nelsonmuntz
Point Center
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Messages
- 44,829
- Reaction Score
- 35,071
I watched about an hour of it before turning it off. Nicki Glazer was pretty good as host, although the pacing was weird. One of the problems is that the presenters don't take it seriously at all and are completely unprepared. Being entertainers and promoting their work is their job, so it seems pretty unprofessional for so many of them to do that.
The biggest problem with all the big awards is that there is so much content that it is clear that the voters have not watched 1% of it and they keep giving the same actors and actresses the awards over and over. An example is Jean Smart and the show Hacks. I like the show. It is clever, and entertaining, which is the first objective of any comedy. But it is not particularly ground breaking or original, and while there is a minor twist of setting the show in Las Vegas, it really is just another show about the entertainment industry. It is not really an awards-worthy show, and not close to Jean Smart's best work.
Along those lines, Jody Foster, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet could pick their nose for an hour for 10 episodes and get nominated for Best Actress. Foster should not have won or even been nominated. Kaya Scodelario was awesome in The Gentlemen in a really hard role in a show that has some challenges, and was not even nominated because no one knows who she is. Thibault de Montalembert was excellent in Franklin, also not nominated, while Gary Oldman got nominated for a good, not great, spy show.
Nobody Wants This was pretty good, but that show was absolutely carried by Timothy Simons and Justine Lupe. Both of their characters could have been ridiculous in the hands of weaker actors. Instead, Javier Bardem, Harrison Ford and Diego Luna hoover up the nominations for Best Supporting Actor Television, and while I have not seen Baby Reindeer, most of the Actresses in Best Supporting Actress Television were not worthy of nominations. On the Best Actor Television front, I like Only Murders, but Martin Short and Steve Martin are playing the same characters they have played for decades. And I don't think Jason Segal is even a particularly good actor, yet he got nominated.
The biggest problem with all the big awards is that there is so much content that it is clear that the voters have not watched 1% of it and they keep giving the same actors and actresses the awards over and over. An example is Jean Smart and the show Hacks. I like the show. It is clever, and entertaining, which is the first objective of any comedy. But it is not particularly ground breaking or original, and while there is a minor twist of setting the show in Las Vegas, it really is just another show about the entertainment industry. It is not really an awards-worthy show, and not close to Jean Smart's best work.
Along those lines, Jody Foster, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet could pick their nose for an hour for 10 episodes and get nominated for Best Actress. Foster should not have won or even been nominated. Kaya Scodelario was awesome in The Gentlemen in a really hard role in a show that has some challenges, and was not even nominated because no one knows who she is. Thibault de Montalembert was excellent in Franklin, also not nominated, while Gary Oldman got nominated for a good, not great, spy show.
Nobody Wants This was pretty good, but that show was absolutely carried by Timothy Simons and Justine Lupe. Both of their characters could have been ridiculous in the hands of weaker actors. Instead, Javier Bardem, Harrison Ford and Diego Luna hoover up the nominations for Best Supporting Actor Television, and while I have not seen Baby Reindeer, most of the Actresses in Best Supporting Actress Television were not worthy of nominations. On the Best Actor Television front, I like Only Murders, but Martin Short and Steve Martin are playing the same characters they have played for decades. And I don't think Jason Segal is even a particularly good actor, yet he got nominated.
