The Oscars: To Watch or Not to Watch?

Hey, its the Oscars. I'll watch. Its a cultural event like the Super
Bowl. Who cares if everyone knows the Colts will clobber the Bears?
Its all about having some friends over and making fun of Hollywood.
Besides, if nothing else, Ellen Degeneres can always be counted upon
to be amusing.

On Feb 25, 12:39 pm, d....DeleteThis@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Constance Kuriyama)
wrote:
> "Feuillade" (Feuill...@aol.com) writes:
> > I don't know if I'm going to bother watching the Oscars tonight.
>
> > It seems like all four major acting categories are locks (Helen
> > Mirren; Forrest Whitaker; Eddie Murphy; Jennifer Hudson), and the only
> > questions to be answered are:
>
> > 1) What will win Best Picture? (My guess is: "The Queen")
>
> > 2) Will Martin Scorsese win Best Director? (My guess is: Yes)
>
> > Is that worth three hours of my life?
>
> > There's an Eisenstein screening tonight and I'll go to that. It ends
> > at 7:00. Maybe I'll watch the Oscars after "The General Line," and
> > maybe not.
>
> > Tom Moran
>
> I never watch the Oscars in their entirety, because attempts to make
> the show entertaining usually fail, and most of the acceptance speeches
> are really annoying. If I'm curious about one award, I try watching part
> of the program while doing something else.
>
> It's ridiculous that Scorsese has never won best director. I sometimes
> suspect that they'll make him wait for a lifetime achievement award.
>
> Connie K.- Hide quoted text -
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On Feb 25, 9:39�am, d....TakeThisOut@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Constance Kuriyama)
wrote:
> "Feuillade" (Feuill...@aol.com) writes:
> > I don't know if I'm going to bother watching the Oscars tonight.
>
> > It seems like all four major acting categories are locks (Helen
> > Mirren; Forrest Whitaker; Eddie Murphy; Jennifer Hudson), and the only
> > questions to be answered are:
>
> > 1) What will win Best Picture? (My guess is: "The Queen")
>
> > 2) Will Martin Scorsese win Best Director?  (My guess is: Yes)
>
> > Is that worth three hours of my life?
>
> > There's an Eisenstein screening tonight and I'll go to that.  It ends
> > at 7:00.  Maybe I'll watch the Oscars after "The General Line," and
> > maybe not.
>
> > Tom Moran
>
> I never watch the Oscars in their entirety, because attempts to make
> the show entertaining usually fail, and most of the acceptance speeches
> are really annoying.  If I'm curious about one award, I try watching part
> of the program while doing something else.
>
> It's ridiculous that Scorsese has never won best director. I sometimes
> suspect that they'll make him wait for a lifetime achievement award.
>
> Connie K.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


I'll watch the Academy Awards tonight, although I'll probably be the
only one in my household doing so. I make to excuses--I'm addicted to
them--and I'll hope for a Sally Field moment ("You like me! You
really like me!")
Ennio Moricone will receive a much-deserved honorary Oscar--he's
never won one--and I'm looking to Martin Scorsese >hopefully< winning
best director.
As for the acting awards, you can count on at least one surprise
(maybe Peter O'Toole). And as for best picture I'm betting on the
Chaplinesque LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. It's just the kind of picture to
come out of nowhere and win--like MARTY did a half-century ago.
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I always watch the Oscars--it's a tradition and there's a certain warped
curiosity involved.

But Tivo has made it a lot easier. I give the Tivo a headstart, and start
watching an hour or so into the program. That way I can fast-forward through
the commercials, and take my own breaks as I choose them.

I've got a rehearsal this afternoon, and probably won't be able to start
watching until 6:30.

Although Babel was my favorite film of the year, with Little Miss Sunshine
and Letters from Iwo Jima also high on the list, I suspect The Departed will
win Best Picture. The Queen, though I liked it, is IMHO the weakest of the
five.

Lincoln

"Feuillade" <Feuillade.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1172410066.650294.110650@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I don't know if I'm going to bother watching the Oscars tonight.
>
> It seems like all four major acting categories are locks (Helen
> Mirren; Forrest Whitaker; Eddie Murphy; Jennifer Hudson), and the only
> questions to be answered are:
>
> 1) What will win Best Picture? (My guess is: "The Queen")
>
> 2) Will Martin Scorsese win Best Director? (My guess is: Yes)
>
> Is that worth three hours of my life?
>
> There's an Eisenstein screening tonight and I'll go to that. It ends
> at 7:00. Maybe I'll watch the Oscars after "The General Line," and
> maybe not.
>
> Tom Moran
>
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We'll watch despite the fact that Stallone and Rocky Balboa are not up
for anything :>) ...

Gerald Smith
http://jerre.com
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Bruce Calvert filted:
>
>And if Sacha Baron Cohen gets an award for Best Screenplay, that should be a
>fun acceptance speech...

....one eerily reminiscent of the one Roberto Benigni gave a few years back....r


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"Gerald Smith" <dexter_maine RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> We'll watch despite the fact that Stallone and Rocky Balboa are not up
> for anything :>) ...
>
> Gerald Smith
> http://jerre.com

I'm buried under snow in Wisconsin, so I can't wait to watch Al Gore pick up
his award for the "global warming" doc as our local station runs a crawl of
blizzard warnings and school closings. And they say that irony is dead.

--Hal E
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In article <12u3rps2igolc01 DeleteThis @corp.supernews.com>,
"Hal Erickson" <hle3 DeleteThis @execpc.com> wrote:

> "Gerald Smith" <dexter_maine DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:1172433780.185293.276080@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> > We'll watch despite the fact that Stallone and Rocky Balboa are not up
> > for anything :>) ...
> >
> > Gerald Smith
> > http://jerre.com
>
> I'm buried under snow in Wisconsin, so I can't wait to watch Al Gore pick up
> his award for the "global warming" doc as our local station runs a crawl of
> blizzard warnings and school closings. And they say that irony is dead.
>
> --Hal E
>
>
>

The best part being, he's not entitled to an award or to get up on stage
anyway; he's only credited as 'cast' -- but that ain't gonna stop 'em.
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"Feuillade" (Feuillade@aol.com) writes:
> I don't know if I'm going to bother watching the Oscars tonight.
>
> It seems like all four major acting categories are locks (Helen
> Mirren; Forrest Whitaker; Eddie Murphy; Jennifer Hudson), and the only
> questions to be answered are:
>
> 1) What will win Best Picture? (My guess is: "The Queen")
>
> 2) Will Martin Scorsese win Best Director? (My guess is: Yes)
>
> Is that worth three hours of my life?
>
> There's an Eisenstein screening tonight and I'll go to that. It ends
> at 7:00. Maybe I'll watch the Oscars after "The General Line," and
> maybe not.
>
> Tom Moran

I never watch the Oscars in their entirety, because attempts to make
the show entertaining usually fail, and most of the acceptance speeches
are really annoying. If I'm curious about one award, I try watching part
of the program while doing something else.

It's ridiculous that Scorsese has never won best director. I sometimes
suspect that they'll make him wait for a lifetime achievement award.

Connie K.
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Oh come on Tom! They may be overlong, but they are still fun.

Here's the awkward moment that I'm waiting for...

As Djimon Hounsou picks up his best supporting actor award for BLOOD
DIAMONDS, I wonder how many gaudy diamonds the presenters will be wearing???

And if Sacha Baron Cohen gets an award for Best Screenplay, that should be a
fun acceptance speech...


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If I get close to seeing all of the nominated (for major awards)
movies, I make sure to watch them all. Sometimes I miss a foreign
film when I'm close - because it's not available.

But this year, I didn't see any of them, so I'll read about the awards
in the paper.
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:54:15 GMT, Howard Brazee <howard RemoveThis @brazee.net>
wrote:

>But this year, I didn't see any of them, so I'll read about the awards
>in the paper.

My mistake - I saw _Volver_.
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