Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

get Ricky Gervais up there to shake things up

Forgive me struggling to grasp this, Neil Young has been an environmentalist as long as I've been aware of him. He's been very narky but consistent over the years very comparable to Van in a way actually.

He saw the few hundred of scientist/doctor signatures on a petition to Spotify and gave them a voice basically as sure noone listens to those, Spotify isn't corporate enough??

What events are these? Was Van not the main man rolled out for Bill Clinton all them years ago?

Song attached really does demonstrate a tame push back on a Boris government when compared to the protest songs of yesteryear alright.

Have just watched CODA, and it's easily my favourite of the Best Picture nominations, and I've seen 6 so far.

Watching Nightmare Alley next.

A close contest between himself and Kodi Smit McPhee.

Jessica Chastain won Best Actress for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, and deservedly so.

We don’t talk about Bruno no no no, we don’t talk about Bruno. Why wasn’t this song nominated??

Miranda et al decided not to put it forward for consideration.

BAFTA's airing on BBC1 at 7pm tonight.

I can’t stand her fat or thin she is a pain in the hole. Completely 1 dimensional actor.

Before the Oscars we have the Razzies. And the "winners" are (in bold):

Haven’t seen many of the nominations. But did see Coda. And loved it. Was very surprised how much I got in to it. Didn’t think it would be for me. Loved it. Watched over half of nightmare alley last night. Stopped watching. It was starting to annoy me. Dragged out. Will watch the rest tonight for completion. Maybe it will surprise me. I’ve read that it is some type of mystery drama. I haven’t seen anything mysterious yet.

I had to wiki Bruce’s filmography to see if that category was correct, wow, 2022 looks to be gearing up for moms of the same.

And he did... it's cringey. Talking bout 'protecting' his family....

He knows he messed up. It won't be 'congrats for winning an award'... instead it's 'you made a damn fool of yourself, AGAIN!'.

His oscar speech, and the way folks were standing in the sideline. It was awkward. You could feel the tension. He meandered through it, and his apology was as half-hearted as his acting.

Apology to the academy, but not to Chris Rock. He didn't write the joke. Will Smith knows nobody writes the speeches they deliver.

Jesus, that punch is bonkers, he has no real excuse for that. Comedians tell jokes, none of his movies are funny so maybe that’s what set him off?

That's it exactly.

IT's gonna go down as one of the worst, be it the joke stealing, the awful skits, and the punch. Also, the 'stream' has collapsed a number of times, even during the winning speeches. It's really bad.

And Smith should be escorted off the premises. Instead, Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry 'comforted' him. But you could see Denzel was angry. When Will gave his speech, Denzel didn't clap or anything. He was ticked off.

https://www.etonline.com/how-denzel-washington-and-tyler-perry-comforted-will-smith-after-chris-rock-fight-at-the-oscars

I feel like the ratings for this year's awards will be worse than last year. Mainly on account of how underseen the films were.

And someone posted this on twitter, and I laughed. It's accurate.

Even outside of the 'slap', there were many, many moments that ticked people the wrong way. Calling animation a 'genre', when it's a medium, and one of the few mediums' that kept many movie studios afloat during the pandemic. Animators were able to work from home, when live action movies and TV shows couldn't film.

The 'in-memorium' piece angered many more.

Case in point, Josh Olsen (screenwriter of 'A History of Violence') posted this tweet regarding the in-memorium segment (which bore an uncanny resemblance to a Golden Globes in-memorium segment from years ago) despite the show opening with a 'joke' about the Golden Globes.

The whole thing was actually more insulting than last year. And no excuse of a pandemic to blame it on.

What a bore/woke/pc/snooze fest .

The Oscars are now irrelevant. Will Smith and that wife of his… sheezzz… what an eeejit. She had a face like the back of a bus all evening. I actually thought Chris Rocks joke was funny, yes directed but funny. More funny than anything else the whole evening.

never knew John Travolta was so short!

The whole event was a disaster. It’s gone from great actors and films, to who can we include most and of course homage to dumbing down of film due to affirmative action. Sidney Poitier was a fantastic actor, Madea is not.

i love Wanda Sykes, but it was cringey watching her this evening.

looking at this BS this evening got me thinking about films that I really HAVE wanted to see over the past 5 years….there have been none.

independent films are where it’s at (if they get funding). Hollywoods originality has vanished in my humble opinion.

i didn’t realise we were watching the Real housewives of Hollywood tonight 😀