Yeah, changing the eligibility date would work, too. It's like with the Golden Globes -- they piss and moan about screeners making it onto the internet but contraband screeners are how goofballs like me who have no other options see the movies. And seeing those movies draws you into the awards. I like watching them anyway, but I prefer knowing why they won. Sally Hawkins and Mickey Rourke's wins were a lot more fun to watch and root for knowing that they earned them.
They just really need to do something about the insipid banter somehow. I'm not sure about the ad-libbing -- I mean, okay, Robin and Miley might work because as much as I might dislike her she can take a joke. They could really do themselves a favor if they just narrowed down the presenters to the ones who can tell or take a joke, 'cause seriously, as good as some of these actors are, a lot of them have a lousy sense of humor. (God only knows when Sean Penn lost his, but ... yeah, there's one.) They need to lighten it up because there aren't a lot of people at the Oscars who go up there with a comedy routine in mind if they win. There's two kinds of winners at the Oscars for the most part, the ones who are serious and/or cry and the ones who end up making you laugh, and there aren't that many of the second kind.
Ugh. It's just ... god, people are not going to wait with bated breath to see who the presenters are, for crying out loud. I'd love to know which idiot thought that was a good idea.
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Date: 2009-01-15 11:47 pm (UTC)They just really need to do something about the insipid banter somehow. I'm not sure about the ad-libbing -- I mean, okay, Robin and Miley might work because as much as I might dislike her she can take a joke. They could really do themselves a favor if they just narrowed down the presenters to the ones who can tell or take a joke, 'cause seriously, as good as some of these actors are, a lot of them have a lousy sense of humor. (God only knows when Sean Penn lost his, but ... yeah, there's one.) They need to lighten it up because there aren't a lot of people at the Oscars who go up there with a comedy routine in mind if they win. There's two kinds of winners at the Oscars for the most part, the ones who are serious and/or cry and the ones who end up making you laugh, and there aren't that many of the second kind.
Ugh. It's just ... god, people are not going to wait with bated breath to see who the presenters are, for crying out loud. I'd love to know which idiot thought that was a good idea.