We've come a long way from "Beauty and the Beast"

[noseybuddy]

Did anyone understand them when they went up to accept the award. I couldn't understand one work that they said.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

I got this off the OSCAR website, couldn't understand a word, either:

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Oh, my. Hey, we want to thank Keith Young our choreographer. And the whole Sony Records, Lisa Ellis, our moms, our whole families. Thank you, Jesus. And for giving us a chance, the Academy. We love the Academy. You know what I'm saying? Gil Cates. Everybody. I got plenty of time. Ain't nobody else. I want to thank everybody. Yeah. Donnie Ienner. Once again our families. Ludacris. What's up? Going down. George Clooney, my favorite man, he showed me love when I first met him. We bringing the house. We out of here. Memphis, Tennessee!

 

[disney50fam]

I didn't really enjoy this movie in the first place. But I liked the song To me that was the best thing of the whole long flick for me!

 

[hubby_of_newtodisney]

I'm just gland that Brokeback Mtn didn't win Best Picture! It's basically a picture about cheating and living a lie. Imagine that each of these cowboys was going to the mountains to see their FEMALE lovers that they each truly love, while being married to other women and living a lie. These would not make for sympathetic characters.

A courageous man would either choose to stay loyal to his wife, or be honest with her and go to his true love!

I cannot be the only one that feels this way about the plot.

 

[dis ms.]

Just imagine if the fine folks at the Academy had nominated the other song from Hustle and Flow, "Whoop That Trick".

 

[SeattleRedBear]

I'm just gland that Brokeback Mtn didn't win Best Picture! It's basically a picture about cheating and living a lie. Imagine that each of these cowboys was going to the mountains to see their FEMALE lovers that they each truly love, while being married to other women and living a lie. These would not make for sympathetic characters.

A courageous man would either choose to stay loyal to his wife, or be honest with her and go to his true love!

I cannot be the only one that feels this way about the plot.

But I think that's one of the points. 40 years ago, there was no choice. If you didn't live the lie, at some point you'd get killed. Most likely they wouldn't get killed because they were cheating on their wives, but because they were that horrible, unmentionable "thing" that no one could talk about or admit to. DH refuses to see the movie because he doesn't want to "see a movie about a couple closet cases" when in reality it cuts too close to home for him. These men are human and I think the movie's about seeing them cope the best they can with a situation which is emotionally untenable.

 

[Caradana]

Well, as we know via pontification over our life problems here on the board, it's also "Hard Out There for Middle-Aged Disney-Loving Ubermoms with Suburban Palaces and Family Vehicles and Dusty Treadmills and Fast Internet Connections." We should write a rap song.

 

[New England Eeyore]

I read an article about the lack of options in this category. Normally there are 5 nominees but this year there are only 3. That's because the rules say that the song must have been written specifically for the movie. It used to be that Disney swept these categories with their animated films but Disney is moving away from the "musical" movies that they did so well in the 90s.

I didn't see any of the 3 movies that the songs were from, so I can't say whether they were good or not. I do know that as much as I hated the movie 8 Mile, Lose Yourself was really a very good song and it fit with the movie very well.

 

[SamRoc]

I never did hear of the song that won or the movie it came from until the Oscars. Don't have much use for pimp movies. I thought that after seeing that horrible performance last night, the Oscars should just cut out the award for best song. Brought the Oscars to a new low. Was surprised though that none of the songs from Disneys Corpse Bride were nominated, all of those songs were originally written for the film

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Just imagine if the fine folks at the Academy had nominated the other song from Hustle and Flow, "Whoop That Trick".

Oh the horror!

 

[froglady]

I read an article about the lack of options in this category. Normally there are 5 nominees but this year there are only 3. That's because the rules say that the song must have been written specifically for the movie. It used to be that Disney swept these categories with their animated films but Disney is moving away from the "musical" movies that they did so well in the 90s.

I didn't see any of the 3 movies that the songs were from, so I can't say whether they were good or not. I do know that as much as I hated the movie 8 Mile, Lose Yourself was really a very good song and it fit with the movie very well.

Good point. So many movies today are just using popular songs from the appropriate era for their sound tracks, with no songs being written specifically for the movie. It used to be the other way around; a song was introduced in a movie (ala White Christmas) and then became popular.

Sometimes an artist would use previously recorded music, but introduce a new song, as in The Graduate.

But in the late sixties and seventies it started becoming popular to just use previously recorded material, as in American Grafiti, McCabe & Mrs Miller, etc. and the trend has continued, and has become the norm rather than the exception.

 

[Charade]

I got this off the OSCAR website, couldn't understand a word, either:

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Oh, my. Hey, we want to thank Keith Young our choreographer. And the whole Sony Records, Lisa Ellis, our moms, our whole families. Thank you, Jesus. And for giving us a chance, the Academy. We love the Academy. You know what I'm saying? Gil Cates. Everybody. I got plenty of time. Ain't nobody else. I want to thank everybody. Yeah. Donnie Ienner. Once again our families. Ludacris. What's up? Going down. George Clooney, my favorite man, he showed me love when I first met him. We bringing the house. We out of here. Memphis, Tennessee!

It appears skooling was hard on these guys.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Did you all see it? I CANNOT believe it. The Academy Award winner for Best Song was..."It's Hard Out Here For a P*mp." This is NOT a joke.

Even the title is so icky I used an asterisk. I did a search for the lyrics, and Oh, MY!

This was the BEST song they could find in any movie?

Exactly who votes for these things?

I was listening to Imus in the Morning yesterday and he and Donal Trump were talking about this. And Donald said that the Oscars in general have lost some of the glitter of yesteryear, and I'd have to agree. I think things are getting pretty low when a song like this wins for best song.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Actually that acceptance speech may have been the best of the night. At least it wasn't ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz like the rest of them.

 

[disney4us2002]

Did anyone understand them when they went up to accept the award. I couldn't understand one work that they said.

I found it ironic that given the name (intent) of the song that the only part of the acceptance speech I could understand was "thank you Jesus".

Hubby of newtodisney, you aren't alone. I choose not to give money to films where adultery is the main plot. I just find no sympathy for those types of characters.

 

[rascalmom]

Haven't seen the movie, wasn't really wowed by any of the songs that were nominated. Why is this song now stuck in my head?!?

Caradana - you're too funny! Yes - we need a ballad for the Dis...we could all go to the Oscars together next year. Wearing our lime green evening gowns, of course!

 

[beachblanket]

The song that won is nothing more than a throw-away from the already fatigued genre referred to as "Gangsta rap". The lyrics are the generic complaints about the ghetto and the usual sexist stuff about women, absolutely nothing new or insightful here. To say it's a "critical element of the film" is like saying muzak is a critical element of an elevator ride.

But frankly, when it's all said and done I'm with the others here who are implying one shouldn't get all worked up about this, given there wasn't really any substantive competition for this award this year. None of the nominees were particuarly good, so who cares which piece of forgettable noise "won?" It's not as if children are going to humming "It's Hard Out There For A You- Know-What" as a playground favorite three decades from now.

And as for the acceptance "speech," it was a textbook example of the problem in a certain culture that Bill Cosby (God bless him) has been going on the warpath about.

 

[cardaway]

First off, John Williams writes scores, not songs. Two different categories.

Secondly, this thread is a sad sign of how low this country has sunk, but it has nothing to do with the song.

 

[cardaway]

Good point. So many movies today are just using popular songs from the appropriate era for their sound tracks, with no songs being written specifically for the movie. It used to be the other way around; a song was introduced in a movie (ala White Christmas) and then became popular.

Sometimes an artist would use previously recorded music, but introduce a new song, as in The Graduate.

But in the late sixties and seventies it started becoming popular to just use previously recorded material, as in American Grafiti, McCabe & Mrs Miller, etc. and the trend has continued, and has become the norm rather than the exception.

Excellent point.

 

[Poohbear123]

Well, as we know via pontification over our life problems here on the board, it's also "Hard Out There for Middle-Aged Disney-Loving Ubermoms with Suburban Palaces and Family Vehicles and Dusty Treadmills and Fast Internet Connections." We should write a rap song.

WHOOP! You got that rite!