Yes, and, like the force of nature it was named for, it sucked!
Seriously, can anyone here in Freeper land explain in cogent terms why such a large percentage of the American public feels the need to waste 3 or more hours of their life to watch a bunch of "the beautiful people" get together for their annual group pat-on-the-back telling US how great they are?
I find the whole thing silly, if not downright repugnant that these people, who memorize and read lines written for them, moving around on special areas as directed like trained monkeys, should be so lauded, lionized and "loved". And, just to make it even more silly, with very few exceptions, they see their "adoring fans" like so much vermin in private, all the while living their "beautiful lives" thanks to the hard-earned dollars that the public shells out to see the drivel that passes for "Entertainment" these days.
Cynical? HELL YES! And I haven't even gotten into what happens when these trained apes are asked to form a personal opinion on something important like war, poverty or even something as made-up as "Glo-bull Warming".
I’m happy to say that I haven’t watched the oScars in ten+ years.
Hollywood is full of creepy people. When Larry David can piss on Jesus, and Sara Silverman can say “I’d kill Jesus again,” and do it with impunity, you know you are dealing with scum.
Devoted a lot of thought to estimating that, this evening, when asked, and was actually quite surprised.
Probably began after George C. Scott turned down the Best Actor prize, awarded for "Patton," calling the ceremony "a meat parade."
And I also think determining the best estimate of the numbers of people who actually watch the live festivities and calculating the real percentage of Americans who actually watch this "circle jerk" might surprise us.
I’m with you, I can’t understand how people can get so worked up over a movie.....I hate Hollywood and most of the Obama loving leftist that infests it... I’m proud to say that I haven’t been to a movie in 20 years since I went to see Forrest Gump. I’m also proud to say that I have never even heard of most of the so-called actors and actreses that got nominations. I could care less. I wish more people would just boycott Hollywood. If it were up to me Hollywood would be a ghost town with tumbleweeds blowing down Rodeo Drive and these people would have to go out and get real jobs.
Why would people who don't watch it, waste their time opining about it on the Internet?