rock " situation happening right before you have to walk up there and accept your award. And let alone the person that has to walk up there next but everyone after that matter... it literally is suffocating the entire room of awkwardness. It's leaving a very awful mark on the legacy of everyone getting their hands on an award. Then will smith goes on his tasteless speech of tears. This is the highest & lowest point of his career. I feel bad for the academy and I certainly feel bad for the people that worked so hard to get the spotlight only to be overshadowed by this... 1.5/10.
The Oscars certainly have lost their purpose and meaning.
LTPHarry5 April 2022
Has there been a show that's been so shallow, awful, and boring that the only noteworthy thing was when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock and cussed him out for mentioning his wife? That's right.
Everything about this show was a disaster. From the planning, from the meddling, from the awful writing, and the slap which I'm sure was not work or scripted in any ways.
The worst bit about the writing is when they called animated movies "Kiddy" and "Movies that only children should watch". This is not only an insult to any animator, animation company, or animation fan, but it's just stereotyping animation as a kid's medium... when it's not. There are animated movies made for adults as well, which I guess the writers never knew about. If this was satire, then it's not funny.
Overall, I don't think the Oscars will EVER improve after what happened here, and it's sad when a slap is more noteworthy than the rest of the SHOW. So much for it being "The greatest night in the history of television!"
Everything about this show was a disaster. From the planning, from the meddling, from the awful writing, and the slap which I'm sure was not work or scripted in any ways.
The worst bit about the writing is when they called animated movies "Kiddy" and "Movies that only children should watch". This is not only an insult to any animator, animation company, or animation fan, but it's just stereotyping animation as a kid's medium... when it's not. There are animated movies made for adults as well, which I guess the writers never knew about. If this was satire, then it's not funny.
Overall, I don't think the Oscars will EVER improve after what happened here, and it's sad when a slap is more noteworthy than the rest of the SHOW. So much for it being "The greatest night in the history of television!"
I may never watch again...
grhgeneric28 March 2022
Will Smith exhibited such a low level of behaviour I may never watch again. Just pathetic..He should be banned from all future Is ar ceremonies and stripped of his Oscar. If your a comedian, u better beware. It's a demonstration of rules for some and no rules for others. The way to vote is not the watch any of his films and to avoid the Oscars unless they take action.
An embarrassment.
Darwinskid9 April 2022
I am old enough to remember when The Oscars were all just about movies and rewarding the best in cinematic achievements from the year prior, not trying to preach politics, tell bland and rather cringe inducing jokes that anybody could write or say without seeing a dime for it, and certainly not display the kind of unprofessionalism that your Will Smith did live in front of millions of viewers by getting up on stage and slapping Chris Rock just for a joke. The two new categories, fan favorite and best moment or something along those lines, feel like something you would expect from the MTV Movie & TV Awards, but not the Academy Awards, and neither were even very well thought out either. Probably the only highlight of the program was Kevin Costner's speech before awarding Best Director, if only the rest of the program was like that, at least Sir Kenneth Branagh and Sir Anthony Hopkins also understood the mission and tried to keep things short and professional.
The Oscars
Prismark1028 March 2022
This was heading to be an all time low Oscar ceremony.
They had three presenters but the jokes were awful. Everyone of them failed to raise a laugh with me. Also what was the deal with all the groping of men.
Have all the good gag writers succumb to Covid?
Bad presenters, bad speeches and poor Liza Minnelli. She did not know where she was. Did the producers not realise the state of her health?
Even some of the celebrations of past movies were odd. The James Bond tribute were a selection of clips. I had no idea why White Men Can't Jump deserved a tribute.
Much better was to see the icons from The Godfather trilogy.
Somehow it was not a total shambles. Will Smith and Chris Rock came to the rescue with a remake of Rocky.
Chris Rock told a poor joke but showed he can stand on his own two feet. He is certainly not a diver.
Meanwhile Smith reminded the audience that he got his first Oscar nomination for Ali.
The show did end with a Coda.
They had three presenters but the jokes were awful. Everyone of them failed to raise a laugh with me. Also what was the deal with all the groping of men.
Have all the good gag writers succumb to Covid?
Bad presenters, bad speeches and poor Liza Minnelli. She did not know where she was. Did the producers not realise the state of her health?
Even some of the celebrations of past movies were odd. The James Bond tribute were a selection of clips. I had no idea why White Men Can't Jump deserved a tribute.
Much better was to see the icons from The Godfather trilogy.
Somehow it was not a total shambles. Will Smith and Chris Rock came to the rescue with a remake of Rocky.
Chris Rock told a poor joke but showed he can stand on his own two feet. He is certainly not a diver.
Meanwhile Smith reminded the audience that he got his first Oscar nomination for Ali.
The show did end with a Coda.
What little class it had is gone
mls418229 March 2022
Well, the bullies whined their way inthi They got what they wanted. The show is completely trashed. Dressing up doesn't give you class.
Thank goodness the deaf, who have overcome so much in life, don't assault each other.
What made this even more upsetting is that I used to admire the participants involved. Will Smith us an excellent actor. How many performers can go from a sitcom to top notch dramatic performances? Chris Rock is great - or used to be. He was not only funny but has displayed brilliance and a unique perspective to share with others. They are way above ths!
#Oscars so ghetto.
Thank goodness the deaf, who have overcome so much in life, don't assault each other.
What made this even more upsetting is that I used to admire the participants involved. Will Smith us an excellent actor. How many performers can go from a sitcom to top notch dramatic performances? Chris Rock is great - or used to be. He was not only funny but has displayed brilliance and a unique perspective to share with others. They are way above ths!
#Oscars so ghetto.
one for the ages
nutmegandpeach28 March 2022
What an evening
Trey_Trebuchet28 March 2022
Screw Will Smith for handling that in the worst way possible. He could have just yelled from across the room and it wouldn't have been (quite) as big of a deal. He delivered a nice speech that would have actually struck a cord with the audience had he not made such a poor choice.
Secondly, screw the academy from playing the cut-off music so early on in the acceptance speech for Drive My Car. That's damn rude and, rather intentional or not, racist as hell. That boiled my head more than anything else that night.
Aside from that, I actually did enjoy this award show and the speeches were all very nice. Hopefully the Academy continues to make better choices with who gets what and how much time everyone gets for a speech. The diversity was nice this year, I'll give them that.
Secondly, screw the academy from playing the cut-off music so early on in the acceptance speech for Drive My Car. That's damn rude and, rather intentional or not, racist as hell. That boiled my head more than anything else that night.
Aside from that, I actually did enjoy this award show and the speeches were all very nice. Hopefully the Academy continues to make better choices with who gets what and how much time everyone gets for a speech. The diversity was nice this year, I'll give them that.
Disgraceful
vida-2908127 April 2022
The highlights were Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes. Regina Hall feeling up Josh Brolin & Jason Momoa was distasteful, stupid & out of touch in 2022. Chris Rock was funny & didn't deserve to be assaulted. Will Packer putting Liza Minelli in a wheelchair was in her words "sabotage." It was one of the worst Oscar shows because of the producers & I hope they will select someone new next year that will not resort to lowbrow humor or sexual harassment for laughs. Hire someone with integrity that won't allow a violent fool to assault a presenter & then accept an award & ramble for 10 minutes.
Rubbish
perry-amanda-c31 March 2022
No class any longer
dpenna328030 March 2022
People wonder why I love Old Hollywood. That was when actors performed for the camera, and the award shows were jammed packed with elegance and class. Now it's nothing but loudmouths spewing their political, racial, and morality beliefs onto the audience, when all we wanted to see was acting. This show is so low class at this point, it's just really sad when an actor slaps and spews vulgarity at the MC, no matter if it's a joke aimed at a certain individual or not, you take that off stage after the show. I can't imagine these clowns being around the Dean Martin Roast's, when everyone didn't take everything so seriously. It's just an embarrassment at this point, and I think it's just a matter of time before it's viewership is a total of two. RIP Hollywood.
The Power of the Deaf is overshadowed by Will Smith channeling his Ali movie over 20 years later
Horst_In_Translation28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Okay, what we here have are the Oscars from year 2022. The broadcast ended minutes ago, so this review will be as fresh as it gets and I will just elaborate on everything that stayed in the mind from this show. Unfortunately, you can see from my low rating that this was not a ceremony to be proud of. I will start with the positive though. There were two big winners that night and one would be CODA, a film that focuses on a young woman who wants to become a singer. Her family background is that her parents are deaf. I believe this is a remake of a French film in fact from a few years earlier. I am glad CODA won Best Picture. Really, really happy that The Power of the Dog did not succeed, which would have made the ceremony even worse. I think it was such a mediocre film to be honest and that is still a gentle way to put things here. CODA has lots of heart in contrast to that and CODA was nominated three times only and won all three, including a now beardless Kotsur. Good stuff. The second big winner of the night was Dune. This film won by far the most awards. All about technical categories here pretty much, but this should not take anything away. I guess Daniel Craig's final Bond movie was just unlucky to have such strong competition this year from Denis Villeneuve's film with all the pandemic delays 007 had to face. Billie Eilish won though, just like almost everybody expected. I am okay with this win. I listened to pretty much all the other nominees and was not blown away by either. So Bond goes three out of three for Best Song and now I feel even worse for Chris Cornell. May he rest in peace. I did like that they included stage performances of the nominated songs. This is how it should always be. And please also always the full song.
Another idea I liked were these tributes to films having a round anniversary. They all felt deserving. Except White Men Can't Jump. No idea why this was included. Maybe Cabaret, The Godfather and Pulp Fiction were too White. It is pretty easy to see though that the basketball movie is the odd one out from this group and I am saying this as somebody who loves Woody Harrelson. The Pulp Fiction folks were hilarious. The Godfather folks were icons. Still are. Not too happy about FFC's Ukraine reference there, but I guess we can be happy they did not let the Ukrainian President speak, which was also considered an option for the show. Had this happened, the Oscars really would have lost all their credibility. Keep politics out please. You can have your opinion, state it as often as you want, but this is an awards show. Oh yeah, Liza Minnelli. Seeing her in a wheelchair in the end and clearly struggling with her health made me a bit sad to be honest. I really like Cabaret. What made me angry was that they put Lady Gaga there with her. Okay, she has won an Oscar, but Gaga is not even close to the level where she should be presenting Best Picture. What a joke. Pick Costner for all I care if he is around. Or Hopkins of course. A true icon no denying. He was not there last year to accept the trophy, but he came this year and he is as classy as they come. That is really all the positive I can think of. Now the negative: The in-memoriam tribute was totally awful this time. The music did not fit the memory of the lost at all. How can they really pull through with this? Nothing against Betty White, but she was never a particularly renowned big screen actress, so strange inclusion for a lengthy tribute. She would have deserved it at the Emmys maybe, but at the Oscars I disagree. Oh yeah, another horrible decision was to just include pre-recorded footage for some categories to keep the show shorter. How incredibly disrespectful to all the winners and nominees there!
Was it Chris Evans who congratulated Kotsur and then told us we will now see a few scenes from his newest movie? What was that? Please do not use the Oscars to promote your upcoming films. Seriously. The three hosts were Schumer, Hall and Sykes. I expected nothing from them and got nothing. Completely miscast really. The opening was awful to watch. I am not sure, I think there was one scene in which the two Black hosts told Schumer that only they were allowed to make jokes about Black people. Not sure I understood it correctly. Not a native speaker here. Schumer nailed it though when she said that she is the one they call if Melissa McCarthy is not available. They should have called her. The BAFTAs were already pretty low with Rebel Wilson this year, but the Oscars were even worse. I mean we are getting closer to the 100th edition now and this is what they give us? What a travesty! Good news is the three hosts were not really present during the ceremony for the most part. Oh, I forgot one thing I liked. Kenneth Branagh finally has an Oscar. Nice. I liked Belfast more than Licorice Pizza and the screenplay category was surely between him and Paul Thomas Anderson. Love some of Anderson's stuff too, but this is not the film he should be winning for. I hope he will soon. And I liked that Power of the Dog only won once. Best Director, which was never in doubt. More about the winners later. Another extremely random inclusion was a list of memorable moments from films that looked like a high school project basically. I mean including Reeves' spectacular scene from The Matrix where he dodges a bullet made sense, but the rest was so random really and it just felt out of place like almost the entire rest of the night. What was it with these presenters? I mean big respect to Hawk, Slater and White for their careers, but these are not the People's Choice Awards. Haddish, Garner, Beatriz, Mendes, Kravitz etc. Are also questionable inclusions.
Oh, back to the hosts, I must mention one scene. I mean the little idea where she gets these actors on stage and pretends they need to be tested again for the virus and then it's a joke and she just wants to use her tongue on them. This was so-so. You could feel a bit of a shock in the audience that they were joking with this topic. But it got really worse when briefly afterwards she began to touch Josh Brolin inappropriately. Where is gender equality there? Imagine a man (color doesn't matter) getting five female actors on stage and making sexual references, then starting to physically harass two hot actresses in front of everybody. Absolutely disgusting. What is worse than what she did is also that she will not get the slightest bit of criticism for it from the mainstream media. For me as a German, it was interesting that two Germans won. One for Dune's visual effects, but he did not get to speak sadly. The other is Hans Zimmer, who finally won his second Oscar. He was there every year pretty much, but this time he could not be there. Unlucky. Happy for him though. What I am not happy about are the winners from the short film categories. Live action was a total abomination. All about politics and hardly any filmmaking quality. I wish the Swiss film could have won, the one that tells a really haunting story about abductions of young women in Asia who are then married against their will. Oh yeah, that means Riz Ahmed is an Oscar winner. Animated short, the winner was a surprise, maybe my third favorite from the bunch. Documentary we got the expected winner in Summer of Soul. Animated movie there were upset possibilities, but Disney's Encanto pulled through. Foreign language feature I am not too happy with Japan's winner either, even if it is not a bad film. Bhutan would have been better though. Or Germany, but we weren't even nominated this time, although the submission was great. Documentary short I cannot say if the winner is deserving, but the statement on female sports felt a bit shallow and also if you don't want to go to jail, then don't get caught with drugs.
As for the female acting winners, DeBose was 100% safe and Chastain managed to confirm her frontrunner spot too. I expected a Kidman upset, but didn't happen and Chastain is okay, even if Stewart would have been better. Male actors, Will Smith was the clear favorite and won and delivered a tear-filled speech, while, as I mentioned earlier, Kotsur thank God managed to win over Smit-McPhee. It was always between those two. Now I must of course also mention Will Smith. He was not too happy about a joke from Chris Rock who presented the Best Documentary category. I mean if you know Smith and especially his wife, they have been dishing out at so many people and called everybody racist all the time and they are letting the world know that it is perfectly okay if Jada has several lovers during her marriage with Smith and they can handle it any way they want for all I care, but it's really questionable if you have to expose private stuff like this in interviews. And if you do, then you should also be able to deal with the echo. These two clearly cannot. I thought Jada was the really negative driving force in this relationship, but after this show it can be said that Will is not any better. Let's not go into detail about his kids who are simply not good actors, but then again their father isn't either. Anyway, my biggest applause and adoration to Chris Rock. I loved him before the show because of his brilliantly politically incorrect humor and because of how he is a comedian with wit and talent and not one who just constantly declares himself a victim because of his color. After tonight, I am an even bigger fan. He should be hosting in fact. He was awesome in 2016. For me, he was the big winner this night and not Will Smith. The latter turned into the biggest loser in the entire room. I mean look at how he comes from comedy and still cannot defend himself with words. He could have gone up there and said something. It still could have been cringe, but what he did was a complete joke that managed to make an already pretty bad awards show turn into something truly horrendous. Diddy had to try to calm people down haha. Entire show was such an unreal mess.
Another idea I liked were these tributes to films having a round anniversary. They all felt deserving. Except White Men Can't Jump. No idea why this was included. Maybe Cabaret, The Godfather and Pulp Fiction were too White. It is pretty easy to see though that the basketball movie is the odd one out from this group and I am saying this as somebody who loves Woody Harrelson. The Pulp Fiction folks were hilarious. The Godfather folks were icons. Still are. Not too happy about FFC's Ukraine reference there, but I guess we can be happy they did not let the Ukrainian President speak, which was also considered an option for the show. Had this happened, the Oscars really would have lost all their credibility. Keep politics out please. You can have your opinion, state it as often as you want, but this is an awards show. Oh yeah, Liza Minnelli. Seeing her in a wheelchair in the end and clearly struggling with her health made me a bit sad to be honest. I really like Cabaret. What made me angry was that they put Lady Gaga there with her. Okay, she has won an Oscar, but Gaga is not even close to the level where she should be presenting Best Picture. What a joke. Pick Costner for all I care if he is around. Or Hopkins of course. A true icon no denying. He was not there last year to accept the trophy, but he came this year and he is as classy as they come. That is really all the positive I can think of. Now the negative: The in-memoriam tribute was totally awful this time. The music did not fit the memory of the lost at all. How can they really pull through with this? Nothing against Betty White, but she was never a particularly renowned big screen actress, so strange inclusion for a lengthy tribute. She would have deserved it at the Emmys maybe, but at the Oscars I disagree. Oh yeah, another horrible decision was to just include pre-recorded footage for some categories to keep the show shorter. How incredibly disrespectful to all the winners and nominees there!
Was it Chris Evans who congratulated Kotsur and then told us we will now see a few scenes from his newest movie? What was that? Please do not use the Oscars to promote your upcoming films. Seriously. The three hosts were Schumer, Hall and Sykes. I expected nothing from them and got nothing. Completely miscast really. The opening was awful to watch. I am not sure, I think there was one scene in which the two Black hosts told Schumer that only they were allowed to make jokes about Black people. Not sure I understood it correctly. Not a native speaker here. Schumer nailed it though when she said that she is the one they call if Melissa McCarthy is not available. They should have called her. The BAFTAs were already pretty low with Rebel Wilson this year, but the Oscars were even worse. I mean we are getting closer to the 100th edition now and this is what they give us? What a travesty! Good news is the three hosts were not really present during the ceremony for the most part. Oh, I forgot one thing I liked. Kenneth Branagh finally has an Oscar. Nice. I liked Belfast more than Licorice Pizza and the screenplay category was surely between him and Paul Thomas Anderson. Love some of Anderson's stuff too, but this is not the film he should be winning for. I hope he will soon. And I liked that Power of the Dog only won once. Best Director, which was never in doubt. More about the winners later. Another extremely random inclusion was a list of memorable moments from films that looked like a high school project basically. I mean including Reeves' spectacular scene from The Matrix where he dodges a bullet made sense, but the rest was so random really and it just felt out of place like almost the entire rest of the night. What was it with these presenters? I mean big respect to Hawk, Slater and White for their careers, but these are not the People's Choice Awards. Haddish, Garner, Beatriz, Mendes, Kravitz etc. Are also questionable inclusions.
Oh, back to the hosts, I must mention one scene. I mean the little idea where she gets these actors on stage and pretends they need to be tested again for the virus and then it's a joke and she just wants to use her tongue on them. This was so-so. You could feel a bit of a shock in the audience that they were joking with this topic. But it got really worse when briefly afterwards she began to touch Josh Brolin inappropriately. Where is gender equality there? Imagine a man (color doesn't matter) getting five female actors on stage and making sexual references, then starting to physically harass two hot actresses in front of everybody. Absolutely disgusting. What is worse than what she did is also that she will not get the slightest bit of criticism for it from the mainstream media. For me as a German, it was interesting that two Germans won. One for Dune's visual effects, but he did not get to speak sadly. The other is Hans Zimmer, who finally won his second Oscar. He was there every year pretty much, but this time he could not be there. Unlucky. Happy for him though. What I am not happy about are the winners from the short film categories. Live action was a total abomination. All about politics and hardly any filmmaking quality. I wish the Swiss film could have won, the one that tells a really haunting story about abductions of young women in Asia who are then married against their will. Oh yeah, that means Riz Ahmed is an Oscar winner. Animated short, the winner was a surprise, maybe my third favorite from the bunch. Documentary we got the expected winner in Summer of Soul. Animated movie there were upset possibilities, but Disney's Encanto pulled through. Foreign language feature I am not too happy with Japan's winner either, even if it is not a bad film. Bhutan would have been better though. Or Germany, but we weren't even nominated this time, although the submission was great. Documentary short I cannot say if the winner is deserving, but the statement on female sports felt a bit shallow and also if you don't want to go to jail, then don't get caught with drugs.
As for the female acting winners, DeBose was 100% safe and Chastain managed to confirm her frontrunner spot too. I expected a Kidman upset, but didn't happen and Chastain is okay, even if Stewart would have been better. Male actors, Will Smith was the clear favorite and won and delivered a tear-filled speech, while, as I mentioned earlier, Kotsur thank God managed to win over Smit-McPhee. It was always between those two. Now I must of course also mention Will Smith. He was not too happy about a joke from Chris Rock who presented the Best Documentary category. I mean if you know Smith and especially his wife, they have been dishing out at so many people and called everybody racist all the time and they are letting the world know that it is perfectly okay if Jada has several lovers during her marriage with Smith and they can handle it any way they want for all I care, but it's really questionable if you have to expose private stuff like this in interviews. And if you do, then you should also be able to deal with the echo. These two clearly cannot. I thought Jada was the really negative driving force in this relationship, but after this show it can be said that Will is not any better. Let's not go into detail about his kids who are simply not good actors, but then again their father isn't either. Anyway, my biggest applause and adoration to Chris Rock. I loved him before the show because of his brilliantly politically incorrect humor and because of how he is a comedian with wit and talent and not one who just constantly declares himself a victim because of his color. After tonight, I am an even bigger fan. He should be hosting in fact. He was awesome in 2016. For me, he was the big winner this night and not Will Smith. The latter turned into the biggest loser in the entire room. I mean look at how he comes from comedy and still cannot defend himself with words. He could have gone up there and said something. It still could have been cringe, but what he did was a complete joke that managed to make an already pretty bad awards show turn into something truly horrendous. Diddy had to try to calm people down haha. Entire show was such an unreal mess.
What the heck was that?
ryanf-7548420 July 2022
The Oscars was a staple of the best of the year. Chris Rock is one of the funniest comedians out there. Will Smith had NO RIGHT TO GET UP OUT OF HIS SEAT GO TO CHRIS AND SLAP HIM AND THEN CUSS HIM OUT!! Lupita Nyong'o didn't even do anything about it and she was sitting next to Will. Congrats to Coda but after that incident, I think I'm done with the Oscars.
This show made me very sad.
shanghainoon-110771 April 2022
I'm still shaking my head. From the 3 "comic" hosts, to the insulting James Bond tribute, through the farewell to the stars who passed on.. to the lowest moment in Oscar history, (thank you so much Will Smith)... I can only say . Good bye to the Oscars, for good. The pompous, smug Hollywood "performers", sitting there,, holding on to their goodie bags, actually should have been embarrassed to be part of this new
Hollywood community. Time to stick to TCM, and remember the
movies that thrilled us, taught us and entertained us.
Not this fiasco, and the circus stars in it.
Not this fiasco, and the circus stars in it.
We can all learn something from Will Smith -- or at least people's responses (Plus some Oscars moments that didn't suck)
TheVictoriousV28 March 2022
I really wasn't sure if I would wind up watching the full Oscars broadcast this year.
Due to my job situation and various other factors (including a severe lack of enthusiasm toward most of the nominees), I felt that this might be the year that I break tradition and sit one out, making it the first ceremony since 2012 that I, alas, had to forgo. Not that this felt like a huge loss; I mean, when you read that the presenters include the likes of Megan Thee Stallion and DJ Khaled, that should tell you exactly how much you ought to care about the Academy Awards at this point. (I even forgot to mention Questlove in my review of last year's show, and how he now "DJs" the Oscars because they've really gotten that desperate for broader, younger viewership.)
Truth is, I ultimately did skip the show. And... wow! Wow, did I pick the wrong night to sleep in! I don't need to bore you with all the various takes on the Chris Rock-Will Smith altercation and Jada Pinkett Smith, but I can definitely say that this has been one of the most eye-opening moments of discourse in Twitter history -- in terms of the sheer number of people telling on themselves in such a short while:
We now know precisely who has a proclivity to justify battery (or even hissy-fit slap fights) and which excuses they may use. We know who to mute for their readiness to use a moment like this to lecture us on "black on black violence", "toxic masculinity" (depending on which aisle you're in, but that lens really doesn't seem to get used much when the punches are dealt in the name of a woman's honor, which is even funnier), and even Vladimir Putin somehow. We know whose media comprehension is still intact enough that they could see Smith, our hero, laughing along at Rock's joke before suddenly running up to do what I've admittedly wanted to do to Chris Rock ever since his claim that voice acting is inherently "easier" than "real" acting. We know who has sacrificed objectivity for Smith family fanboyism, that Jaden might not be the most unstable member of said family after all, AND that this was apparently "staged" all along to garner press, boost ratings, and also distract from the war in Ukraine ergo we're ALL suckers. Lastly, we know who's smart enough to just make baldness/cuckoldry memes out of the whole thing.
As of this writing, I feel like the deranged takes have only just begun. And really, all I wanna do tonight is focus on the few things that didn't suck about the ceremony:
Those are the only real moments of note that I can think of right now. Thank you so much for reading this half-review! Remember to take good care of yourself and to be happy that the show at least wasn't being hosted by Ricky Gervais, or Will Smith might've "had to" straight-up go full Tsar Bomba on his ass.
Due to my job situation and various other factors (including a severe lack of enthusiasm toward most of the nominees), I felt that this might be the year that I break tradition and sit one out, making it the first ceremony since 2012 that I, alas, had to forgo. Not that this felt like a huge loss; I mean, when you read that the presenters include the likes of Megan Thee Stallion and DJ Khaled, that should tell you exactly how much you ought to care about the Academy Awards at this point. (I even forgot to mention Questlove in my review of last year's show, and how he now "DJs" the Oscars because they've really gotten that desperate for broader, younger viewership.)
Truth is, I ultimately did skip the show. And... wow! Wow, did I pick the wrong night to sleep in! I don't need to bore you with all the various takes on the Chris Rock-Will Smith altercation and Jada Pinkett Smith, but I can definitely say that this has been one of the most eye-opening moments of discourse in Twitter history -- in terms of the sheer number of people telling on themselves in such a short while:
We now know precisely who has a proclivity to justify battery (or even hissy-fit slap fights) and which excuses they may use. We know who to mute for their readiness to use a moment like this to lecture us on "black on black violence", "toxic masculinity" (depending on which aisle you're in, but that lens really doesn't seem to get used much when the punches are dealt in the name of a woman's honor, which is even funnier), and even Vladimir Putin somehow. We know whose media comprehension is still intact enough that they could see Smith, our hero, laughing along at Rock's joke before suddenly running up to do what I've admittedly wanted to do to Chris Rock ever since his claim that voice acting is inherently "easier" than "real" acting. We know who has sacrificed objectivity for Smith family fanboyism, that Jaden might not be the most unstable member of said family after all, AND that this was apparently "staged" all along to garner press, boost ratings, and also distract from the war in Ukraine ergo we're ALL suckers. Lastly, we know who's smart enough to just make baldness/cuckoldry memes out of the whole thing.
As of this writing, I feel like the deranged takes have only just begun. And really, all I wanna do tonight is focus on the few things that didn't suck about the ceremony:
- Jessica Chastain taking the time to attend the non-televised awards out of respect for her colleagues on the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye, whose Hair and Makeup award was handed out during this pre-taped segment. This was an inordinate display of empathy towards the "plebs" on the part of a Hollywood celebrity, but it's still deeply hilarious that certain, "less important" awards were removed from the live telecast in an effort to shorten it -- something that didn't actually happen. In fact, this was the longest Oscars ceremony since 2018. Are you even really that surprised?
- Troy Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor for CODA and giving a damn fine speech. Yuh-Jung Youn, another treasure and the winner of last year's Supporting Actress prize (Minari), had also learned sign language for the announcement, making it all the more moving. I dunno, it's just nice to be reminded that there are people in the film industry who just, like, aren't complete sh-t, you know?
- The unintentional morbid hilarity of the upbeat music choice for the "In Memoriam" segment.
- Bringing in half of the galaxy-brained duo behind "WAP" during the performance of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" because, like I said, this is the level of desperation ABC's at.
Those are the only real moments of note that I can think of right now. Thank you so much for reading this half-review! Remember to take good care of yourself and to be happy that the show at least wasn't being hosted by Ricky Gervais, or Will Smith might've "had to" straight-up go full Tsar Bomba on his ass.
"Coda" speaks and wins best picture, Jessica takes best actress and Will throws a punch and wins best actor!
blanbrn28 March 2022
"The 94th Academy Awards" was one that was okay still long and a little dull as again the show ran over even after they had given some minor awards out before the show. The ceremony tried to be funny with a trio of females comedians hosting as Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes hosted and told many funny jokes and some not to funny. In somewhat of an upset the emotional family drama "Coda" won best picture over the western epic "The Power of the Dog", yet director Jane Campion won despite the picture losing. And Troy Kotsur a deaf actor won best supporting actor. As in the lead races no surprises as Jessica Chastain won for her transformative performance as the late Tammy Faye Baker as it was time she won a best actress Oscar. And Will Smith was king of the night winning best actor for King Richard showing his emotions in the speech, plus in a mid show surprise Will showed his hot temper by walking up and punching presenter and comedian Chris Rock after Rock's G. I. Jane haircut joke about wife Jada, wow what a surprise and shock at an awards show now talk about on stage action and drama! Overall nothing great another year gone with awards being handed out for a wide range of different films.
Who gives a damn about the oscars
trolliyama1 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Yeah, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, so what?
The oscars is just a boring ceremony without any credibility and zero respect for the arts, with judges that dont even see the movies they are voting for.
The jokes are boring, the "parodies" are unfunny and the "political commentary" is shallow and toothless as well.
The world is facing and economic crisis, the enviroment is wrecked, there is a war going on...In times like this, the academy awards are just a disgusting display of wealth (and bad taste) that contributes nothing to mankind.
Seriously, who is even watching this crap anymore? Is Will Smith now forced to slap somebody else in order to boost ratings?
At this point, the oscars are just the boomer equivalent of "Youtube Rewind".
The oscars is just a boring ceremony without any credibility and zero respect for the arts, with judges that dont even see the movies they are voting for.
The jokes are boring, the "parodies" are unfunny and the "political commentary" is shallow and toothless as well.
The world is facing and economic crisis, the enviroment is wrecked, there is a war going on...In times like this, the academy awards are just a disgusting display of wealth (and bad taste) that contributes nothing to mankind.
Seriously, who is even watching this crap anymore? Is Will Smith now forced to slap somebody else in order to boost ratings?
At this point, the oscars are just the boomer equivalent of "Youtube Rewind".
A Laugh Riot!
maxellsibswe28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I watched this live with the YMS Adum and Pals commentary and it was incredible. It takes a minute to really get going (like 30 minutes before the first award) but once it gets going it's absolutely hilarious. It's terrible, but hilarious. Encanto nominated the worst (if not saddest and most 'important') song and, as expected, lost because of it, but hey, they still did a live performance of the actual best Encanto song- wait... why is Meghan Thee Stallion doing a horrible remix rap... what is happening... oh god they butchered my baby! Well, at least Chris Rock is gonna do some sta-... oh Will Smith just assaulted a man and screamed at him on live tv because he made a joke in ?maybe? Bad taste... well... let's just ignore that and the general air of discomfort until he wins his Oscar and apologiz-... Did he just glorify Richard Williams whilst saying that he's a fierce defender of his family, never apologizing to Chris but apologizing to the Academy and using a line often used by abusers to defend their actions and manipulate peopl- WAIT the Oscars is cutting him off? But the audio is still running? What's happening, let me just check Twitter here and- OH. So Serena Williams had a... wardrobe malfunction... okay... well it's not like the Oscars are also gonna cut off like 5 people's speeches, not put a lot of people in the In Memoriam (which they should have maybe said would be a black-style in memoriam since most of it's audience is definitely white and I can tell you we were not expected joyous singing and dancing), and put the In Memoriam right after the literal televised crime. This is just the beginning, but these might be the best bits. This was a laugh riot, especially with the commentary track, highly recommend watching both, it is SO worth it!
Now why'd you have to do that?
lee_eisenberg29 March 2022
OK, so the most famous - or is it infamous - instance from the 94th Academy Awards was Will Smith's altercation with Chris Rock. Just a reminder, Roman Polanski got awarded even after his peccadillo. On top of that, Harvey Weinstein hasn't had to return his Oscars!
As for the ceremony itself. Of all the nominated movies, I've only seen "Belfast", "CODA", "Don't Look Up", "Dune", "Encanto", "Flee", "Four Good Days", "Free Guy", "King Richard", "Nightmare Alley", "No Time to Die", "Power of the Dog" and "West Side Story". I thought "The French Dispatch", "In the Heights" and "A Quiet Place II" deserved nods.
It was expected that there would be mentions of Ukraine, although Ariana DeBose's, Troy Kotsur's and Jessica Chastain's comments were more appropriate I think.
OK, so not the best ceremony by any stretch, but worthy enough. I might also mention that I saw "White Men Can't Jump" just a few weeks ago. It took me all these years to see it.
As for the ceremony itself. Of all the nominated movies, I've only seen "Belfast", "CODA", "Don't Look Up", "Dune", "Encanto", "Flee", "Four Good Days", "Free Guy", "King Richard", "Nightmare Alley", "No Time to Die", "Power of the Dog" and "West Side Story". I thought "The French Dispatch", "In the Heights" and "A Quiet Place II" deserved nods.
It was expected that there would be mentions of Ukraine, although Ariana DeBose's, Troy Kotsur's and Jessica Chastain's comments were more appropriate I think.
OK, so not the best ceremony by any stretch, but worthy enough. I might also mention that I saw "White Men Can't Jump" just a few weeks ago. It took me all these years to see it.
Insulting
KalloFox3429 March 2022
As an art form, animation never gets any respect and is always treated as inferior to live-action.
This year's Oscars was a particularly horrid offender. These writers threw in jokes about how animation is stuff that only children enjoy, while parents merely endure it. We've known for years that the Academy has an anti-animation bias, but here, they stooped to a new low. The fact that the people saying these lines played the princesses in the live-action Disney remakes (all of which were bastardizations of the original animated versions) is what really made it insulting.
Phil Lord (co-director of The LEGO Movie) called the Oscars out on its bull, and for good reason.
This year's Oscars was a particularly horrid offender. These writers threw in jokes about how animation is stuff that only children enjoy, while parents merely endure it. We've known for years that the Academy has an anti-animation bias, but here, they stooped to a new low. The fact that the people saying these lines played the princesses in the live-action Disney remakes (all of which were bastardizations of the original animated versions) is what really made it insulting.
Phil Lord (co-director of The LEGO Movie) called the Oscars out on its bull, and for good reason.
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