Comments on: 2008 Academy Awards Were the Least Watched In Recorded History

By: flavorsplash.

flavorsplash. — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:38:53 +0000

@sari…just because I can enjoy films that go beyond simply entertainment and escapism doesn’t mean your feelings have to be hurt. Just pointing out that the oscar is for BEST PICTURE, not most entertaining movie.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:36:31 +0000

I can’t believe Carrot Top still appears in public.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:55:05 +0000

I hope the sentiments expressed here really don’t reflect the true movie-going public. NCFOM and TWBB were the two best films I saw in the past year and they whole-heartedly deserved to be nominated. It should be the BEST movies nominated, not the biggest spectacles.

To that idiot Wilmot Smith: you must be a person of very scant social and political consciousness. John Stewart and his show are both hilarious. People previously featured on his show now have their own shows (Colbert) or are movie stars (Carrell). It’s pretty safe to say he’s a household name. Who do you want to host the Oscars? Carrot top? It’s surprising to me that you access a blog with such rich appreciation for film with these kind of attitudes and opinions.

Selling out is not what the Oscars should be about. Also, besides the “low commercial appeal” of the nominated films, don’t you guys think that the Writer’s Strike was also the likely culprit of the notoriously low ratings for this year’s show?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:47:49 +0000

I’d have alot more respect for her if she f$#ked herself with the statue (or at least claimed to) and gave “Hollywood” the finger. Eszterhas would have (made Sharon Stone do it).

By: sari

sari — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:29:37 +0000

Hey flavorsplash…are you TRYING to sound as pretentious as you possibly can?

By: flavorsplash.

flavorsplash. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:16:28 +0000

Oh man…i REALLY wish i wouldn’t have read some of those comments just now. Some of that stuff was just plain retarded. I personally believe that the problem lies in the audience and not the show. Americans have become increasingly anti-intellectual. So, dramatic, thought-provoking films like TWBB, No country and Michael Clayton are considered “boring” films. I could go on for a while. SO in short, if you people aren’t interested in art then stick to watching bi-weekly matthew mcconaughey romantic comedy movies and jason statham explosion fests. Stay in the kiddie pool everybody, the deep end is for grown ups…

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Academy Award Viewership Issues « Social Mode — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:26:21 +0000

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By: OAKside

OAKside — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:15:40 +0000

Jon doesn’t seem like he fits well at the Oscars, but big deal, I’d probably rather watch The Daily Show than 90% of the Oscars, they’ve been boring socks off for years (decades?). Indie Spirit Awards show ‘em all how it’s done.

I thought this was one one of the best group of films in a while. No Country, TWBB, Clayton, Juno, Into the Wild, Assass of JJ, A Gangster and Bourne Ulty were all extraordinarily good. (Where was Zodiac?) Anyway, disappointed PT Anderson didn’t get a big win… someday!

Die, Leonard. And LMAO @ sari. Insanity!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:16:04 +0000

I would have watched it but I am in the UK and it was only available on a subscription movie channel I don’t have. The BBC stopped bothering to pay for it a few years back

By: DailyCelebs.TV

DailyCelebs.TV — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:21:38 +0000

I watched it because I thought Jon Stewart was going to get political with Obama and Clinton.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:58:50 +0000

Jon Stewart is the only reason I would have watched the awards! The academy should be honored to have him. I am just sick of the hollywood glam that americans like to consume their lush life with. I would prefer to watch Jon on the A Daily Show.

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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:12:19 +0000

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By: sari

sari — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:53:17 +0000

They need to keep nominating good movies that are also actually entertaining like The Departed and Lord of the Rings. Enough with this There Will Be Blood and Michael Clayton boring nonsense.

By: walmot smith

walmot smith — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:14:03 +0000

jon stewart isnt funny and no one knows who he is. you need a big star to host this event and Stewart isnt.

By: walmot smith

walmot smith — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:13:15 +0000

Jon Stewart is unpopular, unwatched on his program and is not funny. he is not a household name and the host must be or no one will watch. Also, the movie that won the award was violent and vulgar. where are the real men in hollywood..

By: walmot smith

walmot smith — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:11:42 +0000

NO ONE WATCHED BECAUSE JON STEWART IS NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME, NOR IS HE FUNNY, AND MOSTLY BECAUSE HE IS OBNOXIOUS.
ALSO, THE MOVIE THAT WON IS A VIOLENT, VULGER DISGUSTING FILM WITH A LOUSY ENDING. MOST FILMS SUCK.
HOLLYWOOD IS MOSTLY QUEEERS AND THE GUYS ARE MAINLY SISSIES. wHRE ARE THE “MEN” IN HOLLYWOOD?

By: Larry Leonardo

Larry Leonardo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:00:45 +0000

Diablo CODY is a giant whore who did not deserve an oscar.

I hope she never works in this town again!

By: Orange cinema

Orange cinema — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:05:28 +0000

Awesome!! slashfilm needed more Juno/Cody promotion.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:58:13 +0000

Nobody trust’s tv anymore. After so long of having ONLY reality television, people are afraid of returning to something big, such as the Oscars. The writers aren’t back in full swing, so why waste your time on a Sunday night for what possibly could be mediocre humor?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:36:53 +0000

Why watch the oscars when there will be a 60 second version up the next day? ;P