Obligatory Oscar Post

First things first... "Brokeback" was robbed. 10 years from now, everyone will still be talking about it and loving it. Meanwhile, barely anyone will remember/watch "Crash", just like "Shakespeare in Love" and other films the Academy worshipped but should've just been happy to be nominated. Jack and Ennis, I still love you.

Second... I hate to sound like a conservative pundit, but.... FUCK HOLLYWOOD. Take a joke, people! Everyone knows the Oscars are just a big masturbatory farce, and instead of just having fun with it, this crowd manages to drain all the excitement out of it once again. Jon Stewart was (by far) the best host they've had in years- funny, down-to-earth, witty, original, and playful. And they all just stared at him like he came from another planet. Ohh sure, they were fine when he was making jokes about Dick Cheney shooting Bjork in the face, but once he started mocking their little circle jerk, they acted all scandalized and offended. "MY GOODNESS THAT MAN JUST CURSED IN CHURCH! GOOD LORD!". Again... they're called jokes, folks! Stewart is a liberal, but he has a sense of humor about it and about the Oscars. Too bad he was (seemingly) the only in the building who does.

This is best summed by Stewart exclaiming after the 'Pimp' song won- "How come they're the most excited people here tonight?"

Overall, it was a very fun show to watch (as much as it usually is, anyway), but I can't get into a show/party where everyone's too uptight to laugh at themselves. Still, it was nice to see unique people (Hoffman, Witherspoon, Ang Lee, etc) get Oscars this year. They all deserved it. If there is one good thing that can be said about this year's Oscars, is that they made some very unique nominations.

My advice for next year.... keep nominating underappreciated and talented people like the ones nominated this year. And bring Jon Stewart back. And this time, smile you uptight fuckers. It's a party.