February 24, 2008
Oscar night. What a bunch of bullshit. It’s the night that all the studios get to stand around and jerk each other off and tell each other how great they are, and people treat them with credibility.
I’m a huge fan of movies. I love them so much it’s not even funny, so when I say that I couldn’t give a fuck less about the Oscars, it’s not because I hate the medium – far from it.
I hate the Oscars because they represent everything that’s wrong with Hollywood. Because they’re honestly insignificant. Because it’s another empty reason to get people to crowd around their televisions.
Once a film wins an Oscar, everyone treats it with a newfound respect and dignity that they somehow couldn’t afford to give it when it first premiered. Amazing films that could have used that extra box-office push within its first few weeks get the shaft, and suddenly after the film wins ten Oscars people rush out to see it. Not only do they rush out to see it, but they often don’t get it. It’s either “Well, I didn’t understand the movie, but that’s okay because it won an Oscar, so it has to mean something to someone!”, or “Okay, we saw it, let me be a pretentious ass and read way too much into the film so that I can form my own lame, illogical theories about the movie.”
Yeah, sorry it’s not Norbit or Wild Hogs, people, but is it so much to ask for you to work with the material? Oh, wait, this is the same movie-going public who whines when a film has subtitles because they “don’t like to read while watching a movie”.
Maybe it’s just me being even more bitter and angry because I’m not feeling well(at all), but the Oscars can suck my dick.
Posted by Jake at February 24, 2008 07:44 PM
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