I'm hoping that Argo wins best movie of the year.

 

Daniel Day Lewis will win for best actor

Not sure I'll have time to watch this year, but I'm hoping to rent Argo before Sunday anyway, and maybe get to the show tonight to see another Best Picture nominee, either Django, Zero Dark 30, or Lincoln.

 

I figure Lincoln is the most "Oscar-ish," but I'd get the biggest kick out of Django.

Not sure I'll have time to watch this year, but I'm hoping to rent Argo before Sunday anyway, and maybe get to the show tonight to see another Best Picture nominee, either Django, Zero Dark 30, or Lincoln.

 

I figure Lincoln is the most "Oscar-ish," but I'd get the biggest kick out of Django.

 

Zero Dark and Lincoln are both great movies..

I think Argo is the favorite to win best picture. Just watched it last night, really good movie.

I think Argo is the favorite to win best picture. Just watched it last night, really good movie.

Silver Linings Playbook was the Best Picture I saw all season long.

Silver Linings Playbook was the Best Picture I saw all season long.

 

Hard for me to choose between that, Argo, and Life of Pi

The Oscars are the f***ing worst. 3 hours of a bunch of boring arrogant pricks patting each other on the back, bragging about how important they are to society. GMAFB. At least at the Golden Globes they get drunk and at the Grammys they perform lots of music.

The Oscars are the f***ing worst. 3 hours of a bunch of boring arrogant pricks patting each other on the back, bragging about how important they are to society. GMAFB. At least at the Golden Globes they get drunk and at the Grammys they perform lots of music.

 

What you talking about? It's a LOT longer than 3 hours! And I still enjoy watching every year. Sue me.

These are the types of events I love to watch while following my twitter feed. It pays to follow a ton of hilarious folks on there.

The Oscars are the f***ing worst. 3 hours of a bunch of boring arrogant pricks patting each other on the back, bragging about how important they are to society. GMAFB. At least at the Golden Globes they get drunk and at the Grammys they perform lots of music.

 

Django was the best, followed by Silver Linings. It seems Argo has the momentum and Lincoln's hype has died down. I was not fond of Zero Dark Thirty, at least as Best Picture material.

Who I hope will win:

Jennifer Lawrence

Denzel Washington

Ang Lee

Life of Pi, but fine with Silver Linings Playbook or Argo.

Django for screenplay, if not just to hear Tarantino's speech.

I thought "Silver Linings Playbook" was very average. Good performances by Cooper and Katniss, but the rest was pretty lame. There was nothing convincing about the DeNiro character or storyline at all.

 

"Django" was very entertaining - minus the Tarantino over-the-top shootout. Waltz and Foxx were a good team, and Dicaprio was fantastic.

 

"Argo" was great. Best thing I saw all year - in a year where I didn't get out to many movies. The opening scene at the embassy is so realistic (as far as I know). Edge of my seat for the whole sequence. Affleck should have been nominated for best director. Hollywood ending was the only flaw.

 

DDL was great as Lincoln, but he's pretty much great in anything. The movie is worth seeing, but it's pretty slow.

 

Love the Oscars. Not really sure why actors can't have a prepared speech that says "something" though. Thank your list of people on your time. Say something significant about why you got into acting or your film's significance, or anything. Just prepare. You're an actor. Act. You have a 20% chance of winning. 50/50 really - because you either win or you don't. Stop acting like you have no idea you would win. If you weren't nominated, and they announce you as the winner, then it's acceptable to stammer and do the Sarah Jessica Parker act.

The Oscars are the f***ing worst. 3 hours of a bunch of boring arrogant pricks patting each other on the back, bragging about how important they are to society. GMAFB. At least at the Golden Globes they get drunk and at the Grammys they perform lots of music.

I hate the stupid banter they make the presenters do with each other. It's almost NEVER funny and that one with Melissa McCarthy was painful. I've never found her fumy in anything she's done.

I watched the show last night for the first time and ever, and never again. It's so damn boring.

I thought "Silver Linings Playbook" was very average. Good performances by Cooper and Katniss, but the rest was pretty lame. There was nothing convincing about the DeNiro character or storyline at all.

 

"Django" was very entertaining - minus the Tarantino over-the-top shootout. Waltz and Foxx were a good team, and Dicaprio was fantastic.

 

"Argo" was great. Best thing I saw all year - in a year where I didn't get out to many movies. The opening scene at the embassy is so realistic (as far as I know). Edge of my seat for the whole sequence. Affleck should have been nominated for best director. Hollywood ending was the only flaw.

 

DDL was great as Lincoln, but he's pretty much great in anything. The movie is worth seeing, but it's pretty slow.

 

Love the Oscars. Not really sure why actors can't have a prepared speech that says "something" though. Thank your list of people on your time. Say something significant about why you got into acting or your film's significance, or anything. Just prepare. You're an actor. Act. You have a 20% chance of winning. 50/50 really - because you either win or you don't. Stop acting like you have no idea you would win. If you weren't nominated, and they announce you as the winner, then it's acceptable to stammer and do the Sarah Jessica Parker act.

 

I really liked Argo, but of the strong movies this year, i can't imagine it being one we talk about in 20 years.

 

The show is so boring and way too long. I know a lot goes into making a movie, but the general public doesn't care about costume design, visual effects, and the other "technical" awards. Trim the show down to about 1.5 hours and broadcast only the major awards.

 

I watched the beginning, and then I occasionally looked in to see what award was being presented. Then I just said to hell with it and checked the internet at 11:00.

Haven't watched in years, but was glad Day Lewis picked his award up.

We Saw your boobs was pretty awesome.

We Saw your boobs was pretty awesome.

Not really.

 

I thought McFarlane did a fine job as host, but that is one boring 3 hours of television.

McFarlane was terrible. He takes an obvious joke, makes it more raunchy than anyone wants, and takes the reaction as a success of edginess.

 

I like the Oscars. Great thing about tv is there are multiple channels you can watch at any given time. And the people that want to watch it can, without it really bothering anyone elses schedule.

We Saw your boobs was pretty awesome.

That was funny, but I thought the sock-puppet version of Flight was the best.

Seth was the only decent part of the whole show last night IMO.

Seth was the only decent part of the whole show last night IMO.

 

Agreed, but that's not saying much.

 

Too much singing, the audio was terrible, the ensemble presenter idea was terrible, and the whole show had a feeling of high school variety show quality.

 

But really, people say this every year and it's NEVER been good. Once every 20 years you'll have a great/memorable Oscars, but there's so much f'n marketing behind the nominations/awards there's no legit surprises anymore. That's what made it great back in the day.

 

McFarlane was what he predicted - mediocre. A couple of good bits (Flight reenacted with sock puppets, the Boob song, the Mel Gibson "what, you're on his side?" joke) but otherwise pretty meh. I guess as a host having some good bits but otherwise being forgettable is a good thing. So maybe a little better than mediocre.

The trouble with judging the host's performance is that beyond the opening monologue/skits, they don't do much else. A couple comments here and there, and a few commercial segues. I thought the opening was good with a few standouts (the sock puppet re-enactment, the boob song, the Shatner skit). Overall, the show was boring, and some of the presenters' banter was forced and not very funny.

 

Overall, it's way too long and pretty boring.