Why the 2021 Oscars Failed

[@cineflect]

A year later... Somehow the 2022 Oscars were even worse! NEW VIDEO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXnQiomcaNOMjq8

[@telespectadorpensante.7156]

Your profile picture is cold bro, need to watch The Lighthouse now

[@oskari7121]

What makes this even more awkward is that Hopkins would've given the speech via zoom, but producers said no. What a way to risrespect the legend.

[@cineflect]

Yup. I hope he got a good night's rest instead.

[@anurag809088]

@@mattymariah he deserved it more than Boseman, just because you are dead does not mean you will get a token award.

[@kashoot4782]

@@mattymariah Why don’t you think Hopkins deserved it?

[@iainsmith638]

@@mattymariah you clearly haven't seen his performance, it was a career best in my opinion

[@jazzwebster9851]

@@mattymariah In what way is that racist?

[@timboll1]

Ricky Gervais tried to warn them last year at the awards show, but they didn't listen. Now it's all blowing up in their faces. Good riddances.

[@matthale8090]

I was waiting for someone to mention Ricky 😆 you're absolutely right. He really got people to understand what bullshit hollywood really is

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@matthale8090 he is part of Hollywood

[@matthale8090]

@@kassiogomes8498 true... He can be part of Hollywood all day long, but he's still exposing them and the bullshit that IS hollywood. And majority of people are finally seeing said B.S.

[@lepetitchat123]

They need to recruit Ricky Gervais to bring the ratings back.

[@Femmeaesthetic]

Y the hell would they ever listen to gervais??? celebs do what they want, same thing with Rickey lol

[@DA-bm2mj]

What was weird to me at this Oscars is that there was no voice-over telling if the winner has won Oscars before, like "this is her 3rd Oscar and 4th nomination". The winners just walked to the stage in total silence, which was weird.

[@cineflect]

Good point. It really was a stripped down ceremony.

[@frankko1106]

None of the actors made a speech about the homeless people who were moved out of Union station so that these millionaires could pat themselves on the back for how great they are.

[@lepetitchat123]

If only Ricky Gervais was there

[@rodster6campingprepper]

Part of the problem is the awards feel somewhat meaningless now as you never know if someone is winning because they deserve it or because the academy have to tick a certain number of boxes.

[@maninu.s.8139]

Ironically enough, this year's winners proved that mentality false - maybe to a fault. Icon Glenn Close lost for like the 500th time and the African-American and deceased Boseman didn't get it for those reasons, to the man who actually deserved it. I'm happy no quotas were filled just for its own sake, like when Halle Berry won, to be frank.

[@sbn49ajc98]

I haven't watched in at least 8 yrs. Don't like political speeches by the hollywood self righteous; or the nomination theory of too many whites, not enough black, aisian, lesbian, gay, trans ... You're right, it is difficult to understand why there has to be so much discussion.

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Man in U.S. If Halle Berry’s win was because of a “quota” then why have no other black women won Best Actress? You’d think that with these “quotas” all over the place that there would have been at least one more since then? Halle’s win is less questionable than Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Lawerence’s Harvey Weinstein Oscars...

[@LinkMarioSamus]

@@bryanalstoncoxing Yeah I have a big problem with the notion that the Oscars are “woke” for awarding people of colour and women in non-gender restricted categories when they rarely do. Though I do agree they seem like they’re bending over backwards to avoid past ‘mistakes’.

[@HamzooPineda]

True

[@janibeg3247]

why the oscars failed: 1) nobody saw the movies due to lockdowns, 2) the movies themselves lacked peoples' interest, 3) the show itself was uninteresting, 4) it needed a comic as a host.

[@nooneherebutuschickens5201]

Most of the comedians are too afraid to give comedy routines anymore for fear of the woke brigade starting a cancel campaign for something they may have said 20 years ago. I don't blame them for turning it down.

[@mlovmo]

... But comics criticize those in power. Can't have that NOWADAYS, you know!

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@nooneherebutuschickens5201 nobody turned down, the Oscars don't have host because they take time of the ceremony, and it is long enough.

[@andrewheaney4874]

1. Sure. I personally saw most of the films nominated for multiple Oscars but that was mostly out of obligation, and I’m the exception. Most people didn’t see these movies. 2. Sure, to an extent. I thought The Father was incredible and should have won Best Picture honestly. Minari, Judas and The Black Messiah, Sound of Metal, Nomadland, Another Round, One Night in Miami, and Soul were all great, but aside from Soul, Tenet (which was decent), and maybe Promising Young Woman (which was overrated AF), very few if any of the winners/nominees were actually popular or known to the public’s eye. Shame, really. 3. 100% YES. The ceremony was boring, stale, unprofessional, and anticlimactic in every way. I couldnt even finish watching it, and I watched the last four ceremonies all the way through. 4. I actually disagree. I saw the two ceremonies that had Jimmy Kimmel… he wasn’t funny in the slightest and actually kept stopping the ceremony to a screeching halt every time he talked. I did not miss him this year or the last two years with no hosts. I don’t think the lack of a host was a problem this year. Also to add; they for some reason didn’t show any clips and instead talked about the performances and achievements in such boring ways.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

@@nooneherebutuschickens5201 I wish they'd just have Billy Crystal every year because he's not really that political and actually puts on a hilarious, entertaining show. The years where he'd sing songs centered around the FILMS and celebrating the importance of MOVIES were the Golden years of the Academy. I liked Whoopi too.

[@lobbyskids2]

I just don’t think people like watching a bunch of millionaires pat themselves on the back whilst talking down to people just trying to put food on the table. It was just too woke and too cringe.

[@educado669]

It has been like this for 92 years, what would be the difference now?

[@lobbyskids2]

@@educado669 no it’s gotten much much worse on the last 10 years.

[@freezysyahz]

@@lobbyskids2 Yes indeed. Much more pronounced, and not only then, the open mocking by most celebs and socialites towards ordinary people on the rest of the year too. The same people to whom the movies were made to be watched by.

[@lobbyskids2]

@@bwkermadecs It especially annoys me when they lecture us about climate change yer own private jets and use it to fly in fresh lobsters or stupid things like that.

[@Bob-uh6gf]

@@freezysyahz Which socialists do that?

[@iainsmith638]

To be honest, Anthony Hopkins deserved his Oscar, he was incredible in the father

[@daviscoggin]

I agree, he truly deserved it

[@iainsmith638]

@Aariz Khan so rather than give the Oscar to somebody who deserves it, we should just give it to someone who hasn't won yet...?

[@iainsmith638]

@Aariz Khan so basically a participation award?

[@daviscoggin]

@Aariz Khan just because someone won before doesn’t mean it should be biased

[@daviscoggin]

@Aariz Khan whatchu mean I agree with you, you probably misinterpreted my comment lol

[@annieg7090]

A lot of us didn't watch the awards shows this year on purpose, because we're sick of being preached to - especially their politics. They're being awarded for being good actors, singers, etc. They are not being awarded for being better or smarter people. They may see themselves that way, but we don't all agree. They can keep patting themselves on the backs without us.

[@eagle1579]

Will be interesting to see if this format continues next year, if it is on... next year ?.

[@LinkMarioSamus]

But then people cheer when conservative celebrities like Jon Voight and Gina Carano voice their own politics. Double standard much?

[@nadinefeiler9204]

@@LinkMarioSamus there s a difference. I disagree with at least halve of Gina's opinions f.e. because im not a conservative. Yet i celebrate her not giving in to political correctness. She is one of the few women who can believably play a character that is able to beat up men who are trained fighters. The usual 100lb 5'2" girly models who do that in most movies and shows, just look ridiculous.

[@annieg7090]

@@LinkMarioSamus No, it's not a double standard. You're actually helping to illustrate my point. First, Conservative celebrities don't talk politics at the Awards shows (thank goodness). They know that they would get booed off the stage and probably never work again. Gina Carano was fired for a comment that she shouldn't have been fired for. And she didn't make it at an Awards show. In fact, the majority of the time, Conservative celebrities are closet conservative celebrities. They are afraid of getting canceled and ostracized in Hollywood. Kevin Sorbo is a conservative who just can't seem to find work now. They tried to cancel Chris Pratt just because he goes to church. He's never even suggested that he's a conservative. Debra Messing and Eric McCormack asked for a list of anyone who voted for Trump. I am a minority race female who faced plenty of racism twenty years ago, but really not since. Thank you Liberals and Hollywood for bringing back animosity towards us. MLK was fighting for equality, not whatever this BS is. SMH.

[@annieg7090]

@@nadinefeiler9204 Very well put. And for the record, I was never a conservative other. But at this point, I'll take freedom of thought over cult-like behavior any day of the week.

[@WildwoodClaire1]

The Oscars were cheap-looking, devoid of humor, sanctimonious, and interminable. And with the new rules for Oscar-nominated films, we can expect even MORE movies, in the coming year, obsessed with virtue-signaling, depressing subjects, dirge-like pacing, and replete with incongruous casting choices to meet racial, ethnic, sexual-preference, and gender quotas.

[@kassiogomes8498]

You didn't read the new rules did you?

[@SomethingSomethingg]

You're a damn good writer!!!

[@SomethingSomethingg]

It's very rare to see any KZbin comments written with this amount of intelligence.

[@adnanebelfaquir]

This is the most well written KZbin comment I’ve seen

[@nunyabidnis5407]

I don't watch shows where people imply that I am terrible and they are wonderful.

[@eagle1579]

Oh, you must be a deplorable then, lol..

[@eagle1579]

@@nunyabidnis5407 You got me wrong, just saying this is what the elite left would say.

[@nunyabidnis5407]

@@eagle1579 Sorry man, it'll be gone.

[@eagle1579]

@@nunyabidnis5407 No problems, NB.

[@womenhavehivemind9043]

They are doing what the leftist campus kids will say, mostly women who write webpages

[@kevinirwin787]

I like how he ignores the main reason all these award shows have terrible ratings now... Yeah, it was the Pandemic. Sure it was.

[@cesargonzalez9325]

We are in lock down. Not many options for entertainment. Litterally a captive audience and still choosing not to watch.

[@Libtardo123]

I think he wants to be nuanced here and not play politics. But yeah, obvious the woke SJW politics is something no one wants to watch.

[@lechatel]

@@Libtardo123 So nuanced he misses the point entirely. like being squashed against a wall by the elephant in the room and still talking about the decor.

[@yamataichul]

In my country The Oscars airs on HBO at 3am and people were WATCHING. Now nobody bothers. Definitely not a drop in quality on their part😒

[@xr6lad]

Exactly. The commentator himself appears to be in denial - must have links to Hollywood he doesn’t want to offend. Funny how they all dance around the obvious reason people turned off just like NFL but they want to ‘play games’. The issue is by denying it and addressing it; they will lose both their jobs or subscribers. People are tired of being called racist or Nazis if they disagree and won’t stand for it anymore. It’s coming to bite them and they may have just destroyed an industry - just as MSM continue to censor and wonder why they are losing viewers or readers.

[@findJLF]

"Possibly the first person to accept on Oscar in his sleep!" Classic. You did a great job with this review. Hopkins is a class act.

[@cineflect]

Thank you very much. Hopkins is one of the greatest.

[@sandraneri3665]

I miss Oscars in the past when they had someone telling jokes, when somebody was singing to the people out there, like entertaining the actors and the people who are watching the Oscars that has all changed three years ago it has changed before the pandemic hit.

[@colleen4ever]

The good old days when Billy Crystal hosted and it was actually fun!

[@RawHeadRay]

Boseman was a class act, not sure he would be as thrilled in spirit about a “cos you died” Oscar as it signals an insincere gesture reaching for some fabricated integrity, His work is best awarded in life to be accepted in good faith. Hopkins is alive, he can experience the sincere gratitude although weighted heavy by his own desire as an actor to see Boseman awarded, but Hopkins you see is also a class act so this award I feel is just.

[@a-a-ronbrowser1486]

So Anrhony Hopkins was the real winner out of this

[@cineflect]

Yup, he won an Oscar and didn't have to sit through that ceremony.

[@happyapple4269]

Sensible guy

[@SandWolf_]

Slept blissfully in Wales. My man.

[@frederickrice6568]

totally forgot they were even on.....

[@cineflect]

You and the rest of the world.

[@valkyriesardo278]

You know the oscars are history when you've never heard any of the movie titles or the names of most of the people.

[@thedarkwolf9423]

Okay, so it’s not just me, then...

[@amaury12v89]

Well some of em yeah, but you would know most of them if you were paying attention and keeping up. It’s not like a lot movies were released last year.

[@Kashdro17]

Yea that’s why the best picture should have been last.

[@kassiogomes8498]

Do you realize which films were talked about right? Marvel movies, do you want to have just Marvel stuff?

[@SameerKhan-dy7hx]

Marvel aren't even the the medicare standard of movies compare to classics like pulp fiction or hell even shows like breaking bad , these movies at the Oscars are stuff that literally no one wants to watch!!!! Or even heard of, oh wow Anthony Hopkins played a guy who's old and has a memory desease, yeah original so damn original

[@johnrobinson474]

The Oscars tried to manipulate outcomes before which backfired. For the 1946 awards, Harold Russell (a real-life WWII veteran who lost both hands in the war) was nominated for Supporting Actor. Just in case he lost, he was given an honorary award. He ended up winning, so he is the only person to win 2 Oscars for a single performance...and he was not a traditional professional actor. It was a very powerful and memorable contribution to "The Best Years of Our Lives."

[@xr6lad]

And if not deserved somewhat condescending. I certainly wouldn’t want an award just because for example, I’m gay and they want to send a message less about my acting and more about how ‘great and inclusive they are’ even if my acting stank.

[@allahspreadshate6486]

Hollywood and the Oscars died the minute they forgot they're supposed to entertain us, not "educate" us.

[@freshname]

Hm, probably that's the biggest reason I pay so much attention to Cannes awards. They've never viewed films as a form of entertainment, but tried and keep trying to champion the art form. Films are not entertainment and not a lesson in the ideology of the day.

[@allahspreadshate6486]

@@freshname I think you mean "film" rather than "films"... ;D

[@freshname]

@@allahspreadshate6486 I do.

[@fairamir1]

Remember...this is their award show..we are just observers..

[@eagle1579]

NAILED IT!!!

[@ljpeach5093]

Ricky Gervais told them the real deal but they didn't get the message! Who wants to listen to a bunch of Narcissists tell you what you should believe!!!! Tyler Perry was the only one who had anything positive to say. He received so much backlash for speaking the truth. They are all so self-involved.

[@johnforth4077]

Random thought, interesting how fate has irony, that a movie called Parasite wins in 2020 just on the brink of world wide Pandemic

[@LowerYourExpectationsPleb]

just like how bill gates said that with prper vaccination we can bring down population growth rate to 0

[@joshuajoe1419]

@@LowerYourExpectationsPleb yeah he never said, nor does this have anything to do with this.

[@LowerYourExpectationsPleb]

@@joshuajoe1419 um yes he said it in 4K

[@mancerrss]

Uhhhh the Pandemic has been caused by a protein based virus, not a parasitic worm or something else

[@mimicrybypravesh]

Parasite was a horrible movie.

[@oskari7121]

One weird-ass Oscar ceremony. But knowing the year the 2020 was, it kiind of made sense.

[@cineflect]

Only fitting.

[@nadinefeiler9204]

How absolutely astonishing that people don't tune into a show to get preached at.

[@GeniusDolphin]

1. Category order changes, giving out Best Director so early and Best Picture should be last 2. No movie clips shown for the nominees, this is a TV show not radio 3. No announcement on winner details (If he/she has nominated or won before) 4. No music score of the winning movie played in each category 5. They did their best to host an event during pandemic but seriously the venue, decoration, lack of host and performance are not helping

[@gilberttrois8492]

Politics in the oscars destroy the oscars. The films are political, so there is no interest in them. I haven’t seen any of the ones nominated, and I don’t think I’m alone

[@Nagoragama]

Maybe you should broaden your horizons

[@Nagoragama]

@crush broke consume product then get excited for next product

[@BL-mf3jp]

@@Nagoragama can't tell if this is bait or not. people who consume products are the ones still shilling the oscars. fucking politicized BS. Hasn't been a solid year in modern US films since 2007. It's all been downhill since they let that capeshit, The Dark Knight, get nominated, and then further downhill with race-baiting shit.

[@thecinematicmind]

The Oscars has always been political.

[@Mark-co8gt]

@@BL-mf3jp they quite famously didn't nominate TDK 🙄

[@luisenrique7240]

The worst thing i read were people criticising Hopkins win for being white. Honestly it breaks my heart reading things like that because he really deserved it, the whole movie he was so great and majestic that after seeing it I went to hug my parents almost crying...

[@cineflect]

Yeah, all the backlash against Hopkins' win is asinine. I bet most people complaining about him winning haven't even seen THE FATHER.

[@msdude6238]

Where was all this criticism for Hopkin's being white? I haven't seen any just people expressing disappointment for Boseman's loss. Please stop pushing your agenda on to his win. He did a beautiful speech and paid homage to Boseman. The hilarious thing about people like yourself who seem to think you're a persecuted class is Hopkins has very clearly gone on record to show he doesn't share your views. He's an 83 year old man who was isolating at home so his lack of attendance made perfect sense.

[@letitiamarshall8661]

Yes they do, because before they were famous, they were just like us

[@valkyrie9646]

@@msdude6238 You upvoted yourself, didn't you? Of course you did. Ppl like you are the first to sing their Own praises, esp when no one else will.

[@arialjanny]

No offense I'm a black person that loves film, and most black cinema sucks. I know generalization is dangerous, but I think black people are more gifted in music. This is one of the reasons why white people are more likely to win an Oscar in my opinion. I could be wrong tho.

[@killerfrank8974]

A couple problems I saw with this year's Oscars was first of all almost all the films that were nominated were depressing in nature and in the past year where so many people had it rough do you think a lot of people were eager to see a downbeat film, no matter how well it was made? I don't think so. I felt no magic or from any of those films upon hearing what they were about and really had no interest in the Oscars whatsoever. Oh, and another issue is the city of Los Angeles kicked out a bunch of Homeless people who were encamped nearby so the Academy could have its ceremony - and considering that the best picture winner was about a homeless lady that is beyond ironic!

[@deborahtanner354]

So true!

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I never considered the last part about the homelessness but yeah you really hit it on the head there!!!

[@theowlreviewerofficial]

I dunno how true thus is but what I found interesting is supposedly Frances' howl was actually a tribute to Nomadland's production sound mixer, Mike Wolf Snyder, who about a month or so ago took his own life. So The howl was a tribute to him.

[@cineflect]

I heard that as well. Awesome tribute if true.

[@theowlreviewerofficial]

@@cineflect Yup. It was unexpected and odd but charming and respectful.

[@andynowicki4532]

It was weird as hell

[@MC-wc8mi]

I wish more knew that story - that's awesome.

[@RaymondHng]

@@cineflect Michael Wolf Snyder's tribute was aired during the pre-show before the Academy Awards. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXLOcoOPft-pf8U

[@mountainman615]

The past few years the entertainment industry has lost their ability to entertain! Now they’re shocked to learn just how much people don’t need them!

[@anthonyroberts8025]

Everyone is sick and tired of these people thinking that they have a platform to lecture everyone about everything. They need to shut up and do their jobs! That's it!!!!

[@intraocellus]

So happy for Youn Yuh-jung!!! Except for that the oscars where meh...

[@cineflect]

She was one of the highlights for sure. I need to watch more of her films, she was so good in MINARI.

[@dhamodharanmanickam1373]

Yes I surely thought she get oscar

[@rainclover59]

@crush broke they gave it to her just because they think that its the perfect time same with that chinese director and all the black actors.Its all because of the race not because of the content.

[@colleen4ever]

She gets the award for Best Acceptance Speech of the night!

[@ronryan7398]

I've got an idea, just have your industry banquet in private. Because these people couldn't be less self-aware or more embarrassing.

[@rodrigomatosopecanha1035]

But come on: everyone knew it was going for Anthony Hopkins, they should have done better. Imagine having actor, actress, director and picture in that sequence! 3 in a row would be quite climatic (?)

[@cineflect]

A lot of people (myself included) thought Boseman was going to win it, but Hopkins was always a contender. I wish they would’ve gone with the order you suggested, NOMADLAND would’ve had a great end sweep.

[@colleen4ever]

Ya mean in the TRADITIONAL order? Wow...what a concept!

[@rodrigomatosopecanha1035]

@@colleen4ever No. The traditional order is director, leading actor and actress, then picture. I proposed Actor-Actress-Director-Picture. Although not quite "proposing", just imagining how 3 consecutives would have felt like.

[@StrongMightyandFree]

What did I think about the 93rd Oscars? I didn’t.

[@gordonfiala2336]

These were big when I was a kid. But then they started refusing to award people for Good movies that did Good, And instead made them political, about misunderstood or questionable "art", and free advertising for box-office flops. I used to watch the whole thing. It was a significant occasion. Like a political election.

[@Clouden3]

This is so true. The Academy's disdain for popular films has destroyed a lot of their credibility. I'm not saying they have to nominate every Fast and Furious movie but if one of them is really surprisingly good, it'd be nice to see them get some recognition. I love arthouse films and indie cinema, but if you're trying to attract an audience, all you had to do was throw The Invisible Man into three or four of these categories, and you would've seen a boost.

[@stuartlee6622]

I no longer give a damn about the Oscars, Hollywood, and phony actors. Darlingg, it's OVER.

[@jonescrusher1]

Even in it's golden age I can't understand why people can be so desperate to watch successful people praise each other. It's not like the awards ever make sense anyway.

[@rociomiranda5684]

I wasn't aware the Oscars were on until the next day, and I hadn't heard about any of these movies till then, either. I am glad Anthony Hopkins won. These are weird times. The whole set up for the ceremony looks shabby and unattractive. If at least they had had Ricky Gervais as host. . .

[@cineflect]

Haha, I don't think the Academy would ever dare let Gervais host.

[@jazzwebster9851]

Joaquin: Here to present the award for Actor.

[@cineflect]

Off to a great start XD

[@aaronxalapa]

a press conference announcing the winners would have been nicer...

[@maxlawton2680]

People who watched the Oscar previously didn't do so to hear some privileged people living in a bubble where they have no clue of how the world works for ordinary people, rant on about how we should live our lives, they watched it because they loved films and all the artistry that came with it but sadly that is not what the oscars are about anymore

[@colleen4ever]

That's what the mute buttons are for.

[@agschool708]

Hollywood is dying. They wanted to check the boxes.

[@ChapMeifan]

If the actors and their politics are now meaningless to us, why would any of us watch a show about them giving each other an award that is not based on their work but on Hollywood checking off boxes on the diversity agenda?

[@yr77411]

Joaquin Phoenix is my favorite actor, but I agree, this man should NOT EVER present awards again.

[@cineflect]

He's the best screen actor of his generation, but he has the stage presence of a vacuum cleaner.

[@dobazajr]

The worst Oscar presenter ever. I know he's like Frances McDormand but at least Frances is much cooler than him.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

@@cineflect That dude is the biggest buzz kill ever. I get that his brother died tragically and that it probably screwed him up a bit but, Jesus, it's been 30 years! Move on and learn to laugh a little bit.

[@jamesarevalos5521]

This was the first time I skipped the Oscars.The Academy should revisit the awards. We don't want to know about behind the scenes awards. We really just care about the actors, song, director, and film.

[@jamesduprey2719]

Keep doing what you do. We won't watch the Oscars. Period.

[@justin__roderick]

Daniel Kaluuya’s mom was SO CONFUSED yet she knew that her son just exposed her

[@notnek202]

2020 also was a ratings disaster. All good things must come to an end the Oscars just aren’t relevant in today’s America.

[@chargemanken144]

Used to love Oscars esp here in Philippines we wait Jan and Feb for this, until they stop making good movies.

[@maryannlockwood7806]

Same for me. It use to be My version of the Super Bowl. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LittleB2007]

The Academy voted for someone because they thought he was the best, not because he had died young. That should be a good thing.

[@Hal9000x]

I was happy when Hopkins won but wtf? Great video!

[@cineflect]

Thank you! Hopkins was truly incredible in THE FATHER.

[@Xayjohns]

I didn't watch the show, but I was on Wikipedia, and I was checking the results while the show was going on. I was hitting refresh and I saw that Best Picture had been presented early. I was like "Huh?"

[@dobazajr]

That makes two of us.

[@DayanaAoM]

Sodenberg must have felt like an idiot at that moment 🤣 I really hope the academy learn from this moment and do a better show next year.

[@scot60]

They failed because they finally let their demons out.

[@tailormade3072]

Hollywood is a parody of itself

[@thecinematicmind]

as life itself

[@agpmjm]

The Oscars failed because the public do not appreciate being subjected to a woke lecture by every wretched self obsessed celebrity type who climbed the stage. If I wanted to be harangued I would still be married.

[@nedmode9412]

you watch nerdrotic you idiot

[@colleen4ever]

I found myself hitting the mute button a LOT...just like I will whenever Jimmy Kimmel is on stage.

[@lolaamazonia5218]

R.I P Golden Hollywood Era of the 80s,90s and 00's 🙏

[@severussnape8040]

Good riddance tbh.

[@flash-uj6ly]

2000s is the worst era of Hollywood.

[@vancityguy]

@@flash-uj6ly I'd still say the 2000s was the last great decade for entertainment of all types.

[@michaelfontanelli2450]

@M. Zacharias895 1939 has been the pinnacle movie year for over 8 decades! WTF is Lola talking about?

[@darkwoods1954]

I can't think of many things more boring than watching rich, over privileged celebs congratulating themselves on how great they are at the best of times. It's just intolerable now they endlessly lecture their customers on how to live their lives, as if these celebs have a clue.

[@jameshook1862]

Woke hellwood is slowly killing themselfs, nothing lost if you ask me. It is the movie lovers that i feel sorry for, and so do most i guess. It was awfull to see and hear, and that was to put it very mildly. It will get worse, the next one will be the last i guess, the oscars is dead.

[@stephanledford9792]

A gathering of people who feel they are more important than they really are to the rest of us, who take every opportunity to out "woke' the person before them, who show over and over again how out of touch they are with the audience they are supposedly making the movies for.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

The worst thing about the Oscars is that the movies that get nominated are the pet projects of the actors and not the movies that THE PEOPLE are interested in seeing. The movies that the people want to see--the action movies and romantic dramas--are done begrudgingly by the actors to fund the pet projects, so it's no surprise that the Oscars (and other award shows) are getting less popular.

[@JamesASharp]

Hmmm, no mention of the fact that Hollywood forcefully moved all of the homeless people from Grand Union Station. 🤷🏿‍♂️ You gotta love humanity ❤👍🤦🏿‍♂️

[@nathanchenery1075]

The capitol from hunger games

[@cineflect]

lol

[@HamzooPineda]

Have not watch Oscars for 5 years. They gone so woke it's so disgusting. I don't know if the winner really deserves it or if it was just a token award.

[@peterfmodel]

Even if this Oscars were the best in all history, almost no-one bothered to tune in. The issue goes back several years, it was not just this event, or any production issues. Look at the trend over the last 5 years.

[@juanvargas7208]

The saddest part was to not see the songs performed live in the broadcast, and of course, that the winning song (as in many of the categories, besides the big ones) was handed or voted for social issues rather than quality in itself. Husavik was the favourite and should have won

[@cineflect]

That would've definitely livened up the ceremony and made the broadcast more of a show. "Husavik" is a beautiful song, especially the performance with the children choir.

[@juanvargas7208]

@@cineflect yes... surely, and the numbers do not lie, this was the worst Oscars night EVER!!!! Never forget it, WORST EVER

[@Dennisanyone-]

This still should’ve been at the Dolby. I understand empty seats, but a great production team can do wonders with camera angles. Not only was lead actor last, but it was presented by Phoenix. New lead actor ALWAYS gets presented by last year’s lead actress. And vice versa. Maybe Phoenix showed up late. I dunno…average Oscar show. On to the Dolby next year.

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

The lack of clips enraged me. Also what was with the aspect ratio and framerate? Those were the only things that really pissed me off.

[@cineflect]

Just Soderbergh trying to make it "feel like a movie." I'm surprised he didn't shoot it on iPhones ;)

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

@@cineflect it’s an award show, it’s not supposed to feel like a movie. Also, having the best original song nominees perform during the red carpet interviews and not during the ceremony was a stupid decision too. I miss the hosts....

[@lumbagomason]

How to win an oscar: be black, or Asian; that works too.

[@Dancestar1981]

That’s all it ever seems to be about today

[@rickriffel6246]

Once I watched the Oscars telecast, and afterwards I thought that was the best Oscars show I've seen in a long time. This was in 2009. I watched the annual event a few more times, then figured it wasn't worth sitting through anymore. Most of the Oscar shows I ever saw were disappointing or problematic in some way or another. My usual gripe has been "Why don't they show a scene from EVERY nominee, including the short films?" Certain categories often have nominees names spoken and that's it, then you see someone getting an award for a work you don't know if it exists.

[@powertuber4.068]

Are we not going to talk about the new quota system that has finished off Hollywood forever.

[@goldenpineapple8838]

Art is subjective anyway, it really doesn't matter about their quota system....it just sucks

[@cineflect]

I certainly will if it actually happens.

[@Powertuber1000]

@@cineflect It already has.

[@powertuber4.068]

@@goldenpineapple8838 Forced compliance is the antithesis of art.

[@cmorris9494]

Nominate movies that people see. It makes people watch the Oscar's. If no one watches the movies no one cares. The independent spirit awards have their own awards leave them there.

[@annac6276]

I was mostly happy about who got the Oscars but I didn't enjoy the ceremony I watched the Oscars from Italy, I'm still shocked I didn't fall asleep! It was really boring and I found the "in memoriam video" horribily made. I would have loved to see the pre-recprded performances during the actual ceremony 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@cineflect]

Ciao! I hope you're doing well in Italy. Well said. I agree, the pre-recorded songs would've been better saved for primetime. Those really work wonders is giving the ceremony some variety... and making it an actual show!

[@DA-bm2mj]

I love Angela Bassett but her speech was cringy and over-the-top.

[@cineflect]

@@DA-bm2mj yeah, she introduced that segment like she was performing a children’s magic show.

[@oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832]

I was gonna watch the Oscars this year, so I thought of taking a nap a couple of hours before it (I live in Sweden, it starts at 2 AM) so that I wouldn't be so tired. For some unknown reason though, my phone alarm at 1:30 AM didn't go off, so I woke up a bit after 3 AM instead. I didn't want to watch it without seeing the beginning, so I just ended up going straight to bed. After watching this video, I have one thing to say; thank you phone alarm for not going off.

[@ArtAttack98]

If only one of the nominees would’ve donated their 200k dollars gift bags I would gain a little more respect for them.

[@maryturpel8413]

The Oscars felt like we were watching a movie, all right; a documentary (that wasn't even nominated.) It will probably get nominated for a Razzie next year.

[@williamjackson1665]

Holly weird has committed suicide. Their insufferable “WOKENESS” is off putting at least. Insulting and RACIST is more accurate. I’m sure those “beautiful people” can get by on half of what they are used to. Because you can’t spend years insulting and preaching your version of morals to people without alienating a large part of your audience.

[@callumdodsley6794]

If they wanted to shake things up and make it 'like a movie', why not put 'best director' on last? They were all in the building so you were confirmed a speech, Bong is beloved and Zhaos (at that point very likely) landmark win gets the spot it deserves. For a in-house oscars, it would have been far more personal than what we got.

[@cineflect]

I'd still contest that Best Picture should always be last, but Kubrick knows putting Directing last would've been a much better move this year.

[@callumdodsley6794]

@@cineflect Best Picture should always go on last but if they wanted to mix it up, Best director makes much more sense than Best Actor

[@notordinarynothing]

It was the most sure win of the night, so it wouldn't have been very climatic at the end

[@GIBBO4182]

It doesn’t really matter when they award best picture if they keep choosing films that no ones really watched. Didn’t Endgame break box office records, it just feels like they always try n be a bit too cool for school or trendy instead of picking films which the general public actually paid money to go and watch

[@jingles009]

I work with over two hundred people and no one watched the Oscars. After some of us looked into the Winners and losers, we realized we hadn't seen 90% of these films. No one here thinks we missed anything.

[@zack-ne1li]

only way to save the oscars now is to have a pre recorded cgi paddington host the next show

[@cineflect]

OMG.

[@cineflect]

Well... that happened. What did you think of this year's Oscars? Got any Cardboard Oscars of your own to hand out? Let me know!

[@haroldandmod]

Obama award - Riz Ahmed giving his own movie an Oscar 😃 🥇 😃

[@KermdoubleO7]

Please do Disney! Thank you. Doc!

[@KermdoubleO7]

I like your style bro! It's good and your format is outstanding!

[@cineflect]

@@KermdoubleO7 Thank you so much :)

[@cineflect]

@@haroldandmod haha, love it

[@MasterBuilderDragon]

When the Cardboard Oscars are more fun to watch than the actual thing.

[@OscarMPG1]

Having an Oscars celebrating a year in movies in a year where there were BARELY any movies released was the first clue.

[@TheFiown]

More people watched videos on this disaster than the event itself !

[@intellectualhybrid2]

How many other people like me also just found this out now. I had no idea it happened this year

[@AdZS848]

Three Major additional mistakes they made: 1) Move the Oscar's from March to May 2) Barely advertise when they were - I woke up the day after the Oscars to a few of my friends saying how bad the ceremony was and wondered when they had been on. 3) Nominate films that were not widely available. I've been trying to see Promising Young Woman for about 9 months and couldn't find it (we don't have all the streaming platforms). It used to be that the nominated movies were everywhere, so even if you hadn't seen them, you knew about them. If streaming is to continue the way it is now, the academy needs to ensure the nominees are from films that are generally available.

[@WykeshiaMcCallister1986]

One major thing that I strongly hate about this year's Oscar is how they used Chadwick Boseman's death, his image and his true fans to hype the Oscars to rob Chadwick of the Best Actor award. That's why their ratings are in the toilet this year and they tried use Black people to save yet again. Just disgusting!!

[@eagle1579]

After the first 10min, got the gist of what the next few hours was going to be, where's the remote !!!

[@colleen4ever]

15:09- She was paying tribute to a crewmember on the movie who had recently died. His nickname was Wolf.

[@ethanguest6762]

I actually don't mind the 'imdb trivia' aspect of it. Its way more interesting to hear things about the director, in a way of celebrating the show The bit where bong said he asked the directors to describe directing, while very inspiration bait, was better than having some stupid comedy skit no one laughs at.

[@cineflect]

I didn't mention this in the video, but Directing was easily the best presented category of the night. Going to Director Bong live in Seoul was special and that "trivia" was actually given some televisual assets!

[@ethanguest6762]

@@cineflect and also the reveal that Bong is actually 2 people

[@cineflect]

@@ethanguest6762 lol, who knew!

[@benjaminfranzuela5847]

How diplomatic of you to think of the 93’d Oscars presentation this way.

[@MundoJuanci]

How ironic that most people who criticize these year's Oscar is less about the actual winners and more about how the ceremony was made, lol

[@cineflect]

Good point. I suppose I'd rather have a poor ceremony with right winners than the inverse. Although often the right winners make the ceremony better. Why can't we just have both? :)

[@MundoJuanci]

@@cineflect I guess they don't want us to have both, or else everyone would be happy (well, almost everyone)

[@boredstranger7522]

I think it's because most people didn't really get to watch most of the nominated films to even care about the actual winners 😅

[@juliawoodrow219]

I used to look up to these people till I realized you have to literally sell your soul to get into this industry. Drugs, alcoholism, perversion and other deep dark evils. These people are victims and tyrants and certainly nothing we should look up to as an example of success.

[@nigelcarren]

They even dressed the set to look like a 'weird' church! 🤔🇬🇧

[@jaylouis8227]

I didn't like how they presented the awards out of order this year. I totally agree with you that it made things a bit awkward to end on best actor instead of best picture.

[@cryptolinksinvesting2058]

What a joke these people are.

[@Sun.Shine-]

The worst climax for an oscar film goes to.....

[@RedJet-bq6fq]

This year’s ending felt way worse than 2017’s moonlight gaffe if you ask me. This year was anticlimactic and somewhat uncomfortable. Great video btw, amazing points

[@DanTUtilizer]

Oh yeah, 2017 ceremony was WAY better than this. Even with the Moonlight gaffe