The Academy Awards Smell

Posted under: Movies, TV and Anime
By: Phil on February 26, 2007 at 8:09 am

newt1monscorseseafpgi.jpgNormally, I don’t pay any attention to the Academy Awards, but last night I decided to watch a little bit of the “ceremony,” a term I use lightly. It only took one shot of the crowd to make me realize how full of crap these things are. Just look at the smug look on all the actor’s faces. Honestly, you can just see how important they think they are, with their glowing smiles and nods of approval. One glimpse of Marky Mark in the crowd was enough to make my hand turn into a fist. To steal a joke from South Park, that room is probably the smelliest room in the whole world because everyone in there is just sitting in their own farts and loving it. Needless to say, I stopped watching it less than 5 minutes later.

As far as I’m concerned, these awards don’t exist anymore. I could care less what movie wins what award. The only thing I know is that The Departed won a bunch of stuff, but I couldn’t name you the categories. You know, I like movies as much as the next guy, but the fact of the matter is that movies aren’t this important. If the entire film industry crashed tomorrow, the world would move on, and it would smell a heck of a lot less too.

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Comment by Johnny Manf

February 26, 2007 @ 8:41 am

I disagree. I love watching the Oscars. I like seeing people who I think did a good job win something. I would be proud too if my work presented me with some kind of award saying “you know what? you did this better than anyone else this year.”

I’m not saying these actors have a hard life or even have a hard job most of the time. but i still enjoy seeing if someone i am rooting for wins something… like a sport but not as exciting. i was more into seeing Best Director which takes a lot more work than getting Best Actor. And Phil, Marky Mark was really good in The Departed. you may hate him because of something previous he did but thats like saying someone should hate your work because all you did was sketch in notebooks when you were younger. you eventually grow up and try to do something more serious.

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Comment by Phil

February 26, 2007 @ 8:49 am

There is nothing wrong with award ceremonies for film, a good film should be awarded. It’s the whole attitude that goes along with these things that I don’t like. I’m sure The Departed is a very good movie, and I’m sure Marky Mark is decent in it, but it’s just hard for me to take him seriously. Hey, I liked him in Boogie Nights.

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Comment by JW_Number_ONE

February 26, 2007 @ 6:51 pm

I don’t know, I just watch the Departed and Marky Mark was my least favorite character. I think I’m just sick of the fact that he’s contantly cast as this tough guy. I’ve had enough of it.

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Comment by Johnny Manf

February 26, 2007 @ 7:06 pm

thats because Leonardo DiCapro, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, and Alec Baldwin are awesome. I think they were all better than Marky Mark too but still… he wasnt bad. He’s good at being a badass. I wouldnt want to see him be a normal guy. hahaha