My view of the debasement of the Oscar Awards can be summed up with the an observation from Mark Twain:
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
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To: Robert Drobot
ACADEMY AWARDS ABOUT TO "JUMP THE SHARK"?The Oscars jumped the shark more than fifteen years ago.
2 posted on
01/25/2005 11:47:39 AM PST by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: Robert Drobot
Does this person really want artistic merit measured out by popularity? Then Shrek 2 was the best film of last year.
3 posted on
01/25/2005 11:48:21 AM PST by
Borges
To: Robert Drobot
The Oscars.....yawwwwwwn....Do we really care ?
4 posted on
01/25/2005 11:48:35 AM PST by
kingattax
To: Robert Drobot
"Jump the Shark": One of the dumbest phrases to ever gain popular acceptance; primarily because several years after its creation, you still don't ever hear the phrase used without an annoying explanation of where the term came from.
5 posted on
01/25/2005 11:48:38 AM PST by
Junior_G
To: Robert Drobot
Sacred cows make the best hamburger. And the topic of this essay is a prime example. So to speak.
8 posted on
01/25/2005 11:51:16 AM PST by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Robert Drobot
The Oscars jumping the shark? Two words Roberto Begnini
9 posted on
01/25/2005 11:51:36 AM PST by
.cnI redruM
(Senator Boxer - For whom the bell curve tolls!)
To: Robert Drobot
10 posted on
01/25/2005 11:52:15 AM PST by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: Robert Drobot
Sacred cows make the best hamburger. How about grilled shark?
12 posted on
01/25/2005 11:53:34 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Robert Drobot
The author's point about commercial success is irrelevant. The Oscars are supposed to be about what are the best in each category, not which are the most popular (that would eb the People's Choice Awards). Of course, "best" is a very subjective term, and the choices reflect heavily on the voters' states of mind and biases.
14 posted on
01/25/2005 11:54:26 AM PST by
kevkrom
(If people are free to do as they wish, they are almost certain not to do as Utopian planners wish)
To: Robert Drobot
The only people that pay attention to the Oscars are the Hollyweirdo's themselves.
15 posted on
01/25/2005 11:54:32 AM PST by
1Old Pro
To: Robert Drobot
I think I'll purchase the DVD of "The Passion" on February 27.
22 posted on
01/25/2005 11:59:11 AM PST by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: Robert Drobot
Who cares about the O-Scar awards??? Their snub is a Badge of Honor!
Pray for W and Our Troops
24 posted on
01/25/2005 12:00:24 PM PST by
bray
(The Rather-hate Scandal was to support Fraudulant 911)
To: Robert Drobot
Chris Rock as host? Bob Hope is spinning in his grave.
26 posted on
01/25/2005 12:00:41 PM PST by
socal_parrot
(Gotta dance!)
To: Robert Drobot
My family intends to watch something more interesting than a herd of overpaid, over-Botoxed, over-egoed losers. Passion of the Christ was the most beautiful movie ever made, and because it is a "Christian" movie, is being ignored. The best way to show our displeasure with this oversight is to stay home from the theaters this year and see how many of the Hollywood spectaculars make any money.
27 posted on
01/25/2005 12:02:12 PM PST by
JCISLORD
(Boycott Hollywood)
To: Robert Drobot
I rarely go to the movies - and I never watch their self-promotion programs. Quite frankly .. I don't give a rip who they nominate or who they give the award to.
31 posted on
01/25/2005 12:02:50 PM PST by
CyberAnt
(Where are the dem supporters? - try the trash cans in back of the abortion clinics.)
To: Robert Drobot
I don't think "Passion of the Christ" was not a particularly well made film so I can't get worked up about it not being nominated. Of course the films that did get nominations are not particularly well made either, but rather tired old formula pictures and a few 'indie' formula pictures.
The only film I can think of off the top of my head that should have definatly gotten on the list was "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." That was genuinely innovative and well constructed.
To: Robert Drobot
40 posted on
01/25/2005 12:10:21 PM PST by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: Robert Drobot
"Master and Commander" was this year right? Any nominations for that film. That's the last film I went to see.
45 posted on
01/25/2005 12:13:26 PM PST by
SMARTY
("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus to his sons)
To: Robert Drobot
Waaaaah Waaaaah Waaaaaahh.......I imagine there will be a million childish whinefests over Passion of the Christ not getting enough nominations posted here for weeks.
Get over it people. The earth is still spinning, and the sun will come up tomorrow, without it getting a Best Pic nom.
Lots of films that make lots of money don't get nominated. It's not like this is the first time.
And frankly there's a point where religion is going to get in the way of objective analysis. People have reached the point where anyone who doesn't worship Passion of the Christ are essentially being labled by definition Atheists, etc.
To: Robert Drobot
The UN jumped the shark too. Life is looking up for future generations...
53 posted on
01/25/2005 12:17:54 PM PST by
eureka!
(It will not be safe to vote Democrat for a long, long, time...)
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