Everything That Went Wrong with the Oscars 2022
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What happened to the Oscars? Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was just the cherry on top of a deeply frustrating evening. The frantically edited 94th Academy Awards had an air of desperation as it grasped for ways to hold our attention and seem relevant, while diluting anything serious about its central mission to preserve great cinema’s legacy.
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Let's not forget the speech about how, "Animation is something kids like and adult's endure". WTF, why do you have this job? People put a lot of time, hard work and passion into those works of art.
Exactly! Animation is a long process, that requires time to master, in which adult artists put a lot of effort, it's not the doodling of a child, and even if she doesn't enjoy it that's not a good excuse to be so mean about it
Who said that? I thought we were past the point where people believe that anything animated is only for kids.
Yeah, who did say that? It's so sad that many people actually believe this. And even sadder because those adults tend to be more immature than others.
I once read somewhere an animator had to educate an ADULT that he's the one that did the drawing fir animation but the adult insisted kids do the animation.
and this line was said in a year when one of the nominees was "Flee" - an animated documentary about a refugee from Afghanistan that definitely aimed at adults
"We don't condone violence" says the people that give Oscars to sex offenders/predators.
sex offenders - guys who slap some chick 20 years ago in the butt - get a f*** life is there a bit of brain in feminasi time society?
I've always said that they "members of Hollywood elite" really don't care or have a huge disconnect with the real world. Women are treated as disposable things that serve a purpose momentarily. Also that violence is ok and people don't have to accept accountability.
What? When?
@@jpaxonreyes recently...roman Polanski, Harvey weinstein, Jeffrey epstein, woody Allen, Jim Carrey..just to name a few.
@@nikkin.9206 Jim Carrey? What did he do?
The Oscars have officially turned into the high-school drama club.
Always were.
@@meatheathen458 spot on!
Even high school drama itself is better than this
Not even that, high school's drama clubs have more class.
True many animations recently have been the best movies
Never forget when Marlon Brando refused to take his Oscar award and had Sacheen Littlefeather made a speech on his behalf regarding the mistreatment and prejudice actions against native Americans or indigenous people. John Wayne was restrained by multiple men that night at the 45th annual academy awards, 1973.
I like the Duke okay, but did he deserve _two_ Oscars? & Edward G. Robinson never even got a nomination?? I'm with George C. Scott. Awards are meaningless.
THISSSSS
That's hilarious
Wait, why was John Wayne restrained??
@@iamV10010 he intended to physically silence her
The Oscar's felt like a glimpse into my psyche. Chaotic, cringy and only hyperfocusing on one very specific thing.
Waking up to truth in your comment
And instead of remembering the success, it's hanging on the one cringeworthy moment of the night that will be remembered FOREVER and ever through every sleepless night! 😂
With that kind of insight (or any insight), I doubt your psyche is anywhere near the Oscars.
@@Kareragirl Objection: this insight gave us a dramatic story that could've been played by an actress that's made ugly with makeup and prosthetics. Thus it IS Oscar-worthy!
@@lordbafford640 Exactly!
I think people are genuinely tired of watching rich people dress up and get rewards. We are tired of praising them when people are struggling.
Lol I ONLY watch the Oscars for the red carpet- being able to play Fashion Police is way more fun- and memorable- than sitting and watching hours of self-congratulatory praise. The celebs/Oscars have lost a lot of their glamour and mystique (mostly due to social media) but being able to critique thousand dollar dresses that I could NEVER afford with my mother and daughter is always fun
I still enjoy it when it's well deserved. Like Parasite winning four oscars, or the gorgeous Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse beating two Disney entries. Or like this year, Samuel L. Jackson _finally_ getting one. And Dune being the big winner in Production Design and VFX, honoring hundreds of artists for their beautiful creations.
But yea, those moments are few and far between.
pretty much. plus the oscars are boring. most of us cant relate.
You’re basically saying ‘even though these people put tons of effort and time into creating these projects, they’re already super rich so they don’t deserve recognition’. The issue is the oscars stopped being a ceremony for film fans all around the world to truly honor the accomplishments and efforts of writers, actors, costume designers, composers etc… and just became a show that tries way too hard to cater to masses with tons of awful comedy
"What happened to the Oscars?" Um, nobody's interested in the entitled, out-of-touch circle jerk of the Rich People Prom when we're in WWIII, speeding toward climate apocalypse, and over 1/3 of Americans can't feed their kids and go to the doctor in the same month if they want to keep the roof over their heads.
I feel bad for Jessica Chastain. Her big moment got so overshadowed and she's been working her ass off for so long
And Questlove!
So true. She is one of the best actresses we have and yet there isn't much conversation surrounding her talents and her powerful speech.
I felt more sorry for Questlove who literally got his Oscar a minute after that happened.
@@neilwritesstuff HAHAHAHA..... "powerful speech"..... that phony sanctimonious broad has such a parade or flops, nobody would care regardless....
Seriously. I never watch the Oscars, but I usually end up hearing about who won what days later. This time: I only know about the slap.
Gaga’s moment with Liza Minnelli was genuinely touching but almost no one talked about it because of the Will Smith incident
Because of his immature behaviour and his Narcissist wife
It was heartbreaking to see Liza Minnelli in her condition. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Agree. She should not have been presenting when she was so confused, "Cabaret" anniversary be damned.
@@ramonacunningham5954 Liza Minnelli was so disoriented, I don't think she knew that she was at the Oscars. She was so out of it that Lady Gaga had to be a caregiver to her on stage. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Aside from “The Slap,” another reason ratings have likely been slipping is the disconnect between what’s popular among fans and what is popular among critics. They mentioned that Oscar viewership peaked in 1998, that was the year Titanic swept the Oscars and would go on to being the highest grossing film of all time, at that time. Even through the mid-2000s, the movies that were nominated were critically acclaimed and also popular like Gladiator, Moulin Rouge, Lord of the Rings, etc. In the 2010s just about every Best Picture winner was among the lowest grossing. Not to say that these films don’t have artistic merit, they do, but the average person probably isn’t going to watch just to see films they’ve never heard of win. There’s nothing to root for for many. Granted, the only things that seem to be really popular nowadays are the superhero movies. Another reason the ceremony itself fails is comedians making terrible, lame jokes and pandering, unnecessary performers and performances, all trying to achieve a viral moment.
Agree! Movie-going experience has changed drastically over the last 30yrs, and they have failed to keep up with how people watch movies. When I was a kid, we used to just go to the movies for fun. Sometimes we didn't even know what we were going to see until we got there. Movie tickets and concessions were pretty affordable, so you could go to the movies to socialize with friends and blow two hours on a movie you had no idea if it would be good or not. Now, movie prices are insanely high. Most people don't feel they can afford to just go and see whatever's there anymore, they don't want to make that investment risk, especially not on some long, dry drama or another oscar-bait movie. Hence why superhero/franchise movies are killing it rn. There's a spectacle there that can only be appreciated on a large IMAX screen with subwoofer-like sound, surrounded by hundreds of fans like you cheering at the screen. That's worth the $30-40 they charge you for these tickets. So yea not everyone is going to see House of Gucci, Power of The Dog, Belfast, etc in theaters. They are wising up a bit now bc of the pandemic and making these movies streamable, but they still don't get that the only people really seeing these oscar movies and caring about them are the members of the Academy. Therefore, they are the only ones invested in watching for the most part. Most people at home do not care enough.
You're right to a point. I agree part of the problem is that it's been a long time since the Oscars awarded something that was a major part of the zeitgeist.
However, I think that speaks more to the larger problem of the year round blockbuster model vs. blockbuster season. No one seems willing to take risks on the big campaigns for films like Titanic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, or Lord of The Rings that can capture that cultural zeitgeist and have the cred to be taken seriously at the Oscars anymore.
As much as I hate the ceremony, its seems the cred that comes with awards is the only reason we even see those smaller projects unfortunately.
I agree about poor quality hosts (just get Tina & Amy to do it every year), but to your other point, people have complained about some "worthy" people and projects beating popular ones since at least the 1950s- take a look at the names of winners through the decades and you'll go "huh?" at a lot of them, and journalists outside of tinseltown said the same at the time; it's not just a modern phenomenon.
I also think it has a lot to do with the fact that the Oscars are on cable. The movies nominated are also often released recently and are, therefore, not likely to have been viewed by audiences yet. I think this year's nominees actually represented a lot of very watchable movies that had ratings similar for critics and audiences.
@@johndebono1870 This year the film that did, Dune, was almost not seen during the telecast.
The incident added fuel to the fire. The show was already in the toilet from the jokes, to the cringey frisk skit, to cutting several categories.
That frisk skit was awful on a couple of levels. Regina deserved better material.
Exactly. It’s an awards ceremony, NOT a roast!
the reason why none of us cared about the oscars is cause 1) we were too busy dealing with sickness and deaths when these movies came out 2) too busy finding new hobbies and spending time with families creatively and productively, instead of just sitting in front of a screen 3) thanks to online movie/tv platforms, we dont need the oscars or any awards to tell us what to watch or who to appreciate. we can make our own decisions
There was never any 'deeper value' to oscars. Ricky Gervais describe these shows perfectly on golden globe awards in 2020.
It was always shallow and full of bigotry. The Oscars aren't there to honor the best movies, they're there to honor the movies with the highest budgets (i.e. mostly movies from Western countries).
@@Kareragirl Most counties make forgettable movies. I will not waste my time and hard earn money on some B move. Hollywood has had the budget and the talent for a long time. They are now fading. Time to put together a great movie! Might be your time to shine. Lots of luck Niamh.
@@markepping1410 so how's being ignorant working out for you?
@@markepping1410 I disagree...I think Americans can't watch good movies if they aren't dubbed in English or something for them. they don't like subtitles. they don't understand culture of other countries. so they think in Hollywood had 'it' till now. So many good movies (or any art) gets ignored by mainstream US that I don't trust their judgement about anyone's 'merit'
@@Kareragirl actually no, the highest budget films are usually the most viewed, not the most awarded. And even if it was the case that they only award western cinema (which is not, asian films are getting more recognition every year), they’d still be allowed to do so since the oscars itself are western. Create your own awards then
I think the Oscars once had a place in our hearts, but so much has shifted our perspective from loving 'Everything Hollywood': the exposure of Harvey Weinstein's behaviour (indeed, many people's predatory behaviour) in the film industry; seeing more pressing matters in our world like climate change, inequality and injustice in regard to many demographics, bi-partisan politics and several refugee crises in the world; and now, a pandemic that shut the world down for 2, going on 3, years that has shown us what real heroes look like and the work they do that isn't glamorous nor well paid, but they do it anyway.
And in a much smaller way, the fact that there are infact CAMPAIGNS for films to win awards! How many times have we heard the term 'Oscar upset', and is almost always used in a way that insinuates, '...someone else should have gotten it....' Why have awards if the people who are giving them are just going to bestow them onto the 'wrong' winners anyway?!!
Don't get me wrong: I adore cinema. I am a cinephile, and I do think that there is a place for such awards because though it is not the most important work in the world, it is still indeed work, and storytelling has been intertwined with the human experience since God was a boy.
But we have learned that there are things more important than movies, and now there is no turning back.
Sorry Oscars..... but to everything, there is a season. Time to move on.
Wow yes!! You summed it up!
The In Memoriam was awful. The presentation made it hard to focus on the names. Plus it was so disrespectful that only some names got a speech while others were ignored
I agree
Plus I could not see half the people on the screen
It's not uncommon for bigger names to have longer segments or segments that are different but everyone is disrespected when the tone was sacrificed for dancing idiots to popular songs taking the attention and focus away from the screen. The In Memoriam is best by a sad song or songs played by musicians & singers dressed in black at the back or sides of the stage.
I agree! It should be a solemn respectful moment. Not a song and dance number.
Agree. I get what they were trying to do, (to make it more celebratory), but the photos, commentary and choir were all competing for our attention.
yeppers. I liked last year's. And still sad they left out Bob Saget and Anne Rice. Plus Taylor Hawkins.
Also Kevin Costner gave a beautiful speech about when he first fell in love with movies I believe before he presented best director. That is what I miss about the Oscars. I also enjoy the tech awards. I always felt It gave me a little insider view of all the people behinds these movies and their excellence. For the Oscars I do not need all the cringe jokes, hime me just a clean show to honor greatness in movie making.
It's so refreshing hearing people that are still passionate about what they do. Adam Driver is one of them.
I think it is impressive that so many smaller movies were nominated this year. This never would have happened ten years ago when Weinstein was basically running Hollywood.
And guess which movies basically nobody has seen or is going to see?
@@jordanloux3883 So? The Academy is not the Grammys, that nominate every popular singer ever. If they did nominated only on popularity, Twilight would have won Best Picture.
@@TheCowardRobertFord which is why regardless of how shit the awards show may be, the awards itself still carries a lot of weight and matters a lot to filmmakers.
Are you kidding, Weinstein was known for making small to mid budget films that got nominated or win Oscar's. The reason why The Academy increased the number of nominated films from five up to ten because The Dark Knight wasn't nominated in 2009 and hoped the extra slots will be rewarded to critical and popular blockbusters, but the Academy is still giving those nominations to small and mid budget films.
@@TheCowardRobertFord
The Academy is notorious for picking popular movies with good messages over more obscure movies that are works of art whose filmmakers put in actual effort.
There were a lot of interesting films nominated this year, a lot of good and deserving wins, overshadowed by a ceremony that was set for disaster even before Slapgate. No respect for the art of filmmaking with shitty jokes that devalue the creators and films, making light of animation, cutting categories, the failure to honour stunts and casting are still a joke, a bloated show that has been mean-spirited for a while. For a show that honours filmmaking there didn't feel like there was a lot of respect.
Also either return to no host or get someone like Hugh Jackman who is part of the industry and can honour the year's work whilst still being funny.
His Oscars opening number is still one of my favorites. Hilarious in all the right ways and joyful. Hire him and hire Dan Harmon to write the opening number again. Problem solved.
Couldn't agree more. Like I get it comedians are there to bust chops and make light of what can be a stuffy event, and I for sure don't think they should be slapped for making bad jokes, but a lot of the jokes from these comedians they hire are either not funny, stale, or just disrespectful "roast" material. And often in the past, their jokes spark controversy and get criticized the next day, overshadowing the winners of the night. That's a big problem when your hosts or presenter are upstaging the winners the night after the show. That's not really honoring the nominees or the art they contributed. I think they could regain some of their credibility back if they shy away from these "roast" comedians who only know how to take shots at people and not really do anything fun, creative, or honor the people in the room who should be the focal point of the evening.
Hugh Jackman or Robert Downing Junior would be great hosts - someone who is entertaining without being negative.
@@Amber86queenbee Yes and I think that Ryan Reynolds would also be a good choice
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was totally disproportionate to the insult he perceived to Jada Pinkett-Smith. That being said, if Harvey Weinstein gets to keep his Oscar, I don’t see why Will Smith should have his revoked, particularly since Chris Rock is moving on from the situation.
The Academy isn't taking Smith's Oscar back. He resigned from the Academy, before they asked him to. This only means that Smith won't be able to vote on awards. It's the same punishment that Weinstein, Polanski, and others have faced. The Academy has never revoked an Oscar, as far as I know - only membership.
They will likely ban Will from attending the Oscar shows moving forward. I could see them still doing that as a further consequence since he knowingly committed violence against someone on their stage. But he will still be eligible for nomination as an Academy member or not.
@@curiousworld7912 He resigned two days after he meet with Academy Governors via Zoom to discuss the incident. I'm positive in that meeting they gave him a choice. Resign with what dignity you have left or we will kick you out. I don't think his resignation was any indication that he wanted to or felt bad, if that was the case, he would have done it a lot sooner. He knew that was the path of least resistance and would let the record show that HE left and was not forcibly removed. All this he's so "heartbroken" and "devastated" and "embarrassed" that he keeps saying in his publicist written statements is all nonsense to me. If you saw that man at the after-party, you can tell that that was the behavior of someone who did not give af.
@@AndromedaCeline According to Variety (I believe it was), he won't be banned from attending future award ceremonies, or be eliminated from any future nomination considerations - he just won't be able to vote. Of course, this could change. God knows, anything is possible these days, and not just concerning the Oscars. :)
@@AndromedaCeline You may be right; I didn't watch any of that, and I've no idea what his state of mind was, or if he was given that choice. I just know I was shocked and disappointed in his behavior (as I assume many were), and I've no idea of what prompted such a violent and vulgar response. It's the Oscars - bad jokes about the celebrities sitting up front have been a standing routine for years. And sadly, he'll be remembered for this, far more than from his films - at least, for some time to come - as well as his behavior overshadowing everything that came after.
The “In Memoriam” didn’t have author and screenwriter Ann Rice in it either. Interview with a Vampire, which she had screenwriting credit on, was the highest grossing R rated film for almost a decade.
WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKS???
Ann Rice died?!
@@adrianazashen
She died on December, 11 2021 at age 80.
@@uffstahpgoogle6851
I don’t understand your question. And, turn off your cap lock.
@@uffstahpgoogle6851 the movie is based on a book series written by Anne Rice.
I can’t believe they gave themselves a round of applause for making movies during the pandemic.
If they didn’t give a round of applause for the nurses, doctors and other essential workers who worked during the pandemic they are REALLY out of touch.
oscars are about actors not doctors
The oscars are not about medical professionals you werido
Yeah. They felt obligated to make something which pays them 800 000 times more money in one month than that which a nurse recieves... Oooh, shame. Perfectly safe in their lap of luxury, eating gourmet meals while a nurse struggles to feed the family she hardly has the time to spend time with. _Bravo_
@@zero1188 So? It doesn’t mean they couldn’t take a moment to acknowledge the real heroes.
@@Angi3_6 I mean, they have. There have been numerous times when Hollywood has praised and called attention to the doctors and nurses who helped during the pandemic. And honestly, it IS hard work to make a movie, even when NOT in a pandemic. I’m sick of this attitude that Hollywood is some fantasy land for elites. It’s not. The majority of people who work in the entertainment industry are not millionaires and in fact many of them live paycheck to paycheck. They bank their entire life on work that is infrequent and dependent on subjective opinion and live lives of struggle. And they earn an honest paycheck just like everyone else. And despite the inherent uncertainty AND a raging pandemic, they still put the work in and made movies and TV shows to entertain people like you. Be honest: how much TV and film did you watch during COVID? I’m betting it was a lot. So yeah, you have the hundreds of thousands of people who work in Hollywood both in front of and behind the camera to thank for that. Remember THAT the next time you watch Avengers: Endgame for what probably will be the 10,000th time you’ve seen it.
We don’t watch the Oscars for comedians sketch’s and fucking Amy Schmidt, we watch for the glamour, the timeless feeling and to look back into our past year and have big words to describe it.
The Oscar’s now feel like a huge never ending tiktok
WELL SAID
Amy Schmidt lmaooo
The past couple of years: OH MY GOD THE COUNTRY IS ON FIRE!!! NUCLEAR WAR IS COMING!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!
Because of nonesense joke!
Respect women🥰
the tragic part is that many said that the will smith slap was the only reason the knew the oscars was on that night
Liza Minelli, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, & Al Pachino (add Jamie Lee Curtis, if you want to) are all members of Old Hollywood , who were seeing the event n were probably wondering "where in the *HELL* did it go wrong? This is not The Oscars I remember"
Hello
I feel like the Oscars have somewhat lost relevance and is not being taken as seriously as it used to be.
All of the best content is now on TV. The real prestige projects are more likely to be an HBO miniseries than some 3 hour long movie that the Oscars usually vote for
Somewhat??!! Lol Hollywood is DEAD.
They just should aknowledge that the whole "Hollywood-Thing" became irrelevant, because movies and series became more scattered throughout countries, platforms and productions. We have Streaming-Services, different approachings to making movies, genres, director's cuts etc etc. They should either focus on one thing or dissolve the whole academy to regroup and restructure something that became too old for this century.
@@bryanalstoncoxing
That is so untrue. So many great movies are still being made. Movies and TV are 2 different forms of art and I wish people would stop choosing one over the other as if they aim for the same goal, which they don't.
Richard Santanna Totally, but the great movies being made clearly aren’t aligning with what most of the public wants to watch. The movie industry has suffered greatly by erasure of mid-budget movies - films that could balance prestige and quality with commercial success. Nowadays most movies being watched are either big franchise films or small budget indie films that develop a niche audience after festival success. The CONTENT that made up the “Oscar movies” of the past has primarily shifted to TV
I hope the Oscars become again a ceremony that celebrates movies, not audience.
or just the actors
Personally, I think it's just people's changed mindsets. Like especially against the backdrop of a pandemic, possible looming global wars, and other pervasive concerns, people barely have enough interest in something that looks to be infinitely irrelevant compared to everything else that's happening. This kind of format that the Oscars have or even the Oscars itself is fast becoming insignificant. Like, I don't mind watching it if there's nothing else to watch but if I don't get to watch it or know anything about it, it doesn't really make a difference in my life. And I would imagine a whole bunch of people feel the same way.
i actually didn't mind the Oscars. People seem like they will never be satisfied until a Marvel film wins the best picture and then after that we'll start complaining about how every Best Picture nominee is a superhero movie. The sad truth is that what audiences consider great non-franchise films today either don't have the box office numbers to reflect that or the film did terribly with critics. The fact a film with a massive budget and following like Dune managed to snatch so many awards is proof the awards aren't completely out of touch.
I'm even more upset because it took shine away from CODA which I just saw and now people will only remember one thing
I wasn't offended nor angry by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.
I'm more OFFENDED by the joke that they made at Animation calling still a "medium for kids" which to make it even more insulting.. was presented by 3 actresses who have gone on to portray Disney Princesses in lifeless mediocre live action adaptations, as well as the unfunny Amy Schumer further calling it a medium that parents had to "Endure". This despite that one of the nominees was a serious documentary about escaping a war torn country clearly not a "kid's film". I wish Arcane had been in there just for the arstyle itself to show the attendees that animation is no longer kid's stuff.
Also let's not forget Spiderman No Way Home was snubbed yet instead the only Superhero nominee was Justice League and that was more thanks to a popularity poll than a serious nomination. Seriously if anything Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is the only reason people are even talking about the oscars cause otherwise it was just lackluster and still reeling of not treating all film genres fairly, ESPECIALLY animation.
Plus the fact that they are outraged at Will calling it the "Worst Oscar" moment Yet no apologies for Harvey Weinstein getting a standing ovation , John Wayne almost assaulting a Native American woman for talking about Equality or Polanski still keeping his oscars.
The disrespect of animation is the reason why the Oscar don't matter.
Seriously why's it soo hard to understand that there are different ways to make movies!!?
@@wrestlinganime4life288 It's an old fashioned way of thinking combined with stupidity.
Good points.
It’s funny because animation was originally for adults.
Also animation started as a medium for all ages and a lot of the humor pandered to adults. Animation didn't really become a "kids" medium until tv cartoons because the advertisements became catered to children's toys.
Animation never receives the real credit it deserves and is personally my favorite form of storytelling because the sky is the limit. Sorry to go on a small tangent your comment just really resonated with me.
Everyone during the oscars: 😴💤
*Will Smith slaps Chris Rock*
Everyone: 😳☕👌🏽
😳🧋
I just wished the whole Will Smith thing did not happen. It just overshadowed so many significant wins.
"significant"
Indeed, many more memorable moments happened that night, including the first Best Deaf Actor and Queer Woman of colour wins, and third female director. James Corden brilliantly pointed this out on a skit on his talk show.
To be fair, nobody was watching the Oscars 😭
That's one reason I'm mad at Smith.
His selfish actions overshadowed everyone else's big moment. And it was selfish. Some will say he was defending his wife's honour.
Oh please, I'm sure Jada has heard much worse and could brush it off. But Will decided not to be the better person and let his ego take charge.
Who cares, nobody watches the Oscars
To quote the internet, "If Will Smith hadn't slapped Chris Rock, I would never have known the Oscars had taken place". And to quote one of my favourite movies, "But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so." This applies just as equally to award shows which claim to recognise "artistic and technical merit in the film industry". Winning an Oscar once meant something. Now we're all quite familiar with the phrase 'Oscar-bait', and Kate Winslet told us that all an actor needs to do to win, is to star in a Holocaust movie.
I'll pay attention to the Oscars when they list their judges and voting process, focus on broadcasting ALL the awards, not just the 'popular' ones, and add awards for STUNT COORDINATOR and STUNTPERSON. Yeah, ok, Tom Cruise will win every year there's a Mission Impossible movie, but damn, the man's earned it, whatever you think of him personally! I have a friend who won the Taurus Stunt Award, but nothing from the Academy, which to me proves that this particular industry's award is falling further and further into public irrelevancy and higher and higher into pretentious hypocrisy.
What went right is that it's the meme event that just keeps on giving!
Just watched the Grammys…the difference between the two shows made the Oscar’s self-loathing even more palpable.
It was nice to see the Grammys honoring the hard-working people who make music and concerts possible. The energy was incredible, and you could feel the love and appreciation for music practically oozing out of the winners and performers. It’s a shame the Oscar’s couldn’t do the same for their community because many of those films’ contributors deserved more respect, especially animation.
Well to be fair there Is a huge difference between music and movies as whole.. Unless it's a musical movie.
The Grammys is mostly a concert. They announce a few awards in between musical performances, but the majority of awards are given offscreen
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Amy Schumer telling the audience to be proud of themselves for making movies during a pandemic is what's wrong with the Oscars. Doctors fighting to keep people alive, people being laid off, people dying and falling into depression but yeah, Hollywood still made movies how profound
Wasn't she sarcastic tho?
You just explain the biggest problem about the Oscars 'is not about the movies anymore' there's no reason to watch anymore
10:29 “the Oscar’s…” (cuts to Oscar Isaac) . Well played.
Why? Moon nigth 😮💨
I really thought you guys would mention the blatant sexual harassment jokes that Regina Hall made at the expense of JK Simmons, Simu Liu, Josh Brolin, etc
@Leslie A say? She physically felt up Josh Brolins crotch on stage
Snowflake
What did Regina Hall say?
I hated that Bruno remix 😒 it could have been amazing to just have the cast in costume with some choreography and the lyrics unaltered.
Me too, the awesome final was butchered
Megan took the stage and I was like "What are you even doing here?"
I don't dislike her, but as Damien from Mean Girls would say "She doesn't even go here!"
Just like they did with Beauty and the Beast which I think the musical got the inspiration.
I think there's a simple reason why the Oscars - and indeed awards ceremonies in general - are fading in popularity. With the blowing up of corporations like Netflix, making series and movies that are easily as good, if not better, than anything come out of mainstream Hollywood, and social media sites like TH-cam, Instagram and Tiktok allowing anyone, anywhere to make content that can be seen by millions, the only people who *really* care about who wins awards for movies these days are... the people involved in making those movies. It's devolved into an ego-boosting luvvie-party for them - "see, we ARE still the most important industry in the world, and everyone DOES still lap up everything we do! Look - we're awarding ourselves these lovely, shiny trophies to prove it!" COVID, of course, didn't help, because it showed the world that, even when the cinemas close and movie productions take a hiatus, there's still multiple other sources of entertainment to be had out there. These ceremonies are just not as important to the ordinary plebs out there anymore as they are to the highly-paid, highly-priveleged industry luvvies who need their egos stroked on a regualr basis.
Totally agree - you couldn't had said it better!
This is everyday for me. My life is chaotic right now.
Take some deep breaths
I believe chaos has become the new normal. It has for me so I understand how you feel
A man in Will Smiths positon has a hotline to the media. He had a 101 ways to voice his displeasure about Chris Rocks joke. He could have tweeted about it, he could have spoken about it to a newscamera, he could have left the ceremony in protest, he could even have walked on the stage and say "Chris, you may not know this, but my wife has a a nasty illnes that makes her loose her hair and with jokes like this you cross a line." Somehow that makes his violent respons even more reprehensible.
What was evern more reprehensible was the Academy let him stay and then give a speech, which rambling and incoherent. He went on for 6 minutes without the music playing him off. He should have been escorted off immediately after the slap or at least during the next commercial break
@@radrobd123 The respons to the slap was wrong and stupid, but a little perspective is needed.
Nobody saw this coming. And there was no time fore carefull discussion or reflection. And altough Smith was the favorite, nobody knows the winner in advance. In a case like that, when everybody is a little flabbergasted, in my experience your naturel reflex is to go on exactly as planned, sometimes even with a touch of overcompensation.
The worst thing you can say is that it looked a little silly. But I don't think that a hapless respons to the slap is a bad as the slap itself, and definitely not worse than the slap itself.
@@bartmann81 Yes, it was unprecedented, but the response was to do nothing? That was pathetic.
In context, during the 2009 MTV VMA's, after Kanye went onstage and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech, he was promptly escorted out of the building. He didn't slap her, just took the mic away from her and sad some stupid thing
@@radrobd123 Yeah, that was about it. It was pathetic, misjudged. No more, no less. But not just as bad a slapping a comedian, that's my point.
And Denzel Washington should have won anyway.
2022 Oscars woke up on the wrong side of the bed. However:
- Kudos to Jessica Chastain for staying for her crew to get the award (bare minimum but credit where it’s due).
- The Technical Crew deserves a feature length show for their contributions.
- The Costume Design Category needs to open up to more nominees.
- I’m happy to see all the Firsts that happened at the ceremony.
- Maximum of 2 LIVE performances in the Program.
- I’ve contributed enough and given enough hot takes for ‘the event’.
- We deserve better.
It sounds like a cult leader because Scientology is a cult and he is deeply rooted in that now. So that was pretty spot on.
Yeah I feel like people gloss over the fact that the Smiths are Scientologists way too much.
@@AM-kr4pv same with Tom Cruise
Also, I know this isn't such a big deal as them rewarding a bunch of white people over and over and continue to support awful people but I still wanna whine about this: as a big fan of animation as a medium can I just say how much it angers me that the Oscars/academy continue to disregard animation entirely, like im sick of academy members openly admitting they don't like animated films and most times don't even watch them. Also if you're gonna keep these awards alive please add a stunts category already.
@aboveaveragejoe they only feel like, cause they were ultimately made for kids....what if they made an entirely animated movie entirely for adult?
@aboveaveragejoe cartoons aren’t really my taste but I understand a lot of people like it but most of the times it does depend of subject matter. Adult cartoons have more an edge that everyone likes.
@@SuperMissFits “Waking Life” is a really great philosophical animated movie for adults if i remember correctly (it’s been about 15 years since i saw it but i remember being blown away in my 20s)
@@c.l.bailey3256 yes! I actually thought about it too! There is also Persepolis or Perfect Blue, but unfortunately I can remember too few animated films specificaly made for adults.
I felt like the Animation category had a lot of Disney nominees. And as much as I love Disney classics, contemporary Disney films are often very much made for children, with just a few inside jokes with the adults. I wish they would nominate also animated films that are clearly made for adults, maybe films discovered in specialised festivals etc rather than just the big studios
The 2022 Oscars seems like celebrates everything except movies.
Celebrating actors above actual geniuses like Hans Zimmer is appalling
You didnt pickup because theyre Goofy,but because aré really famous
He won tho…
The format of the show is simple: a host tells jokes, presenters announce the nominees, and winners give a speech. That is all they need.
But they keep trying to add forced unfunny banter among presenters, appearances by people that have nothing to do with movies of that year, unnecessary performances, and PC/self-righteous speeches that make Hollywood look out of touch. The night is just a showcase for fashion and popularity. And on top of that, it's a boring event broadcast on TV. If they wanted viewers they would broadcast it on TH-cam. At least Superbowl commercials are fun.
I feel like "Titanic" was the last time audiences and Hollywood agreed on what cinematic excellence is.
Didn’t LOTR clean out after Titanic? Those movies were a commercial hit that are much beloved.
@@Amber86queenbee LotR was based on an already popular book series; tRotK swept the categories but was the third in the franchise. Titanic was an original IP that became a phenomenon simply based on word of mouth.
@@mbanerjee5889 yes I understand the difference with the IP but was just pointing out Titanic wasn’t truly the last time audience and Hollywood agreed. After all your point seemed to be about reception as opposed to inspiration.
The Oscars this year lost me when they didn’t nominate two of the best films of the year, The Green Knight and The French Dispatch for a god damn thing
I remember most Ariana Debose winning, Sebastian performing Dos Orguitas, LMM not EGOTing and Will winning best actor. I missed most of the Oscar's watching Dune didn't feel like I missed much
Where was Frances McDormand? I was looking forward to seeing her present Best Actor.
Good question
USA: you don't protect your family with your fist.
Also USA: Buy a Gun! The best way to protect your family.
I’m glad someone else saw the hypocrisy
Yeah that’s not the same thing tho? “Buy guns to protect your family” is something they say in warning to home intruders or something…. “Don’t protect your family with your fists” is something you’d say when a comedian telling a joke (mild at that), on a stage where he’s expected to be telling mild jokes gets assaulted and no one does anything except make excuses for him… not even in the same ballpark
Self defense from violence and protecting your wife from words is not the same thing. One is fake protection and one is real protection.
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The reason the Oscar ratings are slipping is because most of the nominations do not resonate with the audience. We watch shows where we care about the competitors or in this case the nominees and really wonder who will win. The Oscars feel political, the ground breaking moments are few or just not televised and the perspective that having comedians heckle people instead of entertain is truly killing the experience. This is not unique to this year! I don’t want to pretend things were better before. It’s been this way for a long time and now that we have more channel options, we have the ability to just not tune in. Time to take a step back and consider the eligibility standards of nominees and test to see if it yields results that people would actually pay attention to- it’s a new day and new audience, time to think different!
Wait. Sebastián Yatra's moment was amazing, so touching, so real and full of passion and art... and you're not going to acknowledge that? And just putting it in the beginning as you say that the Oscar's served no one? ... first time I dislike a The Take video.
He was one of the only redeeming performances of the night.
The butchering of "We don't talk about Bruno" on the other hand....yikes
You clearly werent here for the now lost "Harry Potter was actually the bad guy" video thats the only take they've ended up taking down 😌✨
@@EnbyGaemer2005 yeah, it's so sad, I was waiting for the whole song and maybe Becky G and Fonsi doing the "he told me the fish would die... and stuff"... but I still loved to see the cast anyways lol (rhenzy feliz was missing tho)
@@alejandrocervantes3624 oh wow I didn't know that! I discovered The Take not so long ago, but I've watched a ton of videos lol
@@EnbyGaemer2005 i agree! That god awful trainwreck of a "performance" was just... Ugh 🤢 disgusting! Are u kidding me?! I should've muted the tv when i had the chance
we need to stop validating celebrities...it's hard work to be an artist and work to foment culture locally...the focus should be on artists like us who try to contribute to the culture and the community
I wouldn't say that celebrities are not artists. But I understand what you're saying: the Oscars should give room to more of those, who really participated in movie-productions, instead of sending DJ Khaled or Tony Hawk on a movie-award-show. There was no point to this.
@@lordbafford640 no, i was not saying that at all...support your local artists, ppl look to hollywood but how many ppl know about the local artists in their community, go to local art shows, to local theatre, we artists work daily to hone our crafts and we are often researching and creating on the cutting edge of arts. We do not make products; we make art!
@@fjmradio1537 I guess the problem would be money and PR. I get the feeling that Hollywood is just interested in those commercial hits, rather than in local artists. I think it would be a great idea to host something like the opposite to the Oscars. A Show that celebrates those local artists from all over your country. We already have festivals but maybe more locally as you said.
@@fjmradio1537 hell yeah!!! 😘😘😘🦋🦋🦋
Celebrities are artists too though. U can support locally while also watching Netflix and seeing a movie in a theatre
Personally for at least 2 decades I’ve found the Oscar ceremony extremely cringe.
The bad jokes, the really really bad jokes.
These days most of the mainstream big movies are made to a predictable formula with such an obvious “cashing in” on whatever made money previously. Too much action, too much CGI and violence and way too many white faces and winners. It’s become a pastiche of itself.
I’m also just disgusted at the amount of money spent. I think it’s time for something new, something that’s more genuine and meaningful - I’d watch a program like that.
The last really good host they had was Billy Crystal in the '90s. Enough said.
Thanks for recap👏
i didn't even know the oscars were happening until the slap
The entire event has just been cheapened by people who shouldn’t be there. It has lost its sparkle, the glamour from the 30s - 90s that made it so memorable has been forgotten. It’s a shame really.
Are you aware that in 1973 John Wayne tried to attack the first nation lady that spoke for Brando?
@@antonellamR2D2 yes i am aware of that incident and of course it was disrespectful. But I’m focusing on the glamour of the event, not so much the altercations that occurred.
Damn! The Take dropping Truth Bombs! That's what's up. 👍
On another note, I am now curious if you could talk more about Open Marriages, if there are tropes on that.
Can you do a video on why Animation is a Medium and why it deserved to be more respected in Hollywood
Such an interesting analysis!
I thinks it’s a mix of things. I think the Met gala has taken over as the super glamorous mysterious celeb event. You don’t see what goes on and therefore you’re more intrigued. And also the general population doesn’t really care about obscure or super well made films the way a film buff would, so there’s a disconnect in between art and art for masses. Same reason Grammys aren’t “respected “ either
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Lol I didn't even know about the In Memoriam segment
This was a very well written video
The 2021 ceremony might've been barely watched, but it was the best ceremony in years! I think the academy needs to lean into what movie lovers want to see and celebrate as opposed to trying to create meme-able cringe moments. That's what they did in 2021 and it was great. This year they pursued the tweetable moments and evergreen though they got one out made the whole thing even more embarrassing.
The other thing they need to do imo (that happened accidentally in 2021) is make nominated films stream-able after the noms so we can actually catch up and watch them. There's are all sorts of money and logistic issues that this would cause, but if it's a nomination requirement hollywood would figure it out.
Really? I thought the 2021 Oscar’s were pretty awful though - they didn’t even show clips of the nominee’s scenes
@@bryanalstoncoxing oh there were definitely still misses, but I thought it was closer to a celebration of the art of film than most recent ceremonies have been. But yes not having highlight clips was a pretty silly choice.
Tanner Johnson One of my favorite ceremonies in memory was the 2009 Oscars, when they had past winners in the acting categories give a little speech about each of the nominees. I thought that was a wonderful touch that the Academy should’ve tried again. The 2021 show felt like it would’ve been much better if they showed the actual movie clips rather than spending a bunch of time talking about them
@@bryanalstoncoxing sure that was nice, last year they highlighted and told us about the nominees of the technical categories which was awesome. A medium between the two might be the ideal.
After watching this i completely agree that this Oscar’s was a mess
Stefani was so kind to Liza as she is respectful to Tony Bennett. She understands what these performers have done. I hope someday all her contributions and talents are honored as she honors others. ❤️💜
The score and other items being sidelined is what made me miss the Oscar’s this year. Great take thanks for covering this!
A full week of discussion about a slap 😂
I disagree, I found the Liza presentation SUPER awkward, she was at a complete loss with her papers and barely knew what she was doing there. Why show her in such a light at the end of her career? Why not have her seated in the audience and spend a moment introducing her and honoring her that way?
Another truly excellent analysis which manages to articulate and unpack the intersection of Hollywood and our culture at large. This might be one of the first years that I didn't even both to watch part of the Oscars, mainly because I haven't been to a movie theater since the pandemic began, but I'm glad I didn't see it. It's like so many things: The Oscars were becoming disconnected and elitist and then swung all the other way and forgot what their purpose was in the first place.
Also: Someone should do a video on how MANSCAPED is a sponsor of The Take. I'm not in marketing and that would not have seemed like a remotely plausible synergy to me!
This video is so spot on it hurts
I thought the Liza Minelli but was the second most awkward after Will Smiths unhinged shouting. Minnelli did not seem to be fully cognitively there and Lady Gaga having to talk to her like a child through the whole thing was honestly just sad.
Liza Minnelli was in no shape mentally to attend the Oscars. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The Liza Minelli and Ariana deBose moments are precious
This was one of the most nuanced looks at 'the slap heard around the world'. Thanks to the team behind this channel.
There are still people that love the kind of movies that the Oscars nominate. There are still people who love to watch the Oscars, as long as the ceremony is. There are still people who make sure they watch all the nominated films before the night of the awards, invite friends over to their house, and fix fabulous appetizers and drink champagne to watch the Oscars. Those of us who do that, are the people that did not watch any of those fan favorite movies. I kind of wish that ABC would drop the Oscars and they would get picked up by PBS, so that people would stop worrying about ratings and making them cool for people who would never watch it in any case. I want the old Oscars back.
3:03 “an unforgivable low point in Oscar’s history” okay I know Shark Tale was a masterpiece but we can differentiate the character from the actor 😂
watched for jessica chastain
Same here
What a complicated series of events 😩
Thank you for putting into words what I felt was wrong with the Oscars this year. It will be difficult for me to watch them next year.
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If it wasn't for the Will Smith and Chris Rock slap, NO ONE would be talking about this year's Oscars. It was frankly terrible. Also, did anyone think the slap was fake? It just seemed VERY staged at first until Will started cursing.
Also what they did to "We Don't Talk About Bruno" was criminal. They RUINED a good song with crappy vocals and a self Oscars plug.
I’m so 🤬ing exhausted
Plz make a video about Razzie Awards
3:42 I love this whole "man stand up for his wife" nonsense. it's so telling that the entire concepts of "feminism" and "toxic masculinity" go right out the window. Nope, Jada needed her big strong man to go and stand up for her because that's what "real men" do. They resort to violent manic outbursts when someone says words their frail dainty woman doesn't like. That's a real man right there. Not toxic at all. 🙄
Toxic masculinity is toxic only when it serves someone's interests 🤣
Talk shit. Get hit. Sometimes. Chris will be ok. There have been worse things taking place in the Academy
Are u a black woman? If not, shut TF up
another layer must be added because race plays into this. for too long black women have had to stand of for themselves. we have been force to do what white feminism encourages but no has stood up for us until now. it's easy for you to see it as a damsel in distress situation but black women are never allow to be protected or be damsels
White women (feminist or not) have been protected for centuries. The moment a black woman is protected, everybody has this fake outrage. lol
Been waiting for ONE critique of the oscars that wasn't all about psycho will. The only other take i heard before yours was how don't look up was a movie about celebrity gossip overshadowing the world's biggest crises, while the filmmakers sat at the oscars and saw it play out in real time
Oscars night, definitely "Spying on the Monsters' festival" novel!
At least the dog found a home with the Travolta family 😁
It's never a bad thing to see dogs in awards show.
I genuinely like Will, so I was really disappointed in his actions that night.
I don’t think he should’ve resigned from the academy. Two extremes don’t cancel each other out.
True since most of the people who have been removed are literal predators
Haha, resigning from a club isn’t a extreme!
However, assaulting someone then verbally berating them on a worldwide broadcast in front of millions of people is extreme.
@@spewter I thought resigning from the academy meant resigning from acting or removing himself from ever getting awards. Lol
Either way, it sounds like an emotional impulse like the assault was.
He can be welcomed back someday.
@@anthonymartensen3164For me there’s two barriers: first, he has to make a meaningful attempt at contrition and change. He hasn’t done that. His Oscar speech did the opposite. He tried to justify his criminal assault. And his other actions have been superficial. A meagre apology to Chris Rock and his academy resignation are just words. He’ll have to work hard and consistently to win back trust. And imo, I don’t think he truly sees his actions as wrong yet.
Second barrier is whether me, you, and all audiences can accept his acting without the substantial baggage of his assault. Will directors want him for complex roles anymore? Will studios trust him to promote films in hundreds of junkets around the world? That might be the biggest factor what his future career is
Time to rock on.
Title of video: Everything wrong with 2022 Oscars
My brain: slapslapslapslapslapslapslalpslapslapslapslapslap
If Will Smith thought hitting Chris Rock would make people think twice about making jokes to his wife he was dead wrong he just made it worse 😒
I'm really disappointed, that you didn't even mention about Russian's agression to Ukraine - and how little people on the Oscars were allowed to talk about it. Yes, they kind of stated that, but in so enigmatic way and without naming the Putin's Russia crime, that's definitely wasn't enough, considering how many civil people are intentionally killed every day, including women and children.
I guess, but why would the Oscar's go on about Ukraine? If they do it sounds self righteous, if they don't they seem cold. No winning
@@marzipan2555Well, somehow they could mention about pandemic or rights of LGBT community and people of color (which is great and necessary, don't get me wrong). Somehow on the Grammy Awards they could show respect and compassion to the Ukrainian people brutalny murdered by Russians every day. Why was it such a problem on the Oscars?
Most genuinely emotional moment? I find it so undignified the way the Academy Award Show treats their aging and ailng performers by bringing them out for a Deer in the Headlights moment year after year to awkwardly present an award. If they want to honor a legend who can no longer work, why not invite them, put them in the front row, and instead of a bad joke, have the host or hosts acknowledge the person, put the spotlight on them and let everyone give them a round of applause?
Please do a take Peaky Blinders.