Oscars 2014

[Archie]

damn oscars

I had some really important things to tweet right now!!!!!!

 

[Mudcat]

It's rare to see a good speech. Once in a blue moon Tilda Swinton comes along but mostly everyone sucks. Lupita Nyongo started out great but just didn't know when to stop.

 

[Mudcat]

And what the hell is up with John Travolta? His face has become a strange frozen hunk of squinting plasticene - which is one thing - and then he has one job to do: introduce Idina Menzel . . . I don't what that name he said was, but it wasn't even in the same zip code as Idina Menzel.

 

[Mudcat]

Here is Travolta. To reiterate the situation, he had one job to do: introduce Idina Menzel. Check it out.

 

[MrMonkey]

We loved Matthew M winning and his speech! LOL! MrsM says he's a handsome young Paul Newman!

Look upward, look forward, and chase! There really is a God!

 

[Mudcat]

I thought it was funny when he mentioned god and like 3 people applauded.

 

[MrMonkey]

I thought it was funny when he mentioned god and like 3 people applauded.

Believe Muddy! I see an endless supply of DQ Blizzards waiting for you in the next life!

 

[CaliGirlNY]

I only caught the 2nd half but that was plenty. I saw that pink has no idea when to breathe when singing, I saw John tea lotsa flub and I saw Collect pizza money in pharrells hat. I googled jarred Letos speech. It was great.

The world is round people!

 

[CaliGirlNY]

John travolta, or whatever autocorrect

 

[Matty]

endless supply of DQ Blizzards waiting

If that's true I might reconsider my stance.

 

[Mudcat]

You know what? I'm calling that right now. Sweep of faves at +175.

That's right. Air bet, bitches!

Won my air bet because I'm kewl as hell.

 

[Mudcat]

I notice someone posted Cate Blanchett's acceptance speech on YouTube. I would rather shoot myself in the head than watch that again. I was happy for her winning until about halfway through that speech when I was shouting ENOUGH! at my TV and wanting them to take the Oscar back and try it on someone/anyone else who might shut up at some point.

 

[Matty]

I can't deal with awkward acceptance speeches. If I can't find the remote to mute them or flip channels I start air-pushing people off my screen. GO AWAY!

 

[Matty]

Academy To Give Runners-Up Detailed Progress Reports Outlining Where Stars Can Improve

 

[MrMonkey]

MrsM says he's a handsome young Paul Newman!

 

[Mudcat]

Apparently Matthew interpreted winning an Oscar to mean the whole world wants to know every thought he has ever had in his head.

People are so terrible at those speeches. Monstrously, consistently bad. You'd think lessons would be learned over time but apparently not.


This was a pretty good job of acceptance. It was obviously written and practiced which brings up the point of, is it dismissive and disrespectful of the competition? But fuck it, I'll take this over 99% of what goes on.

 

[MrMonkey]

Yes to each his own but Entertainment Weekly ranked it high, very high ........ not that they know anything! My son said MMcC looked very high!

1. Dallas Buyers Club‘s Matthew McConaughey, Best Actor

Running over three minutes, the Best Actor acceptance speech was a monument of pure unfiltered McConaughey-ness. He thanked God. He thanked his late father: “I know he’s up there right now, with a big pot of gumbo…he’s probably in his underwear, and he’s got a cold can of Miller Lite, and he’s dancin’.” He went on a very long tangent about how his hero is himself — or rather, “Me in ten years!” And then he said it: “All right all right all right.” Good? Bad? Such qualitative judgments don’t apply. This was McConaughey. This was America. This was 2014. This was the Oscars. #McConaissance

 

[roguejuror]

who is the long hair dude?