Comments on: Joaquin Phoenix Says Goodbye To Oscar Chances, Calls Awards “Total Utter Bullshit”

By: rodie

rodie — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

No way. If the Academy wants to give Phoenix an Oscar, then they will. They don't care what he says in general about 'awards'." Brando felt the same way, and he was still given one. He sent a Native American to accept the trophy, and I imagine Phoenix would send PT Anderson up there to accept on his behalf or something….

By: leo

leo — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Joaquin Phoenix should have stuck to rapping..

By: JEFFS

JEFFS — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

I'll bet he'd be singing a different song if he had won the Oscar for Walk the Line

By: kitcon

kitcon — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

It's just Phoenix being Phoenix. With his history, this isn't going to drastically change how people view him. Monique swept the awards while being just slightly more amenable.

By: Joesy Denny

Joesy Denny — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Sometimes dude you jsut gotta roll with it.

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By: joeflambe

joeflambe — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Who watches the Oscars anyway?

HOLLYWOOD IS DEAD, and they ran out of ideas

By: Katie Walsh

Katie Walsh — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

JOAQUIN PHOENIX HATES CARROTS

By: yossarian

yossarian — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

"…performances by it's two leads"? "IT'S TWO LEADS"?

By: DavidY

DavidY — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

I give him props for that especially his sharing his experience with "Walk the Line" and walked away from it with a lot of distaste. There are politics and money that drive the Awards and I can see why he would want to distance himself from it and surround himself with his work. I applaud that. However I'm as puzzled by this your waxing and inclusion on Waxman's article. What exactly is your beef with her article? I don't consider nor considered "The Master" an indie film. At this point anything with Weinstein on it I consider mainstream. So is your issue that money is ruining indie? Its no longer indie when you start talking about 14 million and such. So thats the core issue, not Waxman taking issue with it. The problem started before the billionaire came to town and started spending money, its been going on for some time. You knew indie was going to give out eventually, I saw it coming so I dont understand with calling someone's article moronic for highlighting it. Seems a bit juvenile.

By: Head Buckaroo

Head Buckaroo — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

While I disagree with Waxman's stance on Ellison, her argument is the farthest thing from "stupendously moronic." Saying so belies how little this writer understands about film financing. Perhaps it would be best to abstain from such flip, bitchy editorializing.

By: Zippy

Zippy — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

It kind of shows an arrogance for him to speak out like this. He thinks he's untouchable now that he's in this humongous Art Movie; which, consequently, wasn't the success it was meant to be. Considering a lot of people didn't like The Master, he may be speaking too soon, but it wouldn't be the first time an actor fell for his own hype. He's probably sitting around nude somewhere right now, in a beachhouse, playing bongos.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

As much as I like The Playlist, this post exemplifies a consistent and aggravating trend: Something happens, or something is said, and you make a gigantic leap in logic followed by a broad, often unsupportable pronouncement. You do this all the time. You take one news morsel and you somehow convince yourself that you've figured out the end game. Well, you haven't. It's certainly possible that Phoenix could go un-nominated, but your logic – that he's virtually GUARANTEED to be snubbed because of this comment – is, to borrow your own phrasing, stupendously moronic. If he was considered a candidate in some small upstart where his performance alone was garnering buzz, maybe you'd have a point. But he's the leading man in an almost-certain Best Picture nominee that's being pushed by the fucking Weinsteins. Odds are he gets nominated anyway. Even putting the Weinstein issue aside, your logic falls apart. Do you know how many times over the years Woody Allen has said essentially the same thing as Phoenix? And that he never attends the award show itself? Sean Penn was equally dismissive of the Oscars (and the Academy in general) some years ago, and he still got nominated. So please, let's cut it with the melodrama. The "story," such as it is, is this: Joaquin Phoenix blasted the awards-season process, a fact that may or may not affect his chances to get nominated. END. Anything further than that is bullshit made up by you.

By: Eddie Berenger

Eddie Berenger — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Explain why Waxman's article was "stupendously moronic"? Such hyperbole requires a bit of explanation. You may not agree with her position on Ellison, but at least it's a valid point she's making.

By: d

Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

I still think he'll be nominated.

By: KT

KT — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

And he's right…

By: pt

pt — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Don't forget he's got Harvey Weinstein behind him…he basically goes knocking on ppls doors to get nominated lol

By: dudeabides

dudeabides — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

a lot of ppl have said much worse and have won or at least been nominated. Malick, Woody, De Niro to name a few. He will be nominated but I never thought the Academy would go for him over DDL anyways, even though I think The Master should sweep the whole awards season.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

I think he's saying campaigning is bullshit. But yeah, "awards are bullshit" is a better headline.

By: oogle monster

oogle monster — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Yeah because Woody Allen wasn't nominated and WON last year. He has the same OUTSPOKEN perspective on awards season as Phoenix, and he's still very much in the club.

By: SaraS

SaraS — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

That's too bad, because out of the three "Oscar-caliber" actors in the movie, he was the only one deserving in my opinion. Amy Adams made the same face throughout the 2.5 hours, and Philip Seymour Hoffman has played other roles in a similar way.

And the reason the movie's only done $14 mill is because people heard that the last 3/4 is dreadfully slow and there's no pay-off at the end. It has good performances, but it's not a good movie.

By: irony

irony — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

now that he has been nominated, i can't help but think that it was because of this interview….

By: Chauncey

Chauncey — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

Well Marlon Brando thought the whole Academy Award process was a Meat Market as well.. and look where the name Brando is today .. Highly ACCLAIMED/ most honored name in the movie industry & business..

By: Uncle Oscar

Uncle Oscar — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

The Academy Awards isn't a talent contest it's a popularity contest, plain and simple. Michael Fassbender's non-nomination for Shame and Halle Berry's win for Monster's Ball are glaringly obvious examples of this fact.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

It's weird because a lot of the things he says is true, but the somehow manages to make it sound douchey and I want to disagree with him.

By: comedy gigs

comedy gigs — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:40:10 +0000

It was not right attitude to treat award ceremony, I personally thinks that every actor/actress should attend this event.