Thoughts On the Oscars! A Reaction Thread

I’ve had a shitty day. My previous post should have covered that. I am however going to be watching the Oscars ceremony as it has been a tradition with me for as long as I can remember. We’re getting close to curtain so I decided to fire up this post. What I’m going to do is make my musings and just update the post as the ceremony continues. I’m going to let you know right now, I’m not going to filter myself. So if you are afraid of bad language then I’d say skip this one. Check back regularly or just read it afterward. Either way it should be fun. I needed this today…

– Apparently Jennifer Lawrence fell on the red carpet. Who taught her how to walk?
– Ellen just called Liza Minnelli a man. Shots fired.
– Ellen looks like she’s going to conduct an orchestra.
– Lol, Ellen hasn’t seen a penis in a while.
– Jared Leto wins. We all knew that was going to happen. He deserved it. Bravo.
– Pretty damn good speech from Leto.
– Holy shit, Jim Carrey can make his face into anybody. Great Bruce Dern impression.
– Pharrell Williams stole a couple Oscars and hid them in his hat.
– Katherine Martin wins Best Costume Design for The Great Gatsby. I didn’t see the film. I don’t have much to say.
– Dallas Buyers Club wins best Hair and Make-up. They made Jared Leto look…well, like a transexual Jared Leto.
– HAN SOLO IN THE FUCKING HOUSE.
– MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO KIM NOVAK? OH MY GOD.
– These animated shorts look cool. Mr. Hublot with the win.
– Frozen with the Oscar for animated film. The Wind Rises gets snubbed. It was a gorgeous film.
– Sally Fields always looks like she’s about to cry.
– Gravity wins the first of every single on of the technical awards with Visual Effects.
– Oh man, Ellen is so hit and miss tonight. The writers were a little lazy tonight.
– Lol, Zac Efron can’t read.
– This Tina Fey Amex commercial is funnier than anything Ellen has said tonight save calling Liza Minnelli a man.
– The comedy shtick is getting old Ellen.
– Great documentaries this year. 20 Feet From Stardom gets the steal from The Act of Killing.
– LOL GREATEST SPEECH EVER. EVERYBODY SHOULD SING THEIR SPEECHES.
– Brad Pitt has a douchey haircut.
– I really thought The Hunt was going to get that one. I still need to see The Great Beauty.
– I was really hoping I didn’t have to sit through U2 tonight but alas, I have to.
– “Kristen B. Ell. What?” LOL.
– Who let the local high school AV club produce the show tonight?
– Number two for Gravity with Sound Mixing. Gravity sweeping the tech awards with number three for Sound Editing.
– Here is that epic selfie…
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– Here comes supporting actress…
– Lupita!!! So deserved. Much heartbreak.
– Oh, and the Oscars did a great thing by adding that June Squibb clip. A lot of people are going to watch Nebraska now.
– I’m so tired of this shtick.
– YOU GET A SLICE OF PIZZA. AND YOU GET A SLICE OF PIZZA.
– BILL FUCKING MURRAY.
– Come oooooooooooon Roger Deakins…
– I miss you Harold Ramis.
– DAMMIT. Gravity again. You will get your award Roger Deakins. You will!
– Gravity again. Every damn award.
– Nice singing Pink.
– It is getting very late. They need to start cranking out these damn awards. We still have a memorium, another song, and like six awards to go.
– Damn, Katherine Martin wins another Oscar.
– ANOTHER MOVIE MONTAGE? GIVE OUT THE FUCKING AWARDS.
– This show is taking forever.
– I’m going to fall the fuck asleep.
– Best Score time. Everybody deserves it. Gravity again. Holy shit. It’s a mop up.
– Original Song goes to Frozen. Durrr.
– I swear to God…if they start cue-ing music for the speeches of the major awards…IT’S RUNNING LATE CAUSE OF FUCKING PIZZA AND OLD MOVIE MONTAGES.
– Ahhh, screenplays. John Ridley gets his due for 12 Years a Slave. LET’S GO SPIKE!!!!
– YES!!!!!!!!!!! SPIKE!
– I’m so happy Spike won. He;s one of my favorite people. Finally something awesome happens in the second half of this show.
– Here’s a big award. I’m sure Cuaron is going to get it. He deserves it so much…aaaaaannnnnnd
– CUARON! Congrats man! Well deserved. It was a one of a kind film and the they owed him for snubbing him for Children of Men.
– I knew as soon as I saw Blue Jasmine that Cate was going to win. She was incredible.
– HERE IS THE BIG ONE. LET’S GO LEO.
– THE MAN IS HERE TO STAY. I love the decision. I hoped Leo got it but honestly all five deserved it. Way to go Matthew McConaughey
– He saved that speech about himself when he said “alright, alright alright”.

AND BEST PICTURE GOES TO…

12 YEARS A SLAVE.

DESERVED AS SHIT. I’M GLAD IT WASN’T GRAVITY. I’M GOING TO BED.

Update

So I have a serious family issue going on in my life at the moment. I’m writing this because I saw The Wind Rises last night and sat down today to write about it and couldn’t make my fingers move in the way I wanted too. The film was a beautiful, heartfelt poem and right now my family situation is a dark, grim nightmare. I want to write and watch films but right now it’s just not going to happen. This will most likely peter out in a week where this nightmare becomes more routine. Until that happens I’m going to be writing sparingly. I know I don’t have a plethora of followers. I think I’m actually still under a hundred. Yet there are a few of you that read my work regularly and I wanted to say thank you and that this won’t last too long. I didn’t want anybody to think that I wasn’t into doing this anymore because it’s one of the few things I enjoy with every ounce of my soul.

I was going to do a reaction post to the Oscars tonight where I’m make musings and update the post as I go along. I guess a Twitter account would have been better for this type of thing but I hate social media. I’m not sure if I’m still going to do it but who knows, maybe I’ll have a couple beers and my mood will change.

Thanks for reading and hopefully it won’t be too long before I’m back to writing again. I think I just need a couple days.

Horrible news today. Phillip Seymour Hoffman found dead in his apartment…

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This is a horrible day. One of the best actors of the last two decades, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was found dead in his apartment today, apparently overdosing on heroin. Police claim that they entered the apartment ad found him in his bathroom with a needle in his arm. Sources say the actor used heroin frequently. That is the story so far. I’ve dealt with heroin over the years. Friends and family members of mine have had run ins with it and it’s a drug that should be banished from existence. I am shocked to learn that he had a problem with it but he was a person after all and people have vices and problems regardless of their social status. That’s all I’ll say on the way he died until more details come out.

For now I’m going to take a little time and remember one of my favorite character actors of all time. I can remember the first couple of films I’ve seen him act in. Patch Adams was a film that disappointed me greatly but it did show how creepy the man could be, a trait that would carry over in films like Mission Impossible: 3 and Happiness. He had comedy traits that he showcased in films such as Twister, Along Came Polly, Punch Drunk Love, and The Big Lebowski. However, the films in which he most certainly will be remember for were his award nominated roles in The Master and Capote, in which he actually took the gold statue home for the latter. Those films, as well as his whole filmography are evidence of what a talented actor he was. His presence on the screen is going to be missed for a long time.

He leaves three children and may saddened fans and family members. Rest in peace.

Changes and Updates

What a week it has been. Both my real person jobs have kept me away from the screen this week, oh and that thing that happens on the 25th of December. I hope everybody had a good Christmas. I was looking at the presentation of my site and realized that I could be doing a hell of a lot better in organizing it so that people can find what they want easier. Over the next week or so I’m going to be making some aesthetic changes. I’m going to be adding more pages and organizing the reviews into more categories besides “film review”. This way if people want to find horror recommendations they don’t have to just scour my back pages. I’m also going to be getting out to the theater and seeing the last of the ’13 films so I can finish my yearly review. It’ll be substantial and will have its own page. I think I’m going to add a page of my top films as well. Hopefully this helps this site to be a bit more fun to navigate.

I hope that all made sense. I’ve been drinking. Don’t judge me. It’s Sunday and I have a moral obligation to yell at football games on the TV. Thanks for reading everybody. The few people who follow my blog make this all worth doing. This is why I want to make the site easier to read. It’s a bitch having to navigate through 20 back pages of reviews. I’ll make it better.

Beer is awesome.

Film Review : Monster’s University (2013)

IMDB Score – 7.4
Rotten Tomato Score – 78%

Directed By – Dan Scanlon
Starring – Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Soh, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Charlue Day, Dave Foley, and Nathan Fillion

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.

I’ve been a fan of Pixar for as long as I can remember. My father and I, up until only recently, made it a small tradition to see the Pixar films in theaters together and while we haven’t gone since Ratatouille, I’ll remember the times we did fondly. Honestly I think we’re just waiting for the right film. “Up” would have been a great film to see with him but the “Cars” films never peaked our interest. I haven’t even seen the second one after the first was so disappointing. While not a big fan of “Monster’s Inc.”, I still wanted to catch this one even though I missed it in theaters and I’m actually glad I waited because I feel I enjoyed it more knowing I didn’t have to pay theater prices to see it. Plus, it would have been a zoo of children.

I think everybody knows the premise of this film and if you don’t it’s not that hard to figure out. The film tells the story of how Mike and Sully met and rose to fame in College to become the scare masters that they eventually became. Honestly, I didn’t care for the story. Pixar is known for throwing in very serious undertones in their stories and in Monster’s University it just seems like they played it as safe as they possibly could. I’ve read this observation with the movie before but it really is just “Revenge of the Nerds” with more hair and teeth. Mike and Sully team a band of rejects and try to overthrow the popular and scarier monsters. I expected more from Pixar.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie. It was silly and a lot of fun but really didn’t try to break any grounds. The monsters introduced in the film were top notch and I enjoyed seeing them all interact with each other. The music was fantastic and the colors in this film are gorgeous. It really just boils down to the film being a good family film instead of the groundbreaking story telling machine that Pixar has built itself into. I’m hoping they come out with a few more films like “Wall-E”, “Finding Nemo”, or “Up” in the near future.

3/5