Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Oscars snub won't go unnoticed.

What a week! First, Zsa Zsa loses part of her leg due to gangrene (ew) and now this blatant Oscars snub of the single best movie of 2010.

You know the one:

The most excellent and inspiring HOT TUB TIME MACHINE. This sleeper hit restored my faith in man. And hot tubs.

Up until I'd seen HTTM, I feared hot tubs. They're cesspools of bacteria, really. I've often remarked that a hot tub is like a human stew. I still stand by that statement but I will now also admit that hot tubs may have transportation powers, of which I am a fan.

Just take a long look at the stellar cast: John Cusack, Rob Cordry, Darrell from The Office and the only funny person on Last Comic Standing, beers, radio/tape deck, squirrel with cassette tape, and that pasty kid.

How can you beat this premise:
Four guy friends, all of them bored with their adult lives, travel back to their respective 80s heydays thanks to a time-bending hot tub.
You cannot.

I'm disappointed in you, Academy. This is a colossal fail on your part. Your nominations are wholly rejected.

Let's review this big fat waste of nomination space.

Best Picture:
  • Black Swan (didn't see it / don't care)
  • The Fighter (didn't see it / care 20%)
  • Inception (saw it / fell asleep / didn't get it)
  • The Kids Are All Right (points for Mark Ruffalo)
  • The King's Speech (don't speak British)
  • 127 Hours (how would Zsa Zsa feel?)
  • The Social Network (livin' it, don't need to watch it)
  • Toy Story 3 (Tom Hanks has enough.)
  • True Grit (don't speak Western)
  • Winter's Bone (pardon?)

To sum up, I've only seen two of the above movies but can wholeheartedly endorse HOT TUB TIME MACHINE as the clear winner.

Actress in a Leading Role:
  • Annette Bening (not enough Mark Ruffalo)
  • Nicole Kidman (no)
  • Jennifer Lawrence (any relation to Martin Lawrence of the hilarious Martin?)
  • Natalie Portman (peaked in The Professional, all downhill from there)
  • Michelle Williams (you were okay in Dawson's Creek, I guess)
My vote is for squirrel with casette tape. Do you know how hard it is to get squirrels to follow through?

Actor in a Leading Role:
  • Javier Bar. . . 
I'm bored with this. Who would argue with a three-way tie between John Cusack, Rob Cordry, and Darrell from The Office?

I'd like to start a campaign to force the Academy to include HOT TUB TIME MACHINE across all categories. From short film to makeup, costume design to cinematography, best picture to music (original song), visual effects to writing, foreign language film to sound mixing, a clean sweep.

Let's set this thing right. Do it for hot tubs and the right to participate in the human stew.

Do it for Darrell from The Office.

Do it for America.

Most of all, do it for Zsa Zsa.

 

1 comment:

  1. Clearly, anyone who did not grow up in the glorious 80s will never appreciate the genius that is HTTM. That excludes a lot of people in the voting portion of the ever political academy. John and Joan Cusack alone should receive lifetime achievement awards for keeping our generation fully entertained for a ... well ... a lifetime.

    As for Javier - I do not care if he receives an Oscar, since he married Penelope Snooze and planted a seed in her. Colin Firth is forever unattainable and only living in every girl´s heart as Mr Darcy ... so he can win. Or Mark Rufalo, even though I did not see the movie, he´s just adorable.

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