Quote: (01-23-2016 02:33 PM)Samseau Wrote:
I don't get why either Blacks or Whites care who wins the Oscars. All of it pretty gay if you ask me.
Yeah, but you're not a deeply-insecure narcissist who needs the adoration of millions of strangers to fill the screaming black hole of emptiness inside you.
Were the Oscars ever a sign of quality? Winners generally swerve between Heavy-Handed Political Correctness; The Concerns of Liberal of New Yorkers; Movies that Celebrate Hollywood; As A Reward For Long Time Service; or Populist Schlock. Sure, sometimes quality movies win awards, but it's always a coin toss.
I didn't see the Will Smith movie. Was his performance any good? His 90's work was basically him playing the same role in every film. This is the same reason why I always found Tom Cruise such a boring actor to watch. Then again, I could argue the same thing for Michael Caine's work from the 80's onwards, and he won in 1987 for a Woody Allen film where he basically played The Michael Caine Stereotype.
Oscars are kind of irrelevant in age where our stars lack Poise, Charm and Glamour, and the studios are more interested in churning out Toy-friendly Superhero movies anyway. Even increasing the number of Best Picture nominees to include more popular movies hasn't helped ratings - they have been steadily-falling, reaching the lowest levels since 2008 last year. They're a holdover from a dead age, and their only cultural cachet anymore is to be a category tag in Netflix.
I didn't even know 2014's winner, 'Birdman', existed. I've never heard anyone I know mention it, or read any critic talk about it. The Director made 'The Revenant', which I've heard discussion of everywhere this year. Bizarre.