I used to go to the movies a lot. Two or three times a week. Back when the movies were good and the price was low. I liked to watch the Oscars to see if the movie I really liked and was up for Best Movie would win. And most of the time, when my favorite movie did not win, I would be molified by having a movie that I watched and liked did win.
Now, most of these movies are trash. The good, entertaining movies are never up for an award. My wife and I started watching A Boy's Life. Got a third of the way through and we both decided to stop watching. Absolute garbage. The only schtick was it was filmed over 12 years. So what? When the story sucks and the characters are bad, what's the point.
And then Arquette gets up there and complains about equal pay. That's what I need - some millionaire complaining that people are not being paid equally. From a person who probably never had a job other than acting for over 20 years.
I go see the comic book movies and every once in awhile I will pay to see something like American Sniper or Lone Survivor. But back to what I said in the beginning - the movies cost way to much and suck too much for me to see them. Much less the award shows.
A couple of weeks ago, I watched a Turner Classic Movies documentary on past Oscar shows. The best ones were from 1960 and earlier. Women in formal gowns, men in tuxes. The winners and presenters were dignified. No political speeches. Nothing outrageous. Those were events worth watching. Not anymore.
Now these award shows are preachy events promoting sodomy and other sinful behaviors. If I want preaching, I’ll go to church.