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Why I’m getting fed up with the Oscars…

It seems that award shows given for movies is not about the movie lovers. The movie fans who love to watch movies by sitting at home watching them on DVD/Bluray and going to the movie theaters to see the new releases. There are a lot of movie buffs out there which includes me. I’m the biggest movie lover around. Always have been ever since I was a child.

My question is what makes Hollywood think they have the right to choose what is the best? Why can’t we choose what is the best? When it comes to movies, I don’t go by other people’s opinions. Just because movies win awards doesn’t necessarily mean they’re good films. The same goes with the professional movie critics, they are opinionated too and I don’t care what they think.

When watching movies, I always go by my own opinion. For example, I’ll have no problem hating on a movie that everyone likes and I’ll have no problem loving a movie that everyone hates. I have done both with lots of movies. For example, everybody was giving “The Lego Movie” positive reviews and I remember hating it. Everybody hated “50 Shades of Grey” so I decided to have some balls to go see that movie alone and ended up LOVING IT. Don’t get me wrong, though, I will like a film that everybody likes too!

I stopped liking the Oscars when “The Dark Knight” got snubbed for “Best Picture” category that year, remember that? The Academy was never too friendly with superhero films and I thought, “The Dark Knight” was Oscar worthy. I was also pissed at last year’s Oscar that “Gravity” didn’t win “Best Picture” but of course, it went to “12 Years a Slave” instead. I was also upset that Eastwood got snubbed for Best Director for “American Sniper”.

You don’t have to watch award shows to see what is the best. Fuck ’em, ya know? It’s just a trophy that means nothing anyway.

I’m probably gonna watch the Oscars this Sunday ’cause I’m curious of the Best Picture win this year. I don’t think “American Sniper” will win Best Picture. It’s either gonna go to “Boyhood” or “Selma”.

I can see Brad Cooper winning for “Best Actor”, though. If he doesn’t, then I’ll be even more mad.

The Oscars haven’t been that great for the last several years. I watch it every year too. I thought about skipping it this year but I’m curious of which film is gonna win “Best Picture”. Don’t be surprised that “Selma” is gonna win no matter what ’cause of Al Sharpton and his racebaiting buddies. If “Boyhood” wins that’s okay even though that film wasn’t all that great. I do hope Best Picture goes to the right film this year. It really should go to “American Sniper”, that was a really powerful film.

Kev

I bet Obama is getting mad as hell at the success of “American Sniper”…

I can imagine the look on Obama’s face that the film, “American Sniper” is getting more success than “Selma”. Ever since Chris Kyle’s death in 2013, Obama refused to acknowledge it and he stayed silent on Chris’s heroism ever since. Instead, the Obama White House pays respects to Whitney Houston. Everybody knows that Obama himself appears to be a movie buff so I would think he would know about the film, “American Sniper” so he absolutely knows who Chris Kyle is and knows what he has done for the country. Ever since, “American Sniper’s” release, Obama have stayed silent on the film as well. Instead, he’s all over the film “Selma” as he just had a screening for the film at the White House.

If we had a Republican president, he/she would have had a screening for “American Sniper” at the White House and the Republican president would have awarded Chris a medal of honor. Chris is indeed eligible for a medal of honor… it’s just that our fuckin’ president that we have now, Obama, refuses to give him one. There’s gotta be something fishy going on if the president refuses to acknowledge Chris’s heroism and death. As usual, what does Obama have to hide?

I bet he’s angry as hell that “American Sniper” is a box office hit and that the Chris Kyle story got out there. If the president refuses to honor Chris Kyle, then the American people like us will honor Chris on our own by supporting this movie. This is our way of paying respects to a war hero while Obama sits there and does nothing.

Obama does reward other white soldiers the medal of honor dead or alive but he never gave Chris Kyle anything.

“American Sniper” is a beautiful film, though. I bet Obama himself won’t even see it. Going to support “American Sniper” in the theater is all patriotism. That’s what it’s all about really. Showing our love for the country by seeing movies like “Unbroken” and “American Sniper”.

As far as “Selma” goes, once again, I’m sure that’s a good film too but the black community needs to get over themselves over this divisive crap. The Oscars and the movie industry never really had a divisive problem but assholes like Sharpton and Obama are making it into a divisive problem. That’s part of their goal in America… they’re trying to divide this country.

I really hope the Academy makes the right choice by giving “American Sniper” the Best Picture win and Brad Cooper gets the award for Best Actor. If the Academy caves in to race baiters and if “Selma” wins Best Picture instead, I’m never gonna watch the Oscars again and will boycott them.

Why are liberals and the black community accusing the Oscars of being divisive when there are more blacks in the NBA and NFL than whites? Have any whites been nominated or won anything through the BET awards? Al Sharpton is such a loser. I’m getting really tired of that guy.

This is not what Dr. MLK Jr. would have wanted.

Back to “American Sniper”, I’m happy the Chris Kyle story is getting some recognition… FINALLY! I knew who Chris Kyle was before the movie and that book came out.

Kev

Why “Selma” is definitely winning Best Picture at the Oscars for sure… Al Sharpton to the rescue!!!

Man, I hate Al Sharpton. “Boyhood” is in danger of losing to “Selma” absolutely!!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/white-house-host-selma-screening-oscar-snub-article-1.2080724

Hey Al, get over it, dumbass!!! Snubs happen at the Oscars all the time!

I’m sure “Selma” is a good movie but I’m just tired of Sharpton and the White House shoving all of this civil rights stuff in our faces. This is why “Selma” is gonna win everything at the Oscars. Sharpton and the White House are gonna keep in touch with the Academy for sure.

Sorry, Richard Linklater!!!

Kev

Oscars nominations are out already… thoughts and predictions…

Well the Oscar nominations for 2015 have been revealed this morning so I thought I would give my thoughts and predictions. As usual there are all kinds of snubs like Clint Eastwood for Best Director for example. Isn’t it strange that Eastwood didn’t get Best Director and “American Sniper” gets a Best Picture nomination????

http://oscar.go.com/nominees?cid=Noms_ampas

Anyway, here are my brief predictions:

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: This one will definitely go to “Ida”. I did see “Ida” on Netflix streaming and it is a pretty amazing flick. You should check it out yourself.

DIRECTING: Definitely Richard Linklater for “Boyhood”.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: I haven’t seen any of those films but I say this award is gonna to, “Big Hero 6” ’cause it’s Disney.

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: This one will definitely go to Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”. That was a really good performance.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: I don’t think Ethan Hawke is gonna win this one but my guess is the award for this category is gonna go to Robby Duvall in “The Judge” even though I haven’t seen the film myself.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: I think Rosemund Pike is definitely gonna get this one for her role in “Gone Girl”. If not her then Felicity Jones for “Theory of Everything” (another movie I haven’t seen yet).

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: This award is definitely going to Michael Keaton. I haven’t seen “Birdman” yet but it does looks like that is Michael’s best role. The film does look really good though and I wanna see it myself.

BEST PICTURE: Tough one. Everyone would like to believe that “Boyhood” is probably gonna get a win for this but “Selma” and “American Sniper” also have a very good chance! I wouldn’t be surprised that the Best Picture award will go to “Selma” ’cause that film is about the MLK march and that film has Oprah Winfrey in it. I remember last year’s Oscars, Gary Oldman revealed some pretty big behind the scenes secrets that if the Academy didn’t vote for “12 Years a Slave”, they’re a racist. Same could happen this year with “Selma”. If “Selma” didn’t win then the team behind the Academy would be racists. “Boyhood” maybe in danger of “Selma” winning instead ’cause of all this civil unrest stuff going on in America today.

I haven’t seen “American Sniper” yet but it’s coming out in theaters everywhere tomorrow and I’m gonna see it tomorrow too. Can’t wait to see the movie! Even though I’m sure “American Sniper” is really good, I don’t think it’s gonna win BEST PICTURE ’cause of it’s “conservative” beliefs on a war hero, ya know? The Academy will give the Best Picture winner to something liberal like “Boyhood” or “Selma”.

Kev

Oscar nominees will be revealed next week on Jan. 15th and they will be announced by…

… JJ Abrams and Chris Pine. Cheryl Boone Isaacs and director Alfonso Cuaron will also help announce the nominees.

This year’s Oscars should be interesting. What will be the Best Picture nominees?

“American Sniper” maybe. I also think the “Theory of Everything” is gonna get a nod ’cause of Stephen Hawking. “Birdman” could also get a nod for “Best Picture.

What about “Gone Girl” and “Interstellar”??? I’m hoping but I doubt it, though.

I haven’t seen “American Sniper” yet but I’m gonna see it next week, hopefully. “American Sniper” comes out in theaters everywhere next Friday on Jan. 16th so I’ll see it then.

While I would like “American Sniper” to get the Best Picture win, I don’t think it’s gonna happen. I wouldn’t be surprised that the Best Picture win will probably end up going to that Stephen Hawking movie. I know the Oscars love those sad and powerful emotional drama type of movies. That’s what they mostly go for instead of the sci-fi and action films.

While Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” was the best Marvel film and I think it’s one of the best superhero films of all time… it’s not gonna get a best picture nod ’cause the Oscars aren’t into those kind of movies. Once again, they mostly go for the sad and powerful drama type of movies.

It’s gonna be interesting to see the nominees next week.

I hate most award shows but I continue to watch the Oscars every year since I’m a huge movie buff and all.

Kev

Lupita Nyong’o from the Oscars last night…

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This just came up in my facebook newsfeed. I thought it was pretty funny so I decided to share it here. Before anyone gets mad and calls me a racist… this photo is not racist. The joke is that Brad and Angie has been known to adopting kids from Africa and other countries.

Lupita is a pretty woman, don’t get me wrong but her chest was kind of uncomfortable to look at. She doesn’t have much of a cleavage to show off but I still give her credit for showing off her skin.

Kev

Last night’s Oscar awards brings up the debate of celebrity obsession in America…

The topic of “celebrity obsession” in America haven’t been that big on the internet until Ellen hosted the Oscar awards again last night. The whole internet world is all over this debate of celebrity obsession ’cause of last night. You look at facebook, political forums, blogs, entertainment sites, etc. You can see the internet world shitting on the world of fame and rich celebrities. I’ve been guilty of “celebrity obsession” myself ’cause that’s what this blog has been about over the years. Why do Americans hate on celebrities making a living for making movies? Is it out of jealousy that these celebrities are making more money than we do? Maybe that’s a small part of it.

However; though, you shouldn’t really blame these people getting rich off of making movies. Who is the real person to blame? That would be us. If you think about it a few minutes, we’re the ones keeping these celebrities out there doing what they do for a living. We’re the ones paying to go see their films by going to the theaters and buying/renting their films, that’s how they’re making their money. That’s how the movie industry stays alive ’cause we’re paying them. Sorry but that’s the truth. That’s how they get their box office numbers. We pay to go see movies, the money goes through the box office, and then the money goes to the industry to pay the film companies, crew, actors, etc. We’re the ones making these people rich and famous, ha ha! Sorry but that’s the truth. That is a small part of why we have sites like TMZ and perezhilton. I hate those gossip sites like the next person but those sites wouldn’t have came around if we weren’t helping people become rich and famous. If you don’t want celebs getting rich and famous, then we should stop paying for their work but nope, that will never happen.

I agree, though, that it’ss crazy and out of this world how these actors/actresses get paid millions just to make one film.

With that being said, Hollywood has always been this way since the 1930’s. America has always been obsessed with celebrities for decades. It’s nothing new.

Fame and fortune continues to get worse ’cause of media and gossip sites, though. Celebrity gossip is pretty big on the internet. Whenever a celeb couple gets married or if a famous actress gets pregnant… it’s all over the news. I can’t stand it myself but that’s how people make their money. If you notice on my blog, I try to stay away from celebrity gossip. I don’t concentrate on marriages, divorces and all that bullshit. My main focus is on their film projects and what they’re doing in the movies.

I hear everyone, though. It would be nice if this nation would get their minds off of celebrities and focus on what our fuckin’ President is doing to our nation. The US is about to go to war with Russia over this Ukraine stuff, we still have 4 dead Americans w/ no answers over Benghazi, and we have all kinds of crazy things going on in America. Obama is destroying our country and everybody wants to focus on celebrities. That’s kind of why I’ve been all over Obama on my blog more than the other topics ’cause I find what he is doing to our country is more important.

Back to the Oscars, I have a feeling that we’re gonna get Ellen as host again for next year since the ratings turned out decent and the popularity of that selfies pic. That’s why they had Ellen back ’cause of her popularity on twitter. I can’t stand Ellen Degeneres. It’s not because of her being lesbian is why I don’t like her — I just think she’s an annoying and stupid as hell woman. Never liked her at all.

Kev

Last night’s Oscar awards was the worst show in history… wow!!!

Man, I wish I can get my 4 hours back that I wasted watching the horrendous Oscar award show last night. Last night’s show was really bad… all the way through.

Ellen Degeneres was a horrible host. She wasn’t funny as she tries to be. She was actually annoying as hell. The pizza delivery and the group selfie w/ celebs? That part when Ellen kept going on and on about her group selfie with those stars going viral on twitter… I’m like, “Wow, Ellen, shut the fuck up, no one cares.”. Even the celebs in the audience was looking bored. I did laugh at one part; however, when Ellen gave Harrison Ford a pizza slice… she forgot to give him a napkin so Harrison tapped her on the shoulder and asked her for one. Harrison is the shit!

I was disappointed in the Oscar winner choices too. Sandra Bullock didn’t win, Jennifer Lawrence didn’t win… wtf? Jonah Hill and Leo didn’t even win either. It was no surprise that “12 Years A Slave” was gonna get BEST PICTURE. I’m glad they gave Alfonso Cuaron the director for “Gravity” an award but they just did that ’cause “Gravity” wasn’t gonna get BEST PICTURE.

A lot of acceptance speeches were pretty bad too especially Matt McConaughey who had to bring “god” into helping him get up there. How was that an inspiring and moving speech? God didn’t help him get up there. I hate when people win awards at award shows they think god got them up there. Hard work and talent, got them up there. God didn’t do that for ya. It’s a load of crock. Why did McConaughey’s speech had to turn into the Joel Osteen show?

The musical performances weren’t that great either. Even U2 and Pink were pretty bad. Same with Bette Midler.

The camera and production crew seemed pretty amateurish and they cut off the applause during the “In Memoriam” segment. Usually during the “In Memoriam” segment there are people clapping during it. They did a little bit but it was cut off due to technical difficulties, I think?

The only positive I can give about the Oscars last night was that Bill Murray gave a shout-out to Harold Ramis as he was presenting an award. That wasn’t on the teleprompter… he just ad-libbed it in there. That was very cool! That was probably the best thing that happened last night but other than that… the whole show was garbage.

I don’t know if I’ll continue to watch the Oscars. The Oscars seem to be getting worse each year too. It’s no different than other award shows now.

Kev

I think “Gravity” WILL be the Best Picture winner at the Oscars tomorrow night…

So “The Oscars” is tomorrow night. Yes, I will probably end up watching but it’s easy to predict this year’s “Best Picture” winner even though they try to make it look tough to predict. As soon as I finished watching the movie, “Gravity” after I’ve seen it in theaters… my first thought was, “Gravity’s going to win Best Picture”. “Gravity” really is a beautiful film. Finally, a science fiction movie that is realistic. If you haven’t seen it yet, I would suggest you check it out as soon as possible. The film is on DVD/BluRay. Give it a rent or buy it. I’m planning to get my own copy of the film “Gravity” on BluRay sometime next week. I’m also hoping Sandra Bullock will win another Oscar for her role in “Gravity”.

I also think Jennifer Lawrence will win her second Oscar for her role in “American Hustle”. “American Hustle” was an amazing film too.

I haven’t seen”12 Years A Slave” yet so I will wait for rental on that one.

Hopefully, it’ll be a good Oscar awards show tomorrow night and the winners go to the right people.

Kev

I honestly think the Oscars should take place before the Golden Globes, so the winners can be less predictable…

I hope I’m not the only one who feels this way but is everyone else getting tired of the winner choices of films being the same between the Golden Globes and the Oscars? This is why I believe it’s best that the Oscars should take place sometime before the Golden Globes. I’m not sure why the Oscars is always taken place sometime after the Golden Globes. I think the Oscars would be more fun if the winners were less predictable, you know what I mean? Oh well, it is what it is.

I did watch the Oscars last night, even the Red Carpet special before it. I hate the Red Carpet. It’s all pretty goofy and pretty pretentious, in my opinion. I just watch the Red Carpet for laughs ’cause it is kind of humorous to watch the stars jerk off with their fashion and the photographers. When it comes to Red Carpet stuff, I don’t really get into the who dresses best or who dresses worst thing. Although, I would admit, that Charlize Theron was looking the best though, I couldn’t resist saying that. Charlize was looking pretty smoking with the short hair. She has always been gorgeous and always has been one of my favorite female celebs.

Seth Macfarlane did a pretty good job hosting. I liked his opening segment, except I thought his “I Saw Boobs” song was pretty lame and stupid. Other than that, I liked the William Shatner appearance where he played Cpt. Kirk again. It was cool seeing the Shat as Kirk for one more time and he still has it. He can still play the character well!

I haven’t seen the movie “Argo” yet, but I want to. Another negative I have about the Oscars is that “Argo” won for Best Picture, and Ben Affleck got the snub for Best Director. I thought that was pretty lame too. Ben seems to be always getting ignored for the Best Director category even though he seems to be winning other stuff. Ben Affleck is a talented guy, I’ve always liked him. I just wish he would get more respect with his directing.

The same with Tarantino, he got the Best Director snub too. Even though, “Django Unchained”, used the “N” word a lot, that is still not stopping Quentin for winning a Best Screenplay award which is well deserved.

I haven’t seen any of the other movies like “Life of Pi”, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” either, but I’ll check them out soon through Netflix DVD rental.

I liked the Catherine Zeta Jones, “All That Jazz” performance. The performance by the Les Miserables cast was really good too. Of course, Adele killed it with the “Skyfall” theme. I thought the Oscars did a good job with the 50 Years Tribute to James Bond. That was well put together.

It was a pretty good Oscars show. Definitely better than this year’s crappy Golden Globes.

Kev