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The Oscars (2016) is a English movie. Glenn Weiss has directed this movie. Chris Rock,Emily Blunt,Charlize Theron,Tom McCarthy are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. The Oscars (2016) is considered one of the best Comedy,Music movie in India and around the world.
The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2015 and is scheduled to take place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by ABC, and will be produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin. Actor Chris Rock will host the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 77th ceremony held in 2005.
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The Oscars (2016) Reviews
I really tried to enjoy it, but WTH Chris rock?
Seriously? Noblackoscars? Here is a little numbers for you all believing this nonsense: 12.5% of all Oscars given were given to black people. Population percentage of black people? 13%. What you want America? I don't get how you people can even coexist. And who the hell is Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Will Smith or any other talentless actors or directors or whatever to say they deserve an Oscar? I chuckled when Jamie Foxx was mentioned as one of the best actors of all time. I mean, come on! He isn't bad. He is noteworthy. But one of the bests? Nooo We can talk when real talents, like Denzel Washington, Idris Elba, Forest Whitaker, Don Cheadle go out of their way and boycott Oscars. THEN AND ONLY THEN should this 'problem' be discussed. Anyways, everything about 2016 Oscars evolved around #noblackoscars, but even without it, it was really dull. Not much surprises in nominations I would say. I am happy for Brie Larsen. I have quite a few favourite actors and actresses and she has definitely become the one. Also, what's wrong with the limiting of time? It became so obnoxious. I don't remember interrupting people's speeches with stupid music in earlier Oscars.
Leo finally wins! Spotlight upsets bigger films. But Chris Rock was an overload.
Yeah, this was another Oscar Ceremony with less shockers yet few unbelievable results. The 88th Academy Awards was good to see few good awards but except it, most of the sequences were haywire. First things first, Red Carpet was filled with lots of personal interviews with Actors, celebrities and hosts. Lots of tense filled faces, few fun conversations and high temperament among all present at the Oscars were clearly seen. Beginning with the stage and host. Stage wasn't set that grand as previous editions and was lacking overall with some elegant technical boost. Chris Rock as a host was a big overload throughout his role. His beginning speech almost took half an hour before the award ceremony started. His speech contained a lot of humorous racism stuff which led all the present audience with a plethora of laughter. Again, there were few musical performances by Sam Smith, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga etc. which just led the increment in the length of the show. Had it been some another host, I guess it might have been more elegant ceremony. The sequences managed by Glenn Weiss were decent. Again, this year's Awards ceremony wasn't that big or marvelous.
Oscar Night
The 88th Annual Academy Awards took place and diversity was in the spotlight. Chris Rock was the host with a big opening but as the show went on the gags and sketches about race, the lack of diversity became grating. You think enough, the jokes are wearing thin now. Mad Max: Fury Road was the early runner grabbing the technical Oscars. There were a few surprises, Sam Smith got the Best Song Oscar for Spectre despite his dodgy warbling during the ceremony. Mark Rylance grabbed the Best Supporting Actor Oscar from front runner Sylvester Stallone. As for best picture, despite only winning the Best Original Screenplay, it added the big one as its second one. I guess it is the Michael Keaton effect. Best speech of the night. Louis CK when presenting the Best Documentary Shorts and how much the Oscar would mean to the winners rather than most of the millionaires in the front row of the auditorium.
Chris Rock ruined what was otherwise a pleasant night
It started off well enough with the Harry Potter-like magical build up of the Oscar statue and the video mash-up of various nominated movies. And then it all went to hell. The 88th Oscars was a mess primarily because of Chris Rock's amateurish whining about blacks not being represented enough at the Academy Awards. He went overboard with his sarcasm and it was painful to watch him try to be funny. He put forward Jamie Foxx's name as one of the best actors and he is average at best. Where were the Indian nominees? Where were the Chinese nominees? These two make up for so many professional jobs in the US, that its mind boggling not to see them represented with any sort of dignity in the American movies. And what about the very real issue of gender discrimination against women and LGBT people? The black rants were the equivalent of a child crying for attention just for the sake of it. This was the first time I was excited for the Oscars in a long time since it contained so many diverse and varied titles as its nominees and most of them deserved their spot there. I don't hold the Oscars to any high level of critical praise since the ones who advertise more usually win, but it is the most famous award show and more often than not, they are good movies most of the time. If this is the level of incessant whining one sees at every Oscars, then expect everyone around the world to turn off their TV's in the coming years. Coming to the winners and presenters, other than Leo's comment on global warming, Louis CK said the most important thing of the night about how these documentary makers will need these awards the most. "Room" was the movie I was cheering for Best Picture, but it went to Spotlight (which I have yet to watch). I was glad to see Brie Larson win Best Actress though. I'd even say the young boy deserved a nomination at the very least. I was also happy for Alicia Vikander, though she deserved an award for Ex Machina far more than The Danish Girl. Mad Max deservedly cleaned up the technical awards. I presumed most people in the audience stood up when the legend Ennio Morricone won because they also thought Mr. Morricone was long dead. My mistake. Leo's win was the highlight of the night. The man finally got what was rightfully his for a long time now. All in all, it was a pleasant show, but Chris Rock ruined it. PS: Stop pushing off the nominees when they are giving their speeches and instead trim off the extra fat of bringing in school kids to sell cookies and the long walk to the mikes by presenters. You will save far more time then.
Poorly executed show
Considering this is Hollywood's big night of the year, I found the show sorely lacking in execution. 1) wasting time with run-on and overly staged presentations; 2) lost time for honorees to speak due to length of time it took them to get to the stage; 3) disrespect to the honorees with attempts to play them off with the music. 2) At some point someone...hello director... should have decided to simply have the presenters already on stage ready to go and allocated the saved time to the people who actually got awards. 3) Also, if truly necessary to have music as a cue to get ready to end...again hello director... how about softly introducing it and gradually building up as time went on rather than just starting to play while honorees were mid sentence. 4)And finally, how about those last two songs getting some airtime. Louis CK gets a shout out for helping to make sense of a part of the Awards, but here again, he got more respect than the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy got because she was interrupted by the music.