AND THE OSCAR FOR BIGGEST FUCK UP GOES TO.....THE ACADEMY

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away there was an award show that set out to celebrate the best movies and cinematic achievements of the year. That show: was The Oscars. People would tune in anxiously to see if their favorite film would walk away with an award. If a film won best picture, it damn well deserved it. The hosts were usually pretty good, and the show itself was usually entertaining. Unfortunately, The Oscars have started to lose their appeal.

Let's face it: The hosts chosen the last few years have been less than memorable, and the movies awarded didn't always deserve the award they were given. Take The kings Speech last year for example. It walked away with Best Picture, but I didn't find that fair at all. Kings Speech was a film that was designed to win Best Picture, it wasn't made with any passion or consideration of the audience. The people involved only cared about making a film that would win the Oscar, and so followed the step-by-step process that would wind up winning them the gold. Don't get me wrong: The King's Speech was indeed a good film. The acting within was great (but what do you expect from Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush?) and the cinematography was stunning...the only real problem was that the story was actually pretty uninteresting and bland, and the whole film felt fake....like it had been put into the Oscar machine and that the result was this. Enough about this though.

For years the Oscar's audience has been dwindling, not as many people tune in to the show than the amount that used to...and can you blame them? The script for the awards show feels forced and tends to have presenters and the host/hosts makes unfunny joke after unfunny joke. The Oscars just aren't as entertaining as they used to be and with the Academy continually dropping the ball as far as the awards goes it's not hard to see why people have stopped tuning in. Nobody really takes into account who wins best picture anymore, The Oscars are seen more of as a sham these days....like a rigged awards show.

In an effort to reach a wider demographic and draw in would be viewers, The last few years The Academy has nabbed hosts that would seem to appeal to the younger demographic. This year though, The Academy has apparently said screw it and, after Eddie Murphy dropped off as Host, hired Billy Crystal instead. REALLY? BILLY.FUCKING.CRYSTAL.

I can't think of anyone on Earth who would get excited over this news, in fact, I think that the choice to pick Crystal as host would result in even less of an audience than previous years. Crystal hasn't been in a movie in a while, and he has lost his comedic touch. This is a shame, because there are some legit good contenders for the categories this year. Anyone...ANYONE would be a better choice than Crystal. Yet again, The Academy drops the ball. I'm even questioning if I should tune in this year, and I'm a long time watcher of The Oscars. If even a long time viewer is questioning if he should tune in...that's a VERY bad sign. This is very disappointing Academy, I don't understand why they would sabotage themselves like this...I really don't. Either way, I can safely say that we can expect numbers to drop in attendance at home this year, and this time The Academy really has no one else to blame but themselves. You made your grave, NOW LIE IN IT!