Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

The joke was more of a "look its no big deal, so much so that its ok to make a quick joke about it and move on".

Yep that’s probably true all right, he has made serious money. I suppose I wasn’t really following the exact meaning, and just making my point on who is the biggest ‘movie star’. I don’t think I ever watch a movie with ‘The Rock’ in it. He wasn’t in ‘The Rock’ with Cage and Connery and that was pretty good action film.

I read somewhere before, Matt Damon turned down the lead role in Avatar, and the deal he was offered was some kind of incentive based. Had he took it it would have turned him into a billionaire or something with how the film did.

was thinking the same this morning. Imagine if that shot that is everywhere (the one with Rock recoiling from the slap) was of Smith slapping a female host or of a white actor slapping Rock? The attacker would likely never work again.

Was it just me, I thought Smith looked pretty pleased with himself walking off stage, even seemed to have a grin on his face ? Didn’t come out of it very well anyway.

In fairness, he's the best actor, not the best thinker.

Nobody talking about the lad from Dune forgetting to put on a shirt.

Oof...

Being a comedian, the thing that will probably bother Chris Rock the most will be thinking up all the witty things he could have said in the immediate aftermath. He held it together well as it was, but a zinger right then would have been legendary.

I really don't think Will Smith was laughing at the joke. Given what happened, I'd say it was more of that kind of mad but trying to laugh it away but knowing you're about to smack someone. He wouldn't have done what he did if he was laughing at it, then saw Jada was mad. If he himself wasn't mad about it in that moment, he likely would have just confronted Rock after the show, or called him out during his speech.

Maybe Smith saw his wife face and saw red which I say he regretted 10 seconds later. After a talking to by his wife I bet himself and Rock met up after and its all been put behind them. Seen headlines of Rock has not pressed charges yet as if he will. There will be skits about it probably all 3 or in 2's and mentioned next year

He should have said something like, ‘Kim Kardashian’s fat arse couldn’t break the internet but this just did’. Or less controversial, ‘that beats the stupid group selfie of whatever year it was’.

Was anyone else massively impressed by Rock's ability to take a slap? Smith connected solidly but Rock firmed it like a pro.

He dealt well with it on a social/professional level also.

I am now a fan.

I was thinking of a “bankable star” as some like Will Smith was or Tom Crusie is deliver blockbusters because they are in it.

But a “bankable star” of course doesn’t mean bloackbuster but means someone people will go to see and can turn a profit.

So there are a few. Tom Hanks as mentioned earlier.

The Rock too but I don’t think many of his movies have been “box office gold”.

I think the Hollywood award shows will put an end to personal comments like this. The terrible jokes were why I stopped watching these a long time ago - even Bob Hope was crap at the Oscars.

no doubt they guy who wrote won’t be hired next year