Awards Season 2016

[hearthesilence]

Can't say I appreciate their taste in what constitutes a great foreign film. Some good choices, but some pretty awful ones. (Not too foreign, something Hollywood would make.)

[mfunk9786]

Let them eat Red Vines!!

Gibson was chewing on his earlier like someone who is badly wrestling with quitting smoking. Not sure if he is, but it looked very familiar.

[Black Hat]

I can appreciate the idea - I mean, the Oscar ceremony for most people is gawking at celebrities on TV, so why not take that concept to its ridiculous conclusion and have it become a tour stop?

It's a gag from his show that could have easily gone terribly, but Kimmel pulled it together. I reckon Aniston's getting her sunglasses back tho.

[mfunk9786]

Rogen's an odd choice, but praise be for these sorta-lengthy hat tips to classic films.

[Brian C]

I'm not gonna lie, when I saw the movie and again now with that clip of the flamethrower in Hacksaw Ridge, I thought of Rushmore.

[hearthesilence]

F-ing hell man, Hacksaw Ridge?

[hearthesilence]

I hope I'm not thinking that 60-90 minutes from now.

[mfunk9786]

Kimmel is mostly fine but one too many eye-rolls at technical categories, little seen films, etc that feel like punching down.

[DarkImbecile]

Now the Russians are just being assholes

[mfunk9786]

I'm guessing that much of the praise for Hacksaw Ridge in technical categories is keeping in mind its minuscule budget (for a period war film of its scale). The producers deserve the most recognition for managing that, but it's really amazing how expensive it felt and looked and sounded, considering.

[lacritfan]

From Patton Oswalt's Twitter - Would not have predicted Walmart doing a "Five Obstructions" experiment but here we are. #Oscars

[domino harvey]

This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

[mfunk9786]

This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

Aside from the tour bus bit, it's felt pretty economical, too

[mfunk9786]

Forget what I said, the banter leading up to technical awards highlights felt needlessly lengthy/schticky

[knives]

And insulting.

[lacritfan]

This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

They still have to sing the two La La Land songs. As much as I like the opening they could save a lot of time cutting out/down the Best Song performances.

[Brian C]

La La Land kinda has to win cinematography, right?

[Never Cursed]

Unfortunately, because Silence totally deserved it

[domino harvey]

La La Land kinda has to win cinematography, right?

And thank God it did!

[mfunk9786]

Hey, it can still happen.

[Brian C]

I hate, hate, hate Mean Tweets, for the same reason that I would oppose giving interviews to the idiots that run on the field at sporting events. Any more of a spotlight on Twitter assholes is too much spotlight.

[domino harvey]

The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

[Black Hat]

The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

ha! I'm with you, totally don't understand why one would spend 3+ hours of their time watching a program they detest.

[knives]

Legend is really making me appreciate how the film version of this song wasn't awful.

[hearthesilence]

The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

ha! I'm with you, totally don't understand why one would spend 3+ hours of their time watching a program they detest.

It's like Wagner - you sit through hours of tedium so you can experience those precious few sublime moments.