Do you watch the Oscars?

[Like2Plan]

The Oscars are going to be broadcast on Feb 27th this year, are you going to be watching?

I don't know why, but I love watching that show. In recent years, I have tried to see as many Oscar nominated films as I can before the award show airs. (I like to pick my own Oscar favorites beforehand.) DH calls it my Oscar season.

[disneysteve]

We'll usually watch the opening act. I can't stand the pre-show stuff because I couldn't care less about who is wearing what. Beyond that, I'll usually turn it off as we don't go to the movies much so it is rare for us to have seen more than 1 or 2 of the nominees. This year, we saw Toy Story 3 (on DVD-not in the theater). I'm not sure if we've seen any other nominees. Probably not.

[Like2Plan]

Originally Posted by disneysteve

I'm not sure if we've seen any other nominees. Probably not.

Best Picture nominees
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

We love to watch movies (at home and in the theater) and we often get movie passes as gifts for Christmas and birthdays.

[cypher1]

I love watching and studying movies, including criticizing. I will see certain movies, not just for certain actors in it, but follow certain directors, composers, writers. Just something I grew up with, while I have no emotional investment to sports. But my friends are all amazed that I couldn't care less about awards/nominations, or following celebrity personal lives. I don't need an award or title to tell me what a good film is. Everyone is a critic, so I guess it's all a matter of opinion.

[Like2Plan]

cypher1,
I love movies that make me think afterwards. Or, the music that stays with me after the movie is over. I haven't always liked the movies that are nominated, but every once in a while I will find a really interesting movie that I wouldn't have otherwise seen.

[cypher1]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not judging a person, if they follow the awards. I just feel a lot of them (award) over hype the majority of movies. For ex: Avatar-beautiful special effects, utter crap story/characters, that I couldn't watch it again. Was always a fan of James Cameron up until Titanic, lost a lot of respect after that movie. Other really GOOD movies that became overrated: Slumdog Millionaire, Hurt Locker, Wrestler, Inglorious Basterds from last year. Really enjoyed Inception, Fighter, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, etc, but I guess I just don't care if anyone one of them gets "robbed" of an award. The Tourist was an example of really disapointing film, coming new director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. His first film, The Lives of Others, was just amazing, even though its very slow paced. Again, all this is just in my honest opinion.

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by Like2Plan

Best Picture nominees

Nope, haven't seen any except Toy Story 3. That's not to say we won't in the future. We do 99% of our movie-viewing at home with Netflix. Movies are too expensive and I don't generally enjoy the experience between the cost, the blaring volume, the people talking and texting and the $5 Cokes. I'd much rather be in the comfort of my home at little to no cost and reasonably priced snacks. Also, that gives us the opportunity to watch in more than one session if necessary.

[Like2Plan]

Originally Posted by cypher1

Don't get me wrong. I'm not judging a person, if they follow the awards. I just feel a lot of them (award) over hype the majority of movies. For ex: Avatar-beautiful special effects, utter crap story/characters, that I couldn't watch it again. Was always a fan of James Cameron up until Titanic, lost a lot of respect after that movie. Other really GOOD movies that became overrated: Slumdog Millionaire, Hurt Locker, Wrestler, Inglorious Basterds from last year. Really enjoyed Inception, Fighter, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, etc, but I guess I just don't care if anyone one of them gets "robbed" of an award. The Tourist was an example of really disapointing film, coming new director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. His first film, The Lives of Others, was just amazing, even though its very slow paced. Again, all this is just in my honest opinion.

See that is what I love! Talking about the movies.
DH and I have not yet seen The Tourist--We missed it when it first came out. It received not very good ratings from the critics, but we still want to see it. (It's playing in a movie theater that has $2.00 seats tommorrow. )

[Like2Plan]

And have you ever noticed that the trailers for movies are sometimes the best part of the whole movie? They somehow cut it and edit it so that it makes the movie look very good.

Sometimes, the actual movie is very disappointing in comparison to the preview. (I've often wondered why they don't get the people who made the trailer--to edit the whole movie )

[cypher1]

Originally Posted by Like2Plan

See that is what I love! Talking about the movies.
DH and I have not yet seen The Tourist--We missed it when it first came out. It received not very good ratings from the critics, but we still want to see it. (It's playing in a movie theater that has $2.00 seats tommorrow. )

Thats a perfect example of how I feel about movies. Even though I over analyze them, I wouldn't tell someone to not watch a film just because I didn't like. They should still see for themselves. As for the Tourist, I wanted to like, Angelina wasn't bad, but Depp felt out of place for the role (wish they used an unknown). Great soundtrack and cinematography, but it was difficult to figure out the genre, even if its a remake. It didn't feel like a comedy, or even action. At least Knight and Day had some amusing scenes. I think the trailer was probably the best thing.

[Like2Plan]

Originally Posted by disneysteve

Nope, haven't seen any except Toy Story 3. That's not to say we won't in the future. We do 99% of our movie-viewing at home with Netflix. Movies are too expensive and I don't generally enjoy the experience between the cost, the blaring volume, the people talking and texting and the $5 Cokes. I'd much rather be in the comfort of my home at little to no cost and reasonably priced snacks. Also, that gives us the opportunity to watch in more than one session if necessary.

Several of the nominated films are available on DVD-- I really like it when they have already been released to DVD because we can fit the viewing time around our schedule (and see more movies. )
I know what you mean about the talking and texting--very annoying. Though, we have had pretty good luck lately. (virtually no one at the movies last night--during the superbowl )
We don't get snacks at the snack bar anymore. DH scored in the pre-diabetic range on his A1C last fall--so he put himself on a strict low carb diet. He's lost 47#'s and his recent A1C is in the normal range. We haven't found any good (low carb) snacks at the snack bar so we eat dinner before we go to the movies so we aren't hungry. It saves us a ton of $$.

[cypher1]

Originally Posted by Like2Plan

And have you ever noticed that the trailers for movies are sometimes the best part of the whole movie? They somehow cut it and edit it so that it makes the movie look very good.

Sometimes, the actual movie is very disappointing in comparison to the preview. (I've often wondered why they don't get the people who made the trailer--to edit the whole movie )

Ok, now you're really getting the inner geek out of me, outside of PC/cars topics. Movie trailers are a separate art for editing. I completely agree with trailers showing too much, and sometimes being the best thing. I love and follow different music from previews, and how they're incorporated into these preview. With the right editing and music, you could make the crappiest movie into the most appealing, and/or spoil it with including all the key scenes. These days its hard to not follow the trailer, and being spoiled.

A good example is Danny Boyle's Sunshine. I saw the first trailer and wasn't too impressed for a predictable story. Although I love the chronos quartet remix of requiem for a dream score, also used in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer for epic buildup. Anyways, saw the movie, blown away by special effects and cast/acting, until the last third of the movie turned into a predictable horror flick. Now if I'd have seen 2nd trailer, it would have spoiled everything. Even though you have an idea of an ending, it's the journey to get there, that makes it interesting.

[disneysteve]

We generally bring our own snacks. Yes, I know you aren't supposed to but no way am I paying $4 for a box of candy that I can get for 99 cents at the market. We will buy popcorn sometimes because that's kind of tough to bring from home.

Congrats to your husband, L2P. That's great that he took action and lost weight and lowered his numbers. I wish I could get all of my patients to do that.

As for trailers, they are often the best parts of the movie. And sometimes the trailers will include scenes, and even actors, that get cut in the final version of the film. We saw Charlie St. Cloud last week and my daughter was disappointed. There is an actor she likes who played the younger brother grown up. She had seen previews with him in them but in the actual film, those scenes were cut.

[asmom]

I watch although sometimes it is torture. I always like to tune in to see the good-bye montage to stars we've lost and in recent years, it has been a grave disappointment. Someone there doesn't know anything about honoring the past.

As for watching Oscar-nominated movies, my movie viewing has dropped off because it is seriously cost-prohibitive to go out to the movies and I don't subscribe to cable movie channels or Netflix. A couple of years ago I went to the all day movie fest at AMC theaters but they have made it harder to go now by moving the theaters to only 2 or 3 locations. Also, it's too hard to watch 10 movies, that's a lot of movie viewing in 2 days' time.

[Like2Plan]

Originally Posted by asmom

IAlso, it's too hard to watch 10 movies, that's a lot of movie viewing in 2 days' time.

I love movies, but I don't think I could watch 10 in 2 days, either! DH and I watched 5 movies over the weekend, but 2 of those were 90 min animated movies...

[cypher1]

Originally Posted by Like2Plan

I love movies, but I don't think I could watch 10 in 2 days, either! DH and I watched 5 movies over the weekend, but 2 of those were 90 min animated movies...

I'm lucky to get one in on a weekend, whether at home or theater. Although in winter season I'm more likely to do a movie/show/video games as indoor activity. Otherwise there hasn't been much out to see in theater. I rate movies by 4 categories: Night showing, Matinee, Rental/Redbox, or Don't Bother.

[snafu]

Cheap Seats multiplex [12 screens] is in a nearby strip mall so we seem to take in a $2. movie at least once a month. We recently saw 'The King's Speech' and walked out marvelling about the well written script which stayed close to history, with actors who were skilled/believable in their roles. There was there was no swearing, no violence, no special effects, just enjoyable entertainment.

[preciouslove]

I'm excited for the Oscars. Although I haven't seen many of the movies that are nominated I always see which ones win and try to watch some of them afterwords! And I love to see the movies I have actually seen, and thought were good, win of course.

[bjl584]

I've never watched them.

[cjscully]

Originally Posted by Like2Plan

And have you ever noticed that the trailers for movies are sometimes the best part of the whole movie? They somehow cut it and edit it so that it makes the movie look very good.

Sometimes, the actual movie is very disappointing in comparison to the preview. (I've often wondered why they don't get the people who made the trailer--to edit the whole movie )

Yep, before she retired my mom worked in the accounts department of a company that produced trailers for films. Some movies were very difficult to do trailers for, there just weren't enough good scenes to use. Others were very easy. So yes, they do sometimes put the only good scenes in the entire movie into the trailers.