2006 Academy Awards

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jon stewart has made a very important distinction tonight:

martin scorsese (one of the greatest director/producers of all time) - 0 oscars

three six mafia (****e hip hop group) - 1 oscar (best original song: "it's hard out here for a pimp")

:confused:

although some justice is served on the night thus far. phillip seymour hoffman won for his outstanding role in capote. such an interesting and intriguing story, was capote's. i'm hoping it wins for best picture, though it will in all likelihood go to brokeback mountain, which i saw as well. all "controversy" aside, it was a touching story...but i didn't find it nearly as powerful or, for lack of a better term, as "oscar worthy," as capote. this is, of course, just my opinion. :cool:
 
I haven't watched Capote, but I heard it was real good. I'm glad Crash won though, I liked that movie. I expected Brokeback Mountain to win.
 
I was quite happy with this year's awards. I get so tired of seeing one film sweep every category, and I think that everything was nicely spread out tonight.

Also, Clooney won, so Yippee! for him.
 
I agree with G3. It seems as though the academy members were actually picking individual achievement instead of simply voting all the awards to one film...
 
piksi said:
what a waste of time
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The only thing I can think of that would be a bigger waste of time would be responding to a thread dedicated to something that you thought was such a waste of time.
 
GoGoGadget said:
The only thing I can think of that would be a bigger waste of time would be responding to a thread dedicated to something that you thought was such a waste of time.
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or responding to such a response;)
 
awarding very rich people, in this instance, is probably a waste of time. but so is glorifying a bunch of sweaty men running up and down a wooden floor throwing a ball into a small basket.

the point is, it all has entertainment value. i dont enjoy watching the academy awards, in general, cuz its over 3 hours long, and there's too many people talking way too much about films i do not care about, and rambling on and on about people i do not know and have never heard of. but what else am i gonna do on an incredibly rainy sunday night? my homework?

i do enjoy, however, rooting for those movies that i believe transcend the typical hollywood mold. i thought capote was a good example, and i was happy to see philip seymour hoffman win an oscar for his leading role in that film. crash is another exceptional film, and i was glad to see it win a couple statues.

and jon stewart, as always, was a riot. i dont agree with his politics hardly at all, but i enjoy his sense of humor, and willingness to make light of situations that people generally find uncomfortable to talk about.
 
I would have rather seen ANY of the other nominated films win best picture. I know it is just my opinion, but I was shocked that Crash was even nominated. I don't want to offend anyone...it just didn't get to me. I thought Crash tried too hard to be a hard-hitting social commentary...the other films actually achieved it.

I was happy with all of the other awards, and as always, I loved Jon Stewart.
 
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woo hoo!!!!!!!!! i was hoping crash would upset brokeback and it did!!!!!!! thats so awesome!!!!!!!!

now i wish i had tuned in.

i'm so glad george clooney won! and congrats to reese!
 
Jon Stewart bombed?

Did Jon Stewart Bomb at the Oscars?
By Cris Bergman
Mar 6, 2006

Jon Stewart seemed to be overcompensating a bit on Sunday night as he struggled with exactly how he should open. His monologue was dry, and while that is his strength it didn't play well in a theater full of humorless elitists.

Humorless Elite a Tough Crowd

They just didn't get the comedian and though I didn't think he bombed, Nikki Finke sure did.

At least Jon Stewart admitted he was a poor choice to host the Oscars, given that his film experience amounted to little more than “the fourth male lead from Death to Smoochy.” That filmed bit of schtick at the start of the telecast unsubtlely showed how hard it is to get a decent host for this nightmare of a show. So it was inevitable that he’d bomb. And, yes, bomb he did.

He looked nervous and edgy, his timing was way off, his standup ran in super slow-mo, and his jokes flatlined.

What’s more, he didn’t even try to make excuses for the movie industry; instead, he acknowledged, “Let’s face the fact that this has not been the best year for Hollywood.” Especially when they can’t get a better host than you, Jon-boy. Even his sharp political humor, what little there was of it, was dull. He slammed the Democrats twice, and told only one Cheney joke. (That got his biggest laugh.)

***

It was a funny joke - the best of the night and since it didn't make fun of Hollywood or Democrats, the stiff crowd indeed did laugh.

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Finke Continues:

He didn’t lay a glove on Bush, and what’s up with that? Isn’t that why we tuned in, to see Mr. Liberal get himself in trouble with the Red State Right? Then he sets up what starts out like a winner, noting how “a lot of people say this town is too liberal…out of touch with Mainstream America…a moral black hole where innocence is obliterated in an orgy of sexual gratification and greed…” But then he ends with, “I don’t really have a joke here.”

Why not, for chrissakes? Didn’t this gig pay you to write punch lines?
Hang on, even Jon just told the audience he’s a “loser.” Well put, at least for tonight.

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The joke was really his audience, who came across as humorless dolts. Damn Hollywood, learn something about self-deprecating humor. But Nikki hit it pretty well; it was a tough night for Jon Stewart.

--Cris Bergman

The joke was really his audience, who came across as humorless dolts. Damn Hollywood, learn something about self-deprecating humor. But Nikki hit it pretty well; it was a tough night for Jon Stewart.
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That really sums it up.

I love Jon Stewart, but I don't think his humor can be used in a setting like the Oscars. I didn't really watch the Oscars but I gathered from news reports is that he "bombed" as the host. The "humorless elite" didn't find him to be all that amusing. Go figure.
 
KingKong said:
That really sums it up.

I love Jon Stewart, but I don't think his humor can be used in a setting like the Oscars. I didn't really watch the Oscars but I gathered from news reports is that he "bombed" as the host. The "humorless elite" didn't find him to be all that amusing. Go figure.
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I agree with this assessment...tough crowd for him. But as a big Jon Stewart fan myself, I found his stuff to be pretty good.
 
I am still sooo happy that 'Crash' won!!! One of the best movies I have ever seen, hands down. So incredibly moving, powerful, and the twists and unpredictability added such suspense. It was so nice to see a big upset happening at the Oscars when the winners have been so predictable in the past, especially to a film that is so deserving. And I really enjoyed the speeches being given by Reese Witherspoon and Philip Seymour Hoffman. George Clooney's was good as well, very funny, although I've never thought he was a very good actor.
 
about time hip hop won something at the academy awards..........
 
that article is crazy. jon stewart was ace the whole night. for such a boring telecast and dead crowd, jon was definitely the bright spot.
 
I thought Jon Stewart was the best host I've seen in years. And I thought he wisely kept the Bush jokes to a minimum (even I would have ate them up like candy).
 
PixelPusher said:
I thought Jon Stewart was the best host I've seen in years. And I thought he wisely kept the Bush jokes to a minimum (even I would have ate them up like candy).
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I agree. Jon Stewart was hilarious and I'm confused by the people who keep saying he bombed.

Although, I thought Dave Letterman was a hilarious host a few years ago, and that is usually looked at as a horrible failure.
 
I was extremely grateful the whole stupid thing didn't turn into a repeat of some of the political diatribes of the past... It was actually refreshing to see Hollywood honor the best in their industry WITHOUT having to listen to them pontificate their various political positions.

I did notice an absence of almost all the actors/actresses we would have expected to be there just a few years ago. Where were the Robert DeNiros, the Alec Baldwins, the Matt Damons, etc? Where was Nicole Kidman? Etc, etc, etc... It was almost as though they had all simply decided not to show up. It used to be that Hollywood turned out even when they weren't going to possibly receive an award. Now, unfortunately, it seems like if you aren't nominated, you don't feel any kind of obligation to show up and support someone else...
 
IMO - the best part of THE WHOLE OSCARS show was ...

<insert drum roll here>

Chicken Little and The Duck (don't know the duck's name)

... I can still see Chicken Little having to peek in his pants (which was the OSCAR'S ENVELOPE), that he put on AS PANTS in support of THE PANTLESS DUCK ... that was classic :D
 
VF21 said:
Where were the Robert DeNiros, the Alec Baldwins, the Matt Damons, etc? Where was Nicole Kidman? Etc, etc, etc...
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DeNiro is directing, and Damon is starring in, The Good Shepard with Angie and are currently shooting in New York.

Kidman presented the first award.
 
VF21-Nicole Kidman was there, she was a presenter. However, she didn’t just leave once her category was done with, she did stay though through the rest of the ceremony. The actors you named as no-shows might simply be tired of all of the hoopla, year after year. They’ve been there, done that, one too many times and perhaps they need a break from the Hollywood madness. There are plenty of other ways to show support towards your cohorts and they’re probably more worthwhile than showing up at the Oscars.

I’ve got to agree with the critics against Jon Stewart. He is a great media personality, just not a great Oscar host. His filmed segments were well-done and hilarious, and he did have some good one-liners. As for his stage stuff, he just lacked the spark and energy needed to invigorate the ceremony and audience. I echo VF21 in breathing a sigh of relief that the Oscars didn’t result in a bunch of overly-egotistical celebrities using the ceremony to pontificate politically. I was fearful of that happening given the nominees and host. Glad I was all wrong!
 
Hmmmm. Apparently I shouldn't have said Nicole. ;) I missed the first few minutes, so my ignorance at least has a small excuse.

I understand the thought that the actors I mentioned might be tired of all the hoopla. I was simply stating that I found it odd that SO many of the faces I personally would have expected to be there simply weren't...of course, I still can't get used to ceremonies like this without Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Bettie Davis, Joan Crawford, etc. Getting old and realizing pretty much all heroes, role models, celebrities, etc. from your youth are - well - dead is really never more apparent than at the Academy Awards and the various Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

;)
 
Folsom Al said:
What happened to Don Knotts and Darren McGavin in that SPECIAL TRIBUTE to the dearly departed ???? :confused:
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I wondered that myself, but figured it must have been too recent to add them. I can't think it would have been terribly difficult to put in just a few more clips, though.
 
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