I wish I could think of a single interesting thing to say about the Oscars. Time was when I really cared about them (well, I was paid to care about them, but aside from a professional interest, I really did). Now I fail to see the point. Glad Helen Mirren won -- "The Queen" was a wonderful film. But having watched a decent portion of the Oscar telecast between going back and forth trying to get No. 2 Son to stay in bed, for crying out loud, I kept wondering, "Was it always this boring?" I'm generally environmentalist in my outlook -- see my Sunday column from yesterday -- but all the sanctimony surrounding Al Gore and the global warming issue was hard to take. The highlight (lowlight?) had to have been Leonardo di Caprio earnestly advising viewers to visit the Oscar.com website for hints on how they could help save the planet. It's not the cause that puts me off -- in fact, the advice given on the Oscar site is reasonable -- but rather Hollywood itself. What a wonderful world it would be if they would just shut up and entertain.
Open Oscars thread below. Vent away.
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Monday February 26, 2007
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Uh, at least the teacher of the year award goes to someone who is doing something to improve the lives of others...
It was NOT just RIDICULOUS it was also STUPID!! I've got a better suggestion! What a wonderful world it would be if all religious people would just shut up and pray. Religion is a life-style choice. When creating amendments to the U. S. Constitution regarding life-style choices maybe we should consider getting rid of Article 1 it sets a precedent for any others.
Uh, at least the teacher of the year award goes to someone who is doing something to improve the lives of others... Does this mean you've *never* derived enjoyment or enlightenment as the result of seeing a film?
The one time we payed attention to the Oscars was when "Return of the King" was up for all the awards. And the interesting thing was that the RotK people were not "Hollywood" types and were a bit of a puzzle to the usual crowd I think. I recall that that particular Academy Awards had a big jump in the ratings and it was due to the LotR fans. Afterwards Peter Jackson and the actors and all of the winners for RotK went to the big party put on by the fans and didn't hang the ones for the fashion patrols and bunch that looks down on Fantasy stories. It was a fairly clean show with a wonderfully funny bit in the tribute to Blake Edwards where he drove a wheelchair across the stage and into a fake wall a la Inspector Clouseau in the "Pink Panther" movies. (He could laugh at himself, very refreshing.)
I totally refuse to watch any awards shows, whether for film or music. It's rare that I watch a movie anyway, and they don't hand out awards for what I watch on TV anyway.
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