The Oscars - For Money's Sake

The Oscars, a once a year event that brings film-makers and actors from every corner of the earth. As usual there are many nominations from this years biggest blockbusters, actors, actresses and directors.

But sometimes can the event be bigger than the movies? The event is becoming a farce just more screen time for these money-grabbing "actors" and "actresses". To be honest, films like Slumdog Millionaire, this year, have illustrated REAL film-making, for example sometimes the actors become bigger than the movies, and not even the actors, but just their names. I ask, who now-a-days actually goes to the movies to see a decent movie with totally unknowns in it?

Yes, the Oscars are about outstanding film-making, but the event is too over advertised, everything in Hollywood is about money, money, money and if they can't get over that than they will never have truly amazing acting. One Example of truly shocking Hollywood money grabbing, and at the same time wrecking a tradition of film-making: James Bond in Quantum Of Solace, firstly, what's up with the title, if the film wasn't already terrible for being a 2 hour advert, and incorporating enough explosions and special effects to fund the whole 2012 Olympics.

Now, not everyone will agree with me and recently it has become a piece of TV. And when News Stations like BBC News are reporting on it more than once or twice every hour and probably when it officially happens will become closer to E! than BBC.

The only good thing that has become of the Oscars has been Mark Kermode getting a lot of TV time on the BBC, and I think that he is one of the best reporters and film critics in this country and he has work all year round as well as the award season.

And with the fake released results on the internet earlier this week just added to the hype, I wouldn't be surprised if they did for more publicity. I might see who won the awards because it will be impossible to not to hear any of the results. But it is hard to connect and be disappointed or happy by the results, if you understand what I mean. And I'm sure that someone will try to use the results of the Oscars tomorrow as "small-talk" and epically fail, because what can you say other than: "Oh Yeah, I heard about that" and maybe "I was going to watch it but it was too late to waste all that sleep over". Simple-As.