Oscar© Autopsy

[rah]

Rocks perfomance left me wanting.
While almost good enough at being irreverent, it was still a sanatized Rock. I realize that there were set limits, (which he probably pushed) it just sounded like rock-lite. Rock-like, isn't good enough.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

If they wanted a performer that mocks the self import of the industry and would be a decent draw, why didn't they go with Jon Stewart?

[GePap]

He lacks the start power of Chris Rock.

I thought he did OK, but yopu know what? They could have used Conan as well....Did he do the Oscars before, or was that the Emmy's?

[Dis]

Originally posted by rah
Rocks perfomance left me wanting.
While almost good enough at being irreverent, it was still a sanatized Rock. I realize that there were set limits, (which he probably pushed) it just sounded like rock-lite. Rock-like, isn't good enough.

he used to be on SNL, he was lite back then as well.

[Dis]

Originally posted by GePap
He lacks the start power of Chris Rock.

I thought he did OK, but yopu know what? They could have used Conan as well....Did he do the Oscars before, or was that the Emmy's?

Emmy's.

Jon Stewart might be pretty good. Though I'm not sure is stand up monologues are his thing. And it'd be good if they had the whole daily show group and did some skits and stuff they do on the show.

[-Jrabbit]

Jon Stewart would be good, but I don't know if he'd stoop to that level. And I don't know if he can work without a net. (No way would Oscar allow importation of the whole Daily Show retinue.)

The Oscars demand someone sophisticated, hip, in-the-know, and, most important, able to ad lib and think on his/her feet. Those people are rare.

Johnny Carson always gave a perfect blend of irreverence and charm. His act has never been topped, likely won't be. Billy Crystal was OK, but always seemed a bit needy up there.

Chris Rock might grow into it if given a chance. I doubt that will be forthcoming, however.

[Heresson]

Some Pole got an Oscar for music for some film, "Dreamer" of whatever. All that I know in this matter.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Jon Stewart would be good, but I don't know if he'd stoop to that level. And I don't know if he can work without a net. (No way would Oscar allow importation of the whole Daily Show retinue.)

He started out as a stand-up comic. And all you need is a good routine, an ability to ad-lib a bit, and well-rounded telepromter reading skills to host the Oscars.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by Heresson
Some Pole got an Oscar for music for some film, "Dreamer" of whatever. All that I know in this matter.

You mean Jan Kaczmarek for "Finding Neverland", the story about Peter Pan author J.M. Barry starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, right?

[Ned]

Surprise, the Oscar numbers were way off this year when the Red States were counted. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._tv_ratings_2. Looks like the Academy might do well in the future to nominate the more popular films that American actually likes for "best picture" than to openly discriminate against them if they are "fantasy," "scifi" or "religious." This could well describe Spiderman II, Spotless Mind and the Passion.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Spider-Man II? Passion of the Christ?

Lord I hope not. They have the People's Choice Awards (which has a far lower audience) for that.

Neither got discriminated against because they were scifi or religious. Spider-Man II just isn't BEST PICTURE material. Passion...well...MAYBE had a small chance, but it wasn't generally a good movie. The only good parts about it, guess what, DID get nominated.

I would rather they continue to nominate artistically worthy films then live by the standards of pop culture. Let those movies make hundreds of millions, and let these get the awards.

And the show was only off two million. That means that without an LOTR, they lost only 6% of the audience. Or, you could look at it as 41 million tuned in to see movies nominated for best picture that grossed less than $100 million. Either way, I'm not fearful of any of that, and neither should the Academy be.

[Agathon]

Ned, the reason for that is that red-staters are ignorant religious hicks.

There are channels like Spike for them. They should leave the real people's TV alone.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Hey, I'm watching Spike TV right now *******

WWE is on!

[Ned]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Spider-Man II? Passion of the Christ?

Lord I hope not. They have the People's Choice Awards (which has a far lower audience) for that.

Neither got discriminated against because they were scifi or religious. Spider-Man II just isn't BEST PICTURE material. Passion...well...MAYBE had a small chance, but it wasn't generally a good movie. The only good parts about it, guess what, DID get nominated.

I would rather they continue to nominate artistically worthy films then live by the standards of pop culture. Let those movies make hundreds of millions, and let these get the awards.

And the show was only off two million. That means that without an LOTR, they lost only 6% of the audience. Or, you could look at it as 41 million tuned in to see movies nominated for best picture that grossed less than $100 million. Either way, I'm not fearful of any of that, and neither should the Academy be.

Perhaps we ought to merely cut off consideration of the potential list for films that can be nominated to those among the top 10% of box office receipts at the time the ballots go out at the end of January. All films in that top 10% are automatically nominated.

I really believe the academy has it in for certain film types. Last year was a shock in that Return of the King won everything because it was considered to be a fantasy film. This year, I was totally impressed by Spiderman II, another fantasy film. It was a trememdous film. Spotless Mind, science fiction, was beautiful, well acted and truly inovative. Passion was powerful beyond all measure. No film ever was as moving as this one.

They all should have received nominations.

[alva]

To be honest, I think the foreign films kick your butt this year.