Let us not be cruel.
This show. I don’t think I’ve missed one in 20 years. I don’t know why. I am sick to death of gowns. I hate all the speeches, rambling or scripted. The stars never look anything like their characters. They’re too shiny, all of them sleek as weasels. They never quite get that by thanking everyone in the known universe, they are really thanking no one. And they are thoughtlessly sticking it to the home viewer, who would like to be entertained in some small way over the course of 3.5 hours.
The things I like about an Academy Awards show are (a) the jokes, and (b) the montages. I think we can agree that the jokes were uniformly flat. Especially the pizza thing. The montages? Well, we’ve seen all those clips dozens of times, but at least they’re about the movies. If it’s a choice between a five-minute laundry list and a 90-second highlight reel, I’ll take the highlights every time.
Other thoughts:
- Sally Field looks pretty genuine.
- Liza Minelli does not.
- If forced to choose, I’d rather fistfight Jared Leto than Charlize Theron.
- If I never hear the song “Wind Beneath My Wings” again, it will be too soon.
Mind if I vape?
I’ll take ‘Nebraska’
The White Witch in a suit from Talbot’s
An industry plumb out of ideas
On the road with ‘Llewyn Davis’
agree on all points although I hadn’t thought about fighting either Theron or Leto. I’ll add the sound of McConaughhey’s “Hey,Hey,Hey” to the Bette Midler category of things I’d rather not hear again anytime soon. Something about him that just……..eck.
If forced to choose, I’d rather fistfight Jared Leto than Charlize Theron.
Hehehee…. I definitely snickered while reading the above.
I did find it touching when McC helped Novack with her lines.
Deb….McConaughhey’s skin always looks greasy to me. Ick factor. Lol
I’m going to go with ‘skeevy’.
There’s a word you don’t hear every day.