Sunday, March 05, 2006
An alternative theme
hesitantly, i watched the oscars sunday night. not for the awards, or the dresses, or anything else but Jon Stewart. love him on the daily show, so naturally, i wanted to see him do this. obviously, its scripted and he has to do what the academy wants, so it wasn't his greatest performance. but still good.
ok, but here's what this is really about. the theme of the oscars last night was "back to glamour" (um, yeah, like the glamour ever went away). but that's not really what the theme should have been. the theme should really have been "shameless promotion".
seriously, if you saw it, you'd know what i mean. they first mentioned that box office sales were down, notably down (yey). then, the president of the academy came out and gave a speech about the greatness of movies, and how they can't really ever be appreciated on dvd or the small screen: "and i bet that no actore ever finished making a movie and said 'this'll look great on dvd'". seriously, almost word for word, that's what he said. and then they did a montage of great movie film clips and jake gyllenhaul (jake!!!!!) said (with a smirk and quick laugh mind you) that these epic movies could never be enjoyed fully on a portable dvd player.
get over yourselves. box office sales are down not b/c people don't like the movies (well, that's my opinion) but b/c of other reasons. i don't go to movies b/c it's so much less annoying and so much cheaper to just rent it at the comfort of my own home. and if i go out with someone, i'd rather engage them in some catching up and conversation rather than sit in a dark room for hours. you want box office sales to go up, deal with why they're down, don't just shamefully try to suggest how we just don't know what we're missing. we do, and its not much.
yeah, and i really feel that bad about the money that they aren't making. i hear violins in the background. those poor starving artists. my god, they'll have to cut their fees from $20 million a picture to $10 million. good god, who can live on $20 million a picture. times like two movies a year, that's only $20 million that they make a year. impossible to live on, i understand.
oh, and they also mentioned the "pirating" issue. not very well, and i'm glad it was just a random comment. SHAMELESS.
ok, but here's what this is really about. the theme of the oscars last night was "back to glamour" (um, yeah, like the glamour ever went away). but that's not really what the theme should have been. the theme should really have been "shameless promotion".
seriously, if you saw it, you'd know what i mean. they first mentioned that box office sales were down, notably down (yey). then, the president of the academy came out and gave a speech about the greatness of movies, and how they can't really ever be appreciated on dvd or the small screen: "and i bet that no actore ever finished making a movie and said 'this'll look great on dvd'". seriously, almost word for word, that's what he said. and then they did a montage of great movie film clips and jake gyllenhaul (jake!!!!!) said (with a smirk and quick laugh mind you) that these epic movies could never be enjoyed fully on a portable dvd player.
get over yourselves. box office sales are down not b/c people don't like the movies (well, that's my opinion) but b/c of other reasons. i don't go to movies b/c it's so much less annoying and so much cheaper to just rent it at the comfort of my own home. and if i go out with someone, i'd rather engage them in some catching up and conversation rather than sit in a dark room for hours. you want box office sales to go up, deal with why they're down, don't just shamefully try to suggest how we just don't know what we're missing. we do, and its not much.
yeah, and i really feel that bad about the money that they aren't making. i hear violins in the background. those poor starving artists. my god, they'll have to cut their fees from $20 million a picture to $10 million. good god, who can live on $20 million a picture. times like two movies a year, that's only $20 million that they make a year. impossible to live on, i understand.
oh, and they also mentioned the "pirating" issue. not very well, and i'm glad it was just a random comment. SHAMELESS.
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