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Oscar, 94, was found dead today from unnatural causes. Having been on life support for many years now, the once prestigious awards night for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, died from complications of no longer being regarded by many as the most significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. That all came to an end today as the Oscars stopped celebrating the arts and the achievement in cinema. It had now turned into a sheltered celebration for the selected elite. Although it is important that the Academy Awards showcased the talent from diverse communities and helped educate and influence the film world, it failed not to include a large faction of the film community which remained vacant from its award night for several years. Although the night before Oscars death, the Academy Awards received more news coverage in its 94 year existence, it had nothing to do with cinema or the arts. Instead, the only relevant exposure Oscar received in the last ten years was when something went wrong. Whether this be a slap, naming the wrong film or just being political, Oscar has been losing its way and its audience for decades. Although Oscar was a night for the Hollywood system to give itself a pat on the back for most of its life, Oscar had many memorable moments with several films and performances. Sadly, Oscar had slowly been losing its audience for over the last thirty years. Knowing this was effecting its life, Oscar stayed the course and chose not to change its way. To compete with ratings, the funeral will be televised and the event will not be open to the general public. In care of flowers, please make a donation to any independent filmmakers that works outside of Hollywood.

The Oscars suck nowadays. There's not much excitement or thrill on who is going to win or be nominated anymore. Honestly, when Will Smith hitting Chris Rock is considered the highlight of this year's ceremony, it just goes to show how mediocre and superficial it really is. You're better off just watching the highlights rather than sitting through the entire thing.

5/10.

Has there been a show that's been so shallow, awful, and boring that the only noteworthy thing was when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock and cussed him out for mentioning his wife? That's right.

Everything about this show was a disaster. From the planning, from the meddling, from the awful writing, and the slap which I'm sure was not work or scripted in any ways.

The worst bit about the writing is when they called animated movies "Kiddy" and "Movies that only children should watch". This is not only an insult to any animator, animation company, or animation fan, but it's just stereotyping animation as a kid's medium... when it's not. There are animated movies made for adults as well, which I guess the writers never knew about. If this was satire, then it's not funny.

Overall, I don't think the Oscars will EVER improve after what happened here, and it's sad when a slap is more noteworthy than the rest of the SHOW. So much for it being "The greatest night in the history of television!"

Terrible in every direction. Will smith is a grown man child and the Oscar's just fails to be anything remotely entertaining. The Grammies is bad too but at least it's more entertaining depending on how good music was that year, they have performances and other things to offer. I'd definitely be rather watching that than a bunch of fake celebrities spew hypocrisy and BS for every 10 minutes they get on the spotlight. The Oscar's used to be so THRILLING. The last time the Oscar's had something of a amazing watching value was every time Ricky Gervais Hosted! Now what we have here is Political agendas being thrown in our face, and people are missing the point... EVEN if I DO AGREE with the politics it's still NOT what I'm here for. I'm here for the legacy of film, the acknowledgment of film, the people who died and contributed to that legacy... you want to mesh in real world problems that's fine but I feel like they really need to relax with the agendas it's just making it very unwatchable. Other issues I had... the hosts... they are just very unfunny. I was trying to actually get into the jokes and take it for what it is. I like Wanda Sykes the most out of all 3 of them, but Jesus their chemistry did NOT mesh well together at all. It was EXTREMELY cringey. I feel like a good host for the Oscar's would be Jim Carey, Steve Carell, Dave Chappell, Bill Burr, and if you want woman then Joan Rivers, Melissa McCarthy, Betty White (RIP) there's a lot of ideas to go, and sure you don't have to go funny people if you want someone with at least the slightest bit of charisma you just need someone who can capture the audience. Idk why it's so hard for the Oscar's to do this. I can go all day for how much of a disaster this was but it won't change anything. I feel like the Oscar's just really don't care at this point... just like they didn't care that much for acknowledging the dead actors of 2021, just like they didn't care for making this and the previous years the least bit of entertaining or exciting, just as much as they don't care for keeping the show together and having an entertaining execution for something worth watching... and just as much as they could care less about a grown man walking on stage to physically assault a man and yell to the top of his lungs overshadowing the entire night. Literally imagine working so hard in the film industry putting time and effort and finally getting recognition for your hard work and then having the "will / rock " situation happening right before you have to walk up there and accept your award. And let alone the person that has to walk up there next but everyone after that matter... it literally is suffocating the entire room of awkwardness. It's leaving a very awful mark on the legacy of everyone getting their hands on an award. Then will smith goes on his tasteless speech of tears. This is the highest & lowest point of his career. I feel bad for the academy and I certainly feel bad for the people that worked so hard to get the spotlight only to be overshadowed by this... 1.5/10.

Will Smith exhibited such a low level of behaviour I may never watch again. Just pathetic..He should be banned from all future Is ar ceremonies and stripped of his Oscar. If your a comedian, u better beware. It's a demonstration of rules for some and no rules for others. The way to vote is not the watch any of his films and to avoid the Oscars unless they take action.

I am old enough to remember when The Oscars were all just about movies and rewarding the best in cinematic achievements from the year prior, not trying to preach politics, tell bland and rather cringe inducing jokes that anybody could write or say without seeing a dime for it, and certainly not display the kind of unprofessionalism that your Will Smith did live in front of millions of viewers by getting up on stage and slapping Chris Rock just for a joke. The two new categories, fan favorite and best moment or something along those lines, feel like something you would expect from the MTV Movie & TV Awards, but not the Academy Awards, and neither were even very well thought out either. Probably the only highlight of the program was Kevin Costner's speech before awarding Best Director, if only the rest of the program was like that, at least Sir Kenneth Branagh and Sir Anthony Hopkins also understood the mission and tried to keep things short and professional.

This was heading to be an all time low Oscar ceremony.

They had three presenters but the jokes were awful. Everyone of them failed to raise a laugh with me. Also what was the deal with all the groping of men.

Have all the good gag writers succumb to Covid?

Bad presenters, bad speeches and poor Liza Minnelli. She did not know where she was. Did the producers not realise the state of her health?

Even some of the celebrations of past movies were odd. The James Bond tribute were a selection of clips. I had no idea why White Men Can't Jump deserved a tribute.

Much better was to see the icons from The Godfather trilogy.

Somehow it was not a total shambles. Will Smith and Chris Rock came to the rescue with a remake of Rocky.

Chris Rock told a poor joke but showed he can stand on his own two feet. He is certainly not a diver.

Meanwhile Smith reminded the audience that he got his first Oscar nomination for Ali.

The show did end with a Coda.

Well, the bullies whined their way inthi They got what they wanted. The show is completely trashed. Dressing up doesn't give you class.

Thank goodness the deaf, who have overcome so much in life, don't assault each other.

What made this even more upsetting is that I used to admire the participants involved. Will Smith us an excellent actor. How many performers can go from a sitcom to top notch dramatic performances? Chris Rock is great - or used to be. He was not only funny but has displayed brilliance and a unique perspective to share with others. They are way above ths!

#Oscars so ghetto.

Will smith is unhinged, first he sucker-smacks chris rock, then apologized to the academy during his acceptance speech rather than to chris himself, 10/10 best oscars in years.

Screw Will Smith for handling that in the worst way possible. He could have just yelled from across the room and it wouldn't have been (quite) as big of a deal. He delivered a nice speech that would have actually struck a cord with the audience had he not made such a poor choice.

Secondly, screw the academy from playing the cut-off music so early on in the acceptance speech for Drive My Car. That's damn rude and, rather intentional or not, racist as hell. That boiled my head more than anything else that night.

Aside from that, I actually did enjoy this award show and the speeches were all very nice. Hopefully the Academy continues to make better choices with who gets what and how much time everyone gets for a speech. The diversity was nice this year, I'll give them that.

The Oscars was a staple of the best of the year. Chris Rock is one of the funniest comedians out there. Will Smith had NO RIGHT TO GET UP OUT OF HIS SEAT GO TO CHRIS AND SLAP HIM AND THEN CUSS HIM OUT!! Lupita Nyong'o didn't even do anything about it and she was sitting next to Will. Congrats to Coda but after that incident, I think I'm done with the Oscars.

The highlights were Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes. Regina Hall feeling up Josh Brolin & Jason Momoa was distasteful, stupid & out of touch in 2022. Chris Rock was funny & didn't deserve to be assaulted. Will Packer putting Liza Minelli in a wheelchair was in her words "sabotage." It was one of the worst Oscar shows because of the producers & I hope they will select someone new next year that will not resort to lowbrow humor or sexual harassment for laughs. Hire someone with integrity that won't allow a violent fool to assault a presenter & then accept an award & ramble for 10 minutes.

Absolute rubbish. Nothing special. These elitists are no better than the rest of us. Not good at all. Hollywood has gone to the dogs. Movies are not important at all.

People wonder why I love Old Hollywood. That was when actors performed for the camera, and the award shows were jammed packed with elegance and class. Now it's nothing but loudmouths spewing their political, racial, and morality beliefs onto the audience, when all we wanted to see was acting. This show is so low class at this point, it's just really sad when an actor slaps and spews vulgarity at the MC, no matter if it's a joke aimed at a certain individual or not, you take that off stage after the show. I can't imagine these clowns being around the Dean Martin Roast's, when everyone didn't take everything so seriously. It's just an embarrassment at this point, and I think it's just a matter of time before it's viewership is a total of two. RIP Hollywood.

I'm still shaking my head. From the 3 "comic" hosts, to the insulting James Bond tribute, through the farewell to the stars who passed on.. to the lowest moment in Oscar history, (thank you so much Will Smith)... I can only say . Good bye to the Oscars, for good. The pompous, smug Hollywood "performers", sitting there,, holding on to their goodie bags, actually should have been embarrassed to be part of this new Hollywood community. Time to stick to TCM, and remember the movies that thrilled us, taught us and entertained us.

Not this fiasco, and the circus stars in it.

I really wasn't sure if I would wind up watching the full Oscars broadcast this year.

Due to my job situation and various other factors (including a severe lack of enthusiasm toward most of the nominees), I felt that this might be the year that I break tradition and sit one out, making it the first ceremony since 2012 that I, alas, had to forgo. Not that this felt like a huge loss; I mean, when you read that the presenters include the likes of Megan Thee Stallion and DJ Khaled, that should tell you exactly how much you ought to care about the Academy Awards at this point. (I even forgot to mention Questlove in my review of last year's show, and how he now "DJs" the Oscars because they've really gotten that desperate for broader, younger viewership.)

Truth is, I ultimately did skip the show. And... wow! Wow, did I pick the wrong night to sleep in! I don't need to bore you with all the various takes on the Chris Rock-Will Smith altercation and Jada Pinkett Smith, but I can definitely say that this has been one of the most eye-opening moments of discourse in Twitter history -- in terms of the sheer number of people telling on themselves in such a short while:

We now know precisely who has a proclivity to justify battery (or even hissy-fit slap fights) and which excuses they may use. We know who to mute for their readiness to use a moment like this to lecture us on "black on black violence", "toxic masculinity" (depending on which aisle you're in, but that lens really doesn't seem to get used much when the punches are dealt in the name of a woman's honor, which is even funnier), and even Vladimir Putin somehow. We know whose media comprehension is still intact enough that they could see Smith, our hero, laughing along at Rock's joke before suddenly running up to do what I've admittedly wanted to do to Chris Rock ever since his claim that voice acting is inherently "easier" than "real" acting. We know who has sacrificed objectivity for Smith family fanboyism, that Jaden might not be the most unstable member of said family after all, AND that this was apparently "staged" all along to garner press, boost ratings, and also distract from the war in Ukraine ergo we're ALL suckers. Lastly, we know who's smart enough to just make baldness/cuckoldry memes out of the whole thing.

As of this writing, I feel like the deranged takes have only just begun. And really, all I wanna do tonight is focus on the few things that didn't suck about the ceremony:

• Jessica Chastain taking the time to attend the non-televised awards out of respect for her colleagues on the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye, whose Hair and Makeup award was handed out during this pre-taped segment. This was an inordinate display of empathy towards the "plebs" on the part of a Hollywood celebrity, but it's still deeply hilarious that certain, "less important" awards were removed from the live telecast in an effort to shorten it -- something that didn't actually happen. In fact, this was the longest Oscars ceremony since 2018. Are you even really that surprised?

• Troy Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor for CODA and giving a damn fine speech. Yuh-Jung Youn, another treasure and the winner of last year's Supporting Actress prize (Minari), had also learned sign language for the announcement, making it all the more moving. I dunno, it's just nice to be reminded that there are people in the film industry who just, like, aren't complete sh-t, you know?

• The unintentional morbid hilarity of the upbeat music choice for the "In Memoriam" segment.

• Bringing in half of the galaxy-brained duo behind "WAP" during the performance of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" because, like I said, this is the level of desperation ABC's at.

Those are the only real moments of note that I can think of right now. Thank you so much for reading this half-review! Remember to take good care of yourself and to be happy that the show at least wasn't being hosted by Ricky Gervais, or Will Smith might've "had to" straight-up go full Tsar Bomba on his ass.

"The 94th Academy Awards" was one that was okay still long and a little dull as again the show ran over even after they had given some minor awards out before the show. The ceremony tried to be funny with a trio of females comedians hosting as Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes hosted and told many funny jokes and some not to funny. In somewhat of an upset the emotional family drama "Coda" won best picture over the western epic "The Power of the Dog", yet director Jane Campion won despite the picture losing. And Troy Kotsur a deaf actor won best supporting actor. As in the lead races no surprises as Jessica Chastain won for her transformative performance as the late Tammy Faye Baker as it was time she won a best actress Oscar. And Will Smith was king of the night winning best actor for King Richard showing his emotions in the speech, plus in a mid show surprise Will showed his hot temper by walking up and punching presenter and comedian Chris Rock after Rock's G. I. Jane haircut joke about wife Jada, wow what a surprise and shock at an awards show now talk about on stage action and drama! Overall nothing great another year gone with awards being handed out for a wide range of different films.

OK, so the most famous - or is it infamous - instance from the 94th Academy Awards was Will Smith's altercation with Chris Rock. Just a reminder, Roman Polanski got awarded even after his peccadillo. On top of that, Harvey Weinstein hasn't had to return his Oscars!

As for the ceremony itself. Of all the nominated movies, I've only seen "Belfast", "CODA", "Don't Look Up", "Dune", "Encanto", "Flee", "Four Good Days", "Free Guy", "King Richard", "Nightmare Alley", "No Time to Die", "Power of the Dog" and "West Side Story". I thought "The French Dispatch", "In the Heights" and "A Quiet Place II" deserved nods.

It was expected that there would be mentions of Ukraine, although Ariana DeBose's, Troy Kotsur's and Jessica Chastain's comments were more appropriate I think.

OK, so not the best ceremony by any stretch, but worthy enough. I might also mention that I saw "White Men Can't Jump" just a few weeks ago. It took me all these years to see it.

As an art form, animation never gets any respect and is always treated as inferior to live-action.

This year's Oscars was a particularly horrid offender. These writers threw in jokes about how animation is stuff that only children enjoy, while parents merely endure it. We've known for years that the Academy has an anti-animation bias, but here, they stooped to a new low. The fact that the people saying these lines played the princesses in the live-action Disney remakes (all of which were bastardizations of the original animated versions) is what really made it insulting.

Phil Lord (co-director of The LEGO Movie) called the Oscars out on its bull, and for good reason.