Comments on: The Oscars: The Stinking Stench Continues; Anti-Islam Animated Film Gets Shafted, Hypocritical Use of American Soldiers; Anti-War Fake-umentary Wins

By: babygreens

babygreens — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:17:56 +0000

I agree with you Debbie, Jon Stewart is not funny. He’s not funny on “The Daily Show,” and I cannot understand why he was the “Oscars” host. Is there NO ONE better?!
I also agree that the show was boring; why does Jon Stewart laugh at his own jokes? Is it because no one else does?
But I didn’t know that Daniel Day-Lewis was pro-Palestinian. Where have you heard that?

By: LOLtastic!

LOLtastic! — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:13:50 +0000

I know you’ll never have the guts to put this on your site sooooo…
Hello crazy right-wing-nut-job-lady-who-knows-nothing-about-movies!
This was the funniest thing I’ve read all week! COMEDY GOLD. I think my favorite part is how you failed to understand Persepolis in the slightest. What that movie is actually about is how fundamentalist governments of any kind, the kind that try to rule people’s lives by some moral code, you know like the one conservatives” like you dearly wish we had in place here in the USA? Yeah, they don’t work. And people suffer and die for no reason. And they fucked Iran and Marjane’s entire life and family. All because people thought religion and politics should mix. Good thing you don’t, eh? It cracks me up that you think it’s “too PC” when, in actuality, it’s very liberal.
Oh, and you missed out on another real chance to show your hateful gay-bashing by talking about Scott Rudin (producer of No Country For Old Men) thanking his partner! OH NOES, THE GAYS RUN HOLLYWOOD AND RUIN OSCAR NIGHT FOR DEBBIE!!!! I mean, the totally misinformed and WRONG “summary” you posted about Freeheld was good, as well as the slam on lesbians, but I need MORE hatred from a good Christian like you. (oh, and, by the way, you heartless troll, the woman whose story is told in the documentary you were so dismissive of? She was a 20 year veteran of the Ocean City, NJ police department, a lieutenant. Don’t you have any respect for law enforcement, Debbie? Why do you hate cops?)
And, in case you’re wondering why I can’t take a single word out of your mouth seriously? It’s not because of any of this hateful, ignorant bile you’ve spewed here. No, it’s because you’re so stupid and lazy with your research that you have an obvious error in your FOURTH sentence. Joe Pesce? What in the hell? Do you mean JOE PESCI or JOE PISCOPO? Do you even know the difference between the Oscar winner and the failed SNL cast member or are all those damned dirty Eye-talins the same to you? Or, wait, in Lunatic Conservative Land, the place where you can spill all the hatred you want, is Joe Pesce a big, big star?
This has been fun! Maybe next year you can watch the Oscars and actually, you know, not be completely uninformed about every single aspect of every single film and star!! Here’s hoping!

By: RadicalRightWinger

RadicalRightWinger — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:19:05 +0000

I stopped watching the Oscars back in 1998 when Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love for best picture. Ick! The Oscars are full of Anti-American left wing wackos. Look at the Anti-Iranian Persepolis…didnt win but, Taxi to the Dark side won…hmmm, rigged? You betcha! Take note of the winners:
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard (FRENCH)
Best SA: Javier Bardem (SPANISH)
Best Actor: Day-Lewis (BRITISH)
Best SA: Tilda Swinton (BRITISH)
Not a single damn American won any major award.

By: rj pad

rj pad — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:38:43 +0000

I always thought that Jon Stewart was over rated. Most of the time his jokes were stale and when not funny they were just raw sarcarsm. I don’t understand why the folks in New York are so crazy about his show? May be because liberal birds of the same feather flock togather?

By: JasonBourne81

JasonBourne81 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:25:54 +0000

I saw a little of the Oscars. First, have to disagree with you about No Country for Old Men. I thought it was awesome.
I was really glad about the Once song winning. I’m Irish American and the movie was shot all over Dublin, where my parents are from. I went to see it w/ my gf and parents, and recognized many sights in the area.
Lastly, I totally agree on the enactments of Enchanted. Nobody wants to see a bunch of fairies in gay britches prancing around the stage.

By: Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:18:28 +0000

Ah, the annual showbiz wankfest and narcissist convention. Zzzzzzzzzzz.
I know a good movie or lousy one when I see it. I don’t need a statue of a naked gold man to tell me.

By: Red Ryder

Red Ryder — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:02 +0000

Oscars nothing to write home about (from the Hollywood Reporter)
By James Hibberd
Feb 26, 2008
This season continues to be no country for network award shows.
Following the lowest-rated Emmys since 1990, the strike-hindered ratings performance of a severely truncated version of the Golden Globes and a nonstruck airing of the Grammys that nonetheless disappointed, Sunday night’s presentation of the 80th Annual Academy Awards on ABC looks like it hit a record low.
According to ABC’s very preliminary household metered market overnights, the awards averaged a 21.9 rating/33 share. That’s down a sharp 21% from last year and the lowest on record in at least 20 years. The more accurate fast national ratings have been delayed by Nielsen and should be available midday.
Last night’s Oscar telecast, where “No Country for Old Men” took the top prize, was expected to underperform given the lack of movies with broad boxoffice appeal vying for best picture. ABC and producers also were unsure if the Oscars were going forward with a full production until the writers strike was resolved Feb. 12, resulting in last-minute scramble to prepare and market the show.
The strike hurt the awards in another way, too. ABC had fewer scripted hits such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Desperate Housewives” airing original episodes, so there was less of a promotional platform for running Oscar ads. During the week of Feb. 11-17, ABC’s average ratings were down 36% versus last season among adults 18-49.
The highest-rated Oscar telecast during the past five years was in 2004, when audience favorite “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” won best picture. The airing was seen by 43.5 million viewers and received a 15.3 rating among adults 18-49. Viewership declined the next two years, then spiked slightly in 2007 when “The Departed” took home the top prize (14.1 rating/33 share and was seen by 40 million viewers).
Critics said Sunday night’s production’s last-minute turnaround was evident, with the event lacking humorous sketches and overstuffed with dreary clip shows.
The Associated Press said the Oscars “had an underwhelming feel that left the clear impression it was put together on the fly.” The Washington Post said, “The show was so overstocked with clips from movies — from this year’s nominees and from Oscar winners going back to 1929 — that it was like a TV show with the hiccups. While THR noted: “producers failed to notice that the best moments in those endless montages came from memorable acceptance speeches. Instead they were in “a rush to get winners off the stage.”

By: redstater

redstater — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:22:48 +0000

Debbie, before you comment on the documentary short that you referred to as “promoting lesbians adopting kids” you should make sure you have the right film. While it is about a gay woman, it doesn’t have anything to do with adoption – it is about a woman who worked for over 20 years as a police officer in New Jersey, is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and her battle with the city council to leave her pension benefits to her life partner. While there are a lot of films (and yes, even Oscar presenters and winners) out there deserving of your WNBA label, this isn’t one of them.

By: Jeff_W

Jeff_W — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:42:54 +0000

My darling Debbie, now I know why the sky is gray…because all of the blue is in your eyes.
I never watch the trash. Besides you of course, this is just another thing Oprah watching middle America feels they must watch because everyone just loves to follow along with their fellow sheep.
My theory for the reason for the dark movies is this always happens during a Republican administration. It’s so uncool to be “happy” with a Republican in control, so it’s so hip to be “dark and edgy.”
I’m happy to say, along with much of America it seems, I didn’t watch any of the nominated movies. To me it was a very mediocre year for movies.

By: John Cunningham

John Cunningham — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:58:54 +0000

Dear Deb,
Thank you for watching all of it so I didn’t have to. I tried for as long as possible, first half hour. Couldn’t and went to two re-runs of “Law and Order” that turned out to be two I hadn’t seen. Caught up with the latest shootings on the eleven o’clock news and then finished up with the awards from 11.07. Thanks, again.
I was not a Hollywood phanatic, but always wanted to see the Awards up until about ten years ago, I’m 60 now. Since then it’s turned into a group of people I have no interest in. They still can put out a decent product sometime, but we’ve seen so much behind the curtain they’ve taken out all of the fun.