Was it me or were the Oscars terrible this year?

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It seemed that mostly the celebrities mostly just whined about how crappy America is, and how crappy life is, and all the crap they had to go through to this far, and it was just really depressing and sad. Unless it's just me, or did anyone else think so?

The Academy Awards show has always been how the Hollywood entertainment industry pleasures itself by encouraging the entertainers to stroke each others' egos on-camera.

It is a total waste of effort, money, and air-time.

I feel like I don't fit in with the pro-Oscars or the anti-Oscars crowd because I never watch the ceremony, but I always follow the nominees and the winners. I also try to watch all or most of the best picture nominees and any that won one of the major awards (that is, acting or screenplay).

I didn't bother watching them this year.

Well they let the winners go on as long as they pleased which some people think was actually a good thing. Plus Chadwick Boseman fans got screwed over. I enjoyed watching the H.E.R. performance. Good music is coming back! Overall I enjoyed watching but didn't stay up for the whole thing.

Well another thing about the Oscars nominees this year is that some people online complained about the nominees being too depressing, and they wanted more escapist movies this year because of covid.

But if this is true, doesn't this contradict what people wanted a couple of years ago, when people kept complaining that Hollywood makes all this non-serious escapist garbage and they want more serious and challenging movies about serious issues.

Now those movies come out, like people asked for a couple of years ago, and they got it, and now they complain they are too depressed by them and want escapist movies now.

I think people forget that the Oscars are an industry event. They were gradually turned into a public spectacle, which was great for media companies, but they are still ultimately events by and for Hollywood. They are not a popularity contest. The winners and losers are decided by the academy for their own reasons. We don't care about big oil rig industry events, or whatever, but because most people watch movies we almost seem to feel entitled to the Oscars reflecting our own opinions. I certainly like when something I like gets an award, and seeing something win or get nominated might make me take notice of it, but I'm not too emotionally attached to them.

I almost never watch award ceremonies, they don't really interest me, and are usually terrible.
I would not expect this year to be any different =)

Sir Anthony Hopkins won the best supporting actor, a fellow Aspie. How cool is that?

Oh hey, a celebrity joins us.