2016: Obama's America

Sorry, I could care less, won't watch the very liberal elite and highly paid self indulging film people. I will find something productive to do. This is another diversion from the real importance of waht people should be paying attention to, like this country going broke. Paying homage to a bunch of left wingers is not my desire. wonder what political statements will be made by them perhaps about gun control versus their violent film making, video games and drug latent complicity.

Besides the film makers and actors represented by the oscars are the true 1% except they aren't demogouged due to the fact that the majority support the current administration and liberal democrats in particular.

@Richard Interesting take on films, and not one that I disagree with entirely. I do enjoy watching some films, actually many films, but the film industry seems to be very ego centric and I think the quality has gone down somewhat --- they are substituting special effects and hour long gun battles for story telling, introspection, and enlightenment.

However -- I think the Sports Industry is a much bigger diversion of people's time and is even less useful than the film industry. We have people glued to their tv sets to watch a blood sport every Sunday, while they don't spend any time reading the newspaper for more in depth analysis (albeit often biased) -- and they know who is an up and coming college player who they think should be drafted, but don't know the names of their legislators, or the nuances of the debates on domestic and international issues.

Havent seen any of them . But usually the one that wins best picture is one I would never watch . These current awards have no correlation with entertainment . There is certainly talent in a lot of the films here , but there is also no shortage of boredom.

Totally agree with Richard! I could care less about the egocentric members of the film industry. There are more important things in life than what the actresses wear (all the stuff is borrowed anyway) and whose turn it is to win an Oscar. Few other fields lavish that much attention on themselves and expect the public to be interested.

Life of Pi will leave you speechless.

Stop giving money to these hypocrites

I have to laugh at all the ignorant people who "could care less" about films, or so many other things. Your inability to use the English language casts doubt on all your other opinions. Think about it.

The only thing more boring than a lot of these films is to here this hollywood crowd thanking everyone for how great they perceive each other . Seriously, the show is too long and boring .Watch the opening monologue and than turn it off and read a small recap about it on Monday.

There are so many negative comments about filmmakers here. If these people were as knowledgeable as they were negative they would be paying attention to the awards and hoping that Beasts of the Southern Wild wins. The movie was made with a small percentage of the funds available to the other movies. It was paid for by a small firm that finances socially significant movies and the actors were all unpaid and had no previous acting experience. Yet somehow ths tiny film has four nominations. It would be nice to see it win over the usual favorites.

Excellent comment! I have not seen "Beasts" yet, but would love to. I think anyone who has not seen a movie, often cannot comment in a useful way. Unless you read the book, you would have no clue what Life of Pi is truly about. The emotional impact is life changing. I admire those in an industry that can have such an impact on those they reach.

I tried watching it. About 3 minutes into Seth MacFarlane's monologue I'd had enough and switched channels to something a bit more highbrow (or at least less annoying to fall asleep to) - a "Duck Dynasty" marathon.

It's entirely possible to appreciate and enjoy movies w/o sitting through 2-3 hours of the industry patting itself on the back.

YIKES......Just watched the opening of Oscars as that is suppose to be loaded with humor. Seth MacFarlane completely bombed and Capt Kirk seemed horribly misplaced other than when he predicted Seth would suck . I Beamed out of this disaster at warp speed

Was Laura Bush ever a presenter on the Oscars?

Argos, a tribute to President Carter, not a true portrayal of what really took place, Michelle the presenter, obviously a democratic propaganda piece. Meanwhile the film on the pursuit of Osama Bin Laden was totally dissed. I did not watch the elites patting themselves on the back, boring and high on self interest doesn't appeal to my psyche.