Anyone watching the Oscars?

[Copper]

I didn't know it was today until I just saw this thread.

It is a shame they have to do it with a day that only has 23 hours.

[Copper]

Best Picture

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

"Avatar: The Way of Water"

"The Banshees of Inisherin"

"Elvis"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"The Fabelmans"

"Tár"

"Top Gun: Maverick"

"Triangle of Sadness"

"Women Talking"

I have seen 2 - All Quiet and Top Gun

Of the other 8, I have heard of only 2 of the Titles

[89th]

I love movies. Love. Haven’t had much time recently to watch but did see Top Gun. Very fun, worthy if there was an Oscar for “reminding folks why going to the movies is worth it” but otherwise not really an award worthy movie.

Used to watch the Oscar’s religiously. Last few years I’ve stopped (didn’t even know it was on today) because of the politicization and holier than thou statements.

[Mik]

No, TGII was just the original literally remade. Its vacuousness reminded me of parts of Picard and Discovery.

Still a fun movie to see on the big screen.

[George K]

@89th said in Anyone watching the Oscars?:

Last few years I’ve stopped (didn’t even know it was on today) because of the politicization and holier than thou statements.

So far, not too much of that (though I didn't hear Kimmel's monologue).

The most popular "in word" seems to be "diverse," FWIW.

[jon-nyc]

All Quiet on the Western Front is fantastic. I also saw Top Gun.

First I ever heard of the winning movie was this morning

[George K]

I never saw the 1st "Avatar" movie. Is it any good?

[jon-nyc]

Damn. John Williams received his 53rd Oscar nomination this year.

53!

[Jolly]

Yep. But best seen in the theater and it's one of the few 3D movies I ever saw, that kinda worked.

[George K]

"Who identifies...."

[Horace]

@jon-nyc

@George-K said in Anyone watching the Oscars?:

"Who identifies...."

That’s unsustainable because identifying as black is, and will always be, third rail. I think the CRT mob actually has some hand waving justification for why identifying as different skin colors is wrong, while identifying as different genders is ok.

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

[Axtremus]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh

Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak,[13] to a Malaysian Chinese family of Hokkien and Cantonese ancestry.[14][15] Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik (died on 5 November 2014), a lawyer and Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) politician.[16][17] She grew up speaking Malay and English, and could not read or write Chinese.[18] She expressed that lack as her "greatest regret" in 2022.[19] Despite that, she learned to speak Cantonese fluently in the 1980s and some Mandarin in the 2000s.

Her ancestry and upbringing are Asian. Despite not speaking Chinese in her youth, Malay is also an Asian language, so she also speaks Asian in her youth as well.

[Mik]

@George-K said in Anyone watching the Oscars?:

I never saw the 1st "Avatar" movie. Is it any good?

Only in 3D. Then it’s gorgeous and immersing. I assume 2 is the same way. The story was tired.

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Anyone watching the Oscars?:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh

Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak,[13] to a Malaysian Chinese family of Hokkien and Cantonese ancestry.[14][15] Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik (died on 5 November 2014), a lawyer and Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) politician.[16][17] She grew up speaking Malay and English, and could not read or write Chinese.[18] She expressed that lack as her "greatest regret" in 2022.[19] Despite that, she learned to speak Cantonese fluently in the 1980s and some Mandarin in the 2000s.

Her ancestry and upbringing are Asian. Despite not speaking Chinese in her youth, Malay is also an Asian language, so she also speaks Asian in her youth as well.

Nobody denies that she has justification for calling herself Asian. But the concept of “identifying as” implies a simple personal choice, regardless of justification. Which brings up the question of whether we all have that choice for any other choice of race. Where the rubber meets the road for such choices is of course identifying as black. The only reason we haven’t had the social discussion yet is because people are terrified of trying, as everybody knows doing so is punishable by the social death penalty.

[Mik]

Horace is correct, of course, but I think we are talking about simple poor journalism here. I suspect she'd laugh if she read it.

To paraphrase Popeye, you yam what you yam.

[Mik]

Racism is alive and well in Hollywood.

But it's not the racism you think.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/oscars/jamie-lee-curtis-s-oscar-win-has-sparked-backlash-and-people-are-not-holding-back/ar-AA18xU1M?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3b8f83c859014a30e46b30f35312725a&ei=11

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in Anyone watching the Oscars?:

Racism is alive and well in Hollywood.
But it's not the racism you think.

Did you see this in the Comments? "Everyone who voted for Jamie Lee Curtis over Angela Bassett and Stephanie Hsu needs to sleep with one eye open."

MSN/Buzzfeed. Rabble Rousers. Really irresponsible.

[Mik]

@Catseye3 yeah, I did. It sickened me. As did many of the comments.