People say coins are boring....I say the Academy Awards is boring(edited to add...yet I watch.)

Goldbully · February 22, 2015 11:41AM

Forum please discuss.........

Love owning this iridescent beauty...not boring to me.

edited to add: Go American Sniper

agentjim007 · February 22, 2015 11:52AM

I'm watching them, they're ok.

BillJones · February 22, 2015 12:14PM

Sometimes they are very predictable in a totally PC way.

I have a few hundred movies on DVD, I have not seen a single new movie this year.

Goldbully · February 22, 2015 12:20PM

OK, is Lady Gaga that great of a singer??

I was most impressed with her Sound of Music tribute.....WOW!

BillJones · February 22, 2015 12:21PM

WOW!

Lady Ga-Ga can sing! She just got a new fan!

TopographicOceans · February 22, 2015 12:42PM

If they made a movie about coin collecting, then they'd really have something.

Elcontador · February 22, 2015 12:46PM

My wife insisted that I sit next to her while she was watching the Academy Awards. I read this week's Barron's Magazine, didn't look up at the television once, and left the room when I was done. I think it is very difficult to find a room filled with people so full of themselves as the academy awards. Mind you, I know a number of people who have made / are making a good living in the motion picture industry; but this is a different kettle of fish. You couldn't pay me enough to attend this event.

LogPotato · February 22, 2015 12:57PM

Never heard of them....hockey was on.

lkeigwin · February 22, 2015 1:20PM

I got a little tired of the "causes".

I thought Lady Gaga and Oprah were big!

I'd rather spend time with Goldbully's T$.
Lance.

ricko · February 22, 2015 11:17PM

A televised event where people in the business award other people in the business recognition. Those were company affairs when I was in business...not national TV..... I never watch them...silly. Cheers, RickO

winky · February 22, 2015 11:50PM

15 min. is all I could take and then went back to thinking about my Roosie's.

brg5658 · February 23, 2015 12:03AM

<< I think it is very difficult to find a room filled with people so full of themselves as the academy awards. >>

Not difficult at all -- watch the next televised draft for either the NFL or NBA.

At least the majority of persons in the film industry are highly educated, well-read, and deeply clever. I will admit Neil Patrick-Harris was an annoying host, but I enjoy seeing the winners in categories that are not the "faces" -- the sound editing, costume design, directors, etc.

On an aside, I always find it interesting when people complain about how much money "movie stars" make -- maybe $2 million for a film for a well-paid big-name cast member. A movie takes weeks/months to shoot. Yet, these same people don't blink an eye at the exorbitant amounts of money that sports stars make in a single game. Anyway, rant over. To each his/her own.

FullStrike · February 23, 2015 1:13AM

I took the night off from my usual 7 day work routine and actually had the awards on. It was mildly entertaining , a little more
so than looking at coins in slabs or going bowling.

I regret missing the Super Bowl this year. I hear there were a lot of clever Hollywood Short Moviettes that were good.

CaptHenway · February 23, 2015 1:14AM

<< OK, is Lady Gaga that great of a singer??

I was most impressed with her Sound of Music tribute.....WOW! >>

Indeed! I always thought of her as a good but gimicky pop singer. She has a great voice!

291fifth · February 23, 2015 1:20AM

I call them the Politically Correct Awards. I don't watch them at all.

Edited to make the post numismatic.

Instead of watching the Academy Awards I took out my DVD of 1990's "Ghost" and watched it. Prominently featured in the film are an 1898 Indian Cent and a 1989 Lincoln Cent. Ditto.

joeykoins · February 23, 2015 7:23AM

Sad to say, the only part I think is interesting is the segment when they show the Stars that passed on.

Elcontador · February 23, 2015 7:23AM

<< 

<< I think it is very difficult to find a room filled with people so full of themselves as the academy awards. >>

Not difficult at all -- watch the next televised draft for either the NFL or NBA. The NBA and NFL drafts don't pre-empt most everything else on television when they take place and don't get in your face about the event. They are far easier to ignore.

At least the majority of persons in the film industry are highly educated, well-read, and deeply clever. Highly educated? Hardly. If you listen to their rants, the answer is clearly 'no.'. Many of the best actors don't have college degrees, for openers. Deeply clever? A few of them may qualify. Most of these folks think they are far more intelligent than they actually are.

On an aside, I always find it interesting when people complain about how much money "movie stars" make -- maybe $2 million for a film for a well-paid big-name cast member. A movie takes weeks/months to shoot. Yet, these same people don't blink an eye at the exorbitant amounts of money that sports stars make in a single game. I don't complain about any of this. These days professional athletes are just entertainers of another sort.Anyway, rant over. To each his/her own. >>

SeattleSlammer · February 23, 2015 7:32AM

<< I got a little tired of the "causes". >>

+50

Justacommeman · February 23, 2015 7:34AM

<< 

<< OK, is Lady Gaga that great of a singer??

I was most impressed with her Sound of Music tribute.....WOW! >>

Indeed! I always thought of her as a good but gimicky pop singer. She has a great voice! >>

Ricky Gervais should host all award shows..............He was missed

MJ

TwoSides2aCoin · February 23, 2015 7:43AM

I miss all the good stuff.

braddick · February 23, 2015 7:54AM

<< A televised event where people in the business award other people in the business recognition. Those were company affairs when I was in business...not national TV..... I never watch them...silly. Cheers, RickO >>

Things ricko doesn't care too much for:

eBay.

Toned coins.

The Academy Awards.

Are we missing anything else?

braddick · February 23, 2015 7:58AM

<< Sad to say, the only part I think is interesting is the segment when they show the Stars that passed on.

>>

Two more thoughts:
First, Joan Rivers was ignored during the above segment.

Second,

CoinZip · February 23, 2015 10:22AM

I have no idea if the academy awards are boring.... I've never watched them.

I'm just not much of a TV fan.

Walkerfan · February 23, 2015 10:52AM

I didn't watch this year, as I had zero interest.

lordmarcovan · February 23, 2015 1:37PM

1. I agree that the Academy Awards are boring, and I do not watch them.

2. That is one helluva gorgeous Trade dollar in the OP.

OPA · February 23, 2015 9:20PM

<< People say coins are boring....I say the Academy Awards is boring >>

I agree that a majority of the population would subscribe to both comments.
( I like big round silver or gold coins.

)

291fifth · February 23, 2015 10:12PM

Apparently the ratings for this year's Academy Awards broadcast were down 16% from the previous year.

Also, Joan Rivers wasn't an actress so she wouldn't have been important to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I don't know if she was involved in the "sciences" part ... perhaps she was?

People say coins are boring....I say the Academy Awards is boring(edited to add...yet I watch.)

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