So uhhh... the Oscars sucked.

[Johnny Novgorod]

7) MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT - the hell is the First Lady doing at the Oscars? Just what the hell, people. By setting her up there you're politizising the whole thing! And this is about movies, not politics! (on a minor note, why're you going to get Jack Nicholson onstage if he's just going to step aside for the chick in the screen?)

A lot of Middle Eastern Awards ceremonies are hosted by the mayor of the host city. At awards city council and other local politicians are present as well. It's not about politics for them. Parts of the Middle East have a love for Cinema that surpasses the Western World in a lot of ways.

With that said, I highly doubt that Michelle Obama being there can really count as "politicizing the event". For one, she didn't even say anything about politics. It's not like there was a political agenda being pushed by herself of the Oscar's awards show.

I strongly disagree. Politics is as much about speeches as it is about making an act of presence. Sometimes it's all about making an act of presence. Let's be straight here:

1) No Academy Award in recent history has featured a politician. No mayors, let alone First Ladies.
2) Her presence was a) surprise and b) climactic.
3) She took over the most prestigious actor in the show that night.
4) She delivered the "most important" award in the evening.
5) As a top representative of the White House, she honored a movie about a covert CIA operation.
6) Above all, she didn't HAVE to be there. She has nothing to do with movies and need not know anything about movies. She's the odd person out of every other host/presenter in the evening. Her presence was totally and entirely political, and that is not an opinion.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Brave winning was not a surprise, but part of me was hoping for ParaNorman.

Oy, really?!

Next to John Carter, Brave was the worst movie I saw that year. I know there are technincally worse films, but Brave was simply the most painfully mediocre waste of time (next to John Carter).

Seriously, there must've been better animated movies this year. Or is Pixar just the default winner now no matter they make?

"Best Animated Feature" is nicknamed "The Pixar Award" for a reason, dude.

 

[Robot Number V]

Pretty much the only thing I took away from the Oscars is that the Academy clearly didn't even bother watching "Wreck-It Ralph" or "Paranorman". I think there's a good chance they didn't even watch "Brave".

 

[Bomberman4000]

I think people are reading a little too far into Argo winning best picture and it being presented by Michelle Obama. She did not pick the award. The winner was decided and THEN the idea of having her present was brought up (speculation, but i'm pretty sure the winner was determined first). Maybe if Zero Dark Thirty had won best picture and Michelle Obama was presenting, then THAT might be a little unsettling considering her husband was in office while the event happened (even still it'd be a stretch). I find it hard to believe though she's pushing some kind of political agenda by giving an award she had no part in selecting the winner of to a movie about a CIA operation from 40 years ago.

And honestly, how many previous first ladies have had the media savvy and pop culture presence that Michelle Obama has? I'm not real into one political party or the next, but I thought it was damn cool to have the first lady there.

Back to the actual awards.

I love Jennifer Lawrence, but Jessica Chastain got absolutely robbed. She was amazing in Zero Dark Thirty. That to me was the biggest upset of the night. Working at a movie theater I've had the chance to see more movies than I usually would, so I had a lot of interest in this year's show. I'm surprised Moonrise Kingdom didn't get more Oscar love, and I'm not sure Beasts of the Southern Wild took home anything. (I might be wrong about that though)

One thing I was really pissed about was after the award for visual effects were given, THEY FUCKING CUT THE GUY OFF WHILE HE WAS ADDRESSING ISSUES FACING THE VISUAL EFFECTS COMMUNITY. The fuck?!?!

This show is supposed to serve as a reminder of the many aspects of art that films encompass, but we're going to cut away AND cut the microphone off when someone who's just been recognized as one of the best tries to address issues in the craft? Really got under my skin.

 

[Tony2077]

its wasn't a total loss as far as i care brave winning makes me think there not complete retards

 

[AwesomeDave]

Wait... someone expected it to NOT suck?... There's your problem..

 

[socialmenace42]

Didn't suck. Plenty of reasons why but I'll give one.

Sound of Music Nazi Joke.

Good Night.

THEY'RE GONE!
Now, I'm stuck in bed with the flu at the moment running a fever and coughing my soul out every few mins but I swear I haven't laughed so hard in a loooooooong time.
Gotta love Seth McFarlane, an unexpected but inspired choice.
I also think 'We saw your boobs' should become an instant musical theatre classic.

 

[Miss Layton]

It astounds me Life of Pi, Anna Karenina and Les Mis won - respectively - Best Special Effects, Best Costume and Best Makeup. Are you serious? In the face of films from The Hobbit to The Avengers, from Moonrise Kingdom to Cloud Atlas...

Oh, dear Lord.

 

[Scott Rothman]

Seth MacFarlane was cringe worthy. His 'jokes' were bottom of the barrel and disgusting.

 

[Bomberman4000]

I understand they get a set amount of time to talk, but do you think they would've cut Daniel Day-Lewis off if he decided to talk for half an hour? (and I know some awards are viewed as more prestigious and time-worthy than others)

The word "respect" was thrown around a lot, especially when people were talking about the "unsung heroes" of the film industry, and I just felt like they got none.

 

[Existentialistme]

The moment I saw that The Master wasn't nominated for best picture (or PTA for director), I ragequit the entire thing. The fact that neither Phoenix or Hoffman won was an insult as well.

This. Entirely.

I feel like I'm the only person here who saw The Master, let alone loved it. Same goes for Amour.

Snip.

I agree with almost everything except Seth MacFarlane being a good host, but I've never liked him to begin with so...

You've got some good taste.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

6. Anne Hathaway winning Best Supporting Actress was another 'no shit' moment as well, probably the most obvious thing of the night.

Even more obvious than her nipples in that dress?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I didn't watch it but from what I hear I made a good decision doing that.

Also good on Tarantino.

 

[Olas]

My favourite part of the whole event.

Spoiler

The 2 and a half people here who've seen Flight will get it

All and all I think every movie got what it deserved. Django won for Screenplay, Pi won for director, cinematography, visual effects etc, Daniel Day Lewis got best actor, Les Mis got makeup and soundmixing, Skyfall got best song and sound editing. Argo took the cake.

Lincoln really got it's ass handed to it though, aside from the predestined best actor win it only got one other award for production design which for a movie many thought would be an Oscar juggernaught is pretty underwhelming.

 

[Atmos Duality]

There were no real surprises on my end. Pretty ho-hum overall.
Only winner that I disagreed with was Brave; throughout the movie, I felt like I was watching two decent movies soldered together. Can't quite put my finger on why though.

Good, but definitely not the most Oscar-worthy. ParaNorman was just better.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

There were no real surprises on my end. Pretty ho-hum overall.
Only winner that I disagreed with was Brave; throughout the movie, I felt like I was watching two decent movies soldered together. Can't quite put my finger on why though.

There was an issue in production with the Director/creator leaving part way through.

Bob did an article on it.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/moviebob/9760-Near-Miss