The Oscars Get "Risky"
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The Oscars are going to be "truly different" this year! I swear! For reals!The Hollywood Reporter posts that Academy president Sid Ganis used this year's Nominees Luncheon to talk up changes to the upcoming ceremony. "Cinematographers, editors, composers. All of you guys. You're in for a big surprise." What sort of surprise? Lord only knows, but he promises that it will be truly different, that it'll take "some risks," and "Your categories are being presented in a completely different way. Heads up."
Will winners be announced by baseballs flying at their heads? That's the only thing I can think of with the last statement. "Get ready" might suggest sassy changes, but "heads up" is definitely a warning. Now, since presenters aren't going to be disclosed beforehand, maybe we'll see anger-filled face-offs that can run wild on the pages of TMZ? Christian Bale can get teamed with that DP he loves so much. Lily Tomlin could hang with David O. Russell. Jennifer Aniston could present the lead actress Oscar that could go to Angelina Jolie.
But I bet whatever we dream up will still be better than what we see. I don't want to be a defeatist, but I won't believe in awesome, risky change until I see it.
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2-03-2009 @ 2:25PM
techstar25 said...
They should so make it so the nominees are just "suggestions" and so The Dark Knight will win best picture, and Springsteen will win best song.
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2-03-2009 @ 2:36PM
MarkH said...
As long as the winners aren't presented with their awards in the aisle again, like a few years ago, which I found to be strangely demeaning.
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2-03-2009 @ 2:58PM
Astin said...
Mark beat me to it. How terrible was that attempt at different? "Oh, you're nominated for best animated short. You get to sit in the back row and have your Oscar handed to in the aisle you while you don't get to speak."
Maybe they'll combine all the "small" awards. "Cinematography, editing, score... you're all getting your Oscars at once! Next up, best live action short, best animated short, and best sound editing."
T-shirt cannon-launched Oscars? Balloon drops? You get to stand in a booth with oscars flying everywhere and keep however many you can grab? Deal or no Deal?
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2-03-2009 @ 3:25PM
Jim said...
Ha! I actually didn't plan on watching--all awards shows suck-- but if they implement your suggestions I'll be glued to the set with a bowl of popcorn. Let's hear it for cannon launched Oscars! I want to see Kate Winslet leap for that gold statue like Santonio Holmes.
2-03-2009 @ 3:45PM
Mike D said...
"And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to 'Slumdog Millionaire'...Um, no wait, that movie sucks! Compared to 'The Departed' and 'No Country For Old Men', it really sucks. Can we get a recount or a reasonable explanation why such a sappy, narrative-challenged suckfest was even nominated? Whoa. Come to think of it, can anyone seriously argue that 'Milk' or 'Benjamin Button' were better than 'The Dark Knight'? Or 'In Bruges'? Or 'The Wrestler'? (Old Academy member with a thumb up his ass mumbles something about fanboys, same fucking shriv keels over five minutes later) Fuck, Hugh Jackman get Huey Lewis out here to bust out 'Pineapple Express', as this telecast has been sucking! Fuck!"
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2-03-2009 @ 6:08PM
Marty said...
Oh, God! I can imagine what godawful changes they are proposing. I have been watching the Oscar since 1977 wne I was 8 years old. How about going back to how the Oscars were back in the late 1970s and early 1980s? They were fun and winning an Oscar back then actually MEANT something. Now, the stars look like they would rather win a Razzie than an Oscar!
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