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[NeoGiffer]

Spoiler: and the winners are...........

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Ok

 

[ManaByte]

I'd rather sit through Mortal Kombat again.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[triplestation]

 

[belmarduk]

I'd rather sit through Mortal Kombat again.

So it wasn’t good? Not even if I just got HBO max?

 

[Algan]

 

[kunonabi]

I'm fully expecting this to be the worst ratings for an oscar show ever. A bunch of grievance porn nobody has seen is quite the lineup and the academy has made it clear merit isnt part of the process anymore.

I'd suggest renting Emma. instead as it was easily the best film of the year.

 

[Patrick S.]

Shit, I haven't seen a single one of those movies and don't know most of those actors :/

 

[12Goblins]

The fact that trial of chicago 7 is nominated for best picture worries me deeply.

 

[Algan]

Chadwick Boseman was honored during the Emmys ceremony and the same should happen today during the Oscar.

 

[ManaByte]

Chadwick Boseman was honored during the Emmys ceremony and the same should happen today during the Oscar.

He'll win one tonight.

 

[EviLore]

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

So it wasn’t good? Not even if I just got HBO max?

If you have hbo max its worth a watch. If you played the games you will get some enjoyment out of it but it's not a home run. I wouldn't pay money and go to a theater but hbo max on the couch with a beer and pizza yes.

 

[MrS]

Pulling for Riz MC

 

[SF Kosmo]

How is Borat nominated for Best Adapted screenplay? It's not adapted from anything that I know of and mostly improvised...

 

[SF Kosmo]

Pulling for Riz MC

He was excellent in Sound of Metal.

I HIGHLY recommend watching it with a good 5.1 surround set up, the sound design is really great to the point where it actually adds to the story.

 

[trikster40]

I'd rather sit through Mortal Kombat again.

Was it bad? Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. At least it’s better than the Oscars?

 

[kittoo]

'Promising Young Woman' is nominated for best movie. That itself is enough to tell me how utterly shit and agenda driven Oscars have become.
Its a painfully pedestrain movie!

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

How is Borat nominated for Best Adapted screenplay? It's not adapted from anything that I know of and mostly improvised...

We know why. He made a movie mocking he who will not be named man bad. No different than giving Al gore one after he lost to Bush.

Also technically adapted from borat the character from the Ali G show which existed long before the movies.

 

[EviLore]

Ludwig Göransson deserved a nomination for Tenet's soundtrack, so of course that's nowhere to be found.

Promising YW and Judas are on my watch list but overall Hollywood has identity problems. The festival circuit already exists, and it's far more interesting.

 

[Algan]

The Animated Short Oscar goes to "If anything happens I love you".

The Animated Academy Award goes to the big favorite, Soul.

The Oscar for Short Documentary goes to "Collete".

The Documentary Oscar goes to "My Octopus Teacher."

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Wolfwalkers got robbed y’all. Soul was fine but for a film marketed as representing the black experience and Jazz Jaimie Fox spent an odd amount of time as a talking cat while Tina Fey spoke out of his body. Cop out ending too...animation rant over please imagine Comicbook Guy reading the above.

 

[ManaByte]

I wish the Oscars could emulate GAF and remove the politics.

 

[3liteDragon]

Nomadland's winning Best Picture.

 

[Algan]

The Oscar for Visual Effects goes to "Tenet."

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes to South Korean Youn Yuh-jung, for "Minari."

 

[MayauMiao]

I didn't even know Oscars was showing today. I guess not having Twitter kept me in the dark on these terrible events, and that's a good thing.

 

[Fbh]

Wolfwalkers got robbed y’all. Soul was fine but for a film marketed as representing the black experience and Jazz Jaimie Fox spent an odd amount of time as a talking cat while Tina Fey spoke out of his body. Cop out ending too...animation rant over please imagine Comicbook Guy reading the above.

Lol, as if they bothered watching most non-Disney stuff

 

[MayauMiao]

Props to the OP for placing the tags together that truly define what awards shows are like nowadays:

"Cringe Event"

 

[Algan]

The Oscar for Production Design goes to "Mank."

The Oscar for Cinematography goes to "Mank".

The Oscar for Film Editing goes to "Sound of Metal".

The Oscar for Original Score goes to "Soul".

 

[Nhranaghacon]

Used to really enjoy the Oscars, would spend 5-7 hours crammed in front of the TV during the awards and midway presentations that were always entertaining

Now I sit through 15 minutes of the Oscars, and no matter what point I sit through it bounces between Political Hollywood Social Issue to Genuine Award Ceremony.
With the former taking up the premier time slot and given more length than the actual acceptance.

Then the Oscars became less about films and more about stuff not film related, whatsoever. As it stands, I'll probably tune in for about 5 minutes next year and the year after

and if films still take second seat to politics and social issues I'll never watch the Oscars Again.

IT seems people didn't get Josef Fares Message or what it really meant - Overwhelmingly, for most - an Oscars that no longer fully embraces and celebrates film singularly isn't worth our time.

Particularly as Gamers - as Gaming is obviously now the superior medium.

The Magic Of Cinema has long disappeared from Hollywood - it seems that there is nothing left but this decrepit rotting shell where the magic used to reside.

Even then... I feel the real magical issues, AI rights, Robot Rights, the end of entropy - these monumental issues will be fully ignored in the future by the Academy in leu of celebrating
the far more mundane and menial issues like appropriating wealth to the needy when that is an issue Hollywood should stay firmly out of.

 

[Algan]

The Oscar for Original Song goes to "Fight for you", from H.E.R in "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Oscar in memoriam 2021.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

 

[Algan]

The Oscar for Best Picture goes to "Nomadland".

 

[Algan]

The Oscar for Best Actress goes to "Frances McDormand".

Anthony Hopkins wins the last Oscar for best actor.

 

[Velcro Fly]

That In Memoriam video went so fast. You could read a name or look at a picture but you couldn't do both other than for a select few.

Lot of people in there I was sad to see go. Larry McMurtry especially because Lonesome Dove is perhaps my favorite book ever.

 

[Shai-Tan]

Wolfwalkers got robbed y’all. Soul was fine but for a film marketed as representing the black experience and Jazz Jaimie Fox spent an odd amount of time as a talking cat while Tina Fey spoke out of his body. Cop out ending too...animation rant over please imagine Comicbook Guy reading the above.

I’m a baby. I stopped watching when

Spoiler

she shot her bird

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

I’m a baby. I stopped watching when

Spoiler

she shot her bird

Glad Nomad Land and Chloe Jiao won at least.

 

[Jon Neu]

The only thing worth is waiting for the RLM episode.

 

[mcjmetroid]

The sleeper hit here guys is " wolfwalkers". It's an animated film by Irish people that should not be missed. They should not only have won best animation but best picture.
It's an amazing film.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Can't wait for ratings. I predict sub 20m.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

I'd rather sit through Mortal Kombat again.

Just finished watching it. What an awful movie. The "leaked" fatality was by far the best one, these cunts probably leaked it themselves to generate hype after getting roasted over the shitty trailers. I can't believe there's a worse movie than Godzilla vs Kong this year but here we are.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Thirty7ven]

The ceremony was lame and I’m tired of these Hollywood thinking what the audience wants is a “Who suffers most” game of bingo.

 

[Fox Mulder]

The sleeper hit here guys is " wolfwalkers". It's an animated film by Irish people that should not be missed. They should not only have won best animation but best picture.
It's an amazing film.

is it only on AppleTV+ or whatever?

 

[INC]

progressive and brave award goes to.......

 

[FunkMiller]

The weird thing is that these self indulgent, disconnected fuckers still think we want to see them handing out awards to one another.

 

[RoboFu]

I see there were no long winded climate speeches... guess they are bored of that cause now.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Celebrity worship needs to die.

 

[Kenpachii]

Straight up not saw a single one of them