Somehow I found myself watching the Oscars last night. I do not quite understand how this happened, but will chalk it up to the fact that I could not find anything else to watch. After about 45 minutes of it, I decided that reading was a better use of my time. There may have been a time in the past when I enjoyed awards shows much more than I do now. However, I really do not perceive my past as being filled with great amounts of joy from watching them. I am not making any bit of judgement on those of you who do enjoy them at all. As I've said in the past it is our differences that make the world an interesting place.
For starters, do we really need hour after hour of pre-awards show coverage? I feel the same about the Super Bowl and other events. I really do not care what the people are wearing, and I do not care to listen to endless analysis of the movies that have been nominated for awards. If I saw the movie, there is a pretty good chance that I figured out the plot, and even caught any twists involved in said plot. I do not need someone from E! television spelling it out for me. I'm certain the script was not written by some super-genius who writes above the average person's level. If I did not see the movie, I definitely do not want someone telling me anything about it.
I also do not need to watch the actors and actresses arrive to the red carpet. I pretty much can deduce that if they are in the audience then they managed to find their way to the auditorium. While I'm sure it is fun to pick apart what the actors/actresses are wearing, I find little joy in that. Although there are moments when you do wonder if they walked by a mirror on the way out of the house, or if their driver gave them a "WTH?" look. I'd probably have a hard time not saying something myself. Probably why I am not linked to the world of celebrity in any way.
I guess one issue I have is that much like College Football Bowl Games there are just way too many awards shows. How many times do we need to award an actor/actress/movie? I'd say once is probably enough. What do I know?
Luckily, they have tried to pare down the time it takes to get through the entire show. However, for me it seems a little rude to have this show congratulating people for doing a good job, and then you begin playing music over their thank you speech and eventually turn the microphone off.
After watching the little bit of the Oscars that I did watch it struck me that the most painful part of it is watching these people. Here are people who get paid millions of dollars to make movies. (my issue is NOT with how much money they make) I find it painful to watch these people struggle to read a telepromter, and struggle to even act like they are interested in what is going on. There seems to be so much dead air, and a lot of standing around as if they aren't sure what to do with themselves.
Honestly, I think it's the difference between stage actors and film actors. In the earlier days of Hollywood, most screen actors had been stage actors and were used to improvisation. They were great at thinking on their feet. It seems to me that maybe today's actors aren't so inclined. At any rate, for me it makes watching these shows unbearable.
I would make a list of the movies that I enjoyed from last year, but I'm having a hard time remembering which movies I did see. LOL I must be getting old. I did see "Cool Hand Luke" last year, and I thought it was awesome.
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