scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 Dune 2 for Visual Effects is a slam dunk. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596228
thuganomics85 March 3 Share March 3 Well, at least the Academy think Dune 2 sounded good! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596230
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 Just now, thuganomics85 said: Well, at least the Academy think Dune 2 sounded good! And looked good. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596233
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 (edited) Hope that wasn't the sandworm at the piano playing off the Dune 2 team. Edited March 3 by dmeets 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596237
Browncoat March 3 Share March 3 It wouldn't hurt my feelings if we didn't see that particular sand worm again. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596241
mariah23 March 3 Share March 3 Any bets on the legendary movie duo? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596243
ebk57 March 3 Share March 3 1 hour ago, Browncoat said: I don't know who Raye is, either, but if we have a song from every Bond film, we'll be here until next week. I think she's fantastic! I'm not quite caught up to her song, but she's great. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596252
ProudMary March 3 Share March 3 I like it when the Academy spreads the love around. Several different films are Oscar winners tonight. That's a good thing. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596255
slowpoked March 3 Share March 3 Well, they’re definitely going overtime on this one, and not even close. I’m counting at least six more awards. And In Memoriam. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596258
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 2 minutes ago, mariah23 said: Any bets on the legendary movie duo? Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck? No idea. 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596262
ProudMary March 3 Share March 3 2 minutes ago, mariah23 said: Any bets on the legendary movie duo? Not Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway? 2 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596263
ShadowHunter March 3 Share March 3 Even starting earlier will not help this show time wise. It's a good thing it started earlier actually. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596268
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 First Lisa, now Trent? Are those names so rare now that no last names are needed? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596270
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 1 minute ago, scarynikki12 said: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck? No idea. They have already done Devito and Arnold. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596271
ShadowHunter March 3 Share March 3 If they had cut the Bond segment the people would be able to talk more. Letting a few talk and then cutting off one of them is rude. 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596276
Browncoat March 3 Share March 3 This is better than trying to shoehorn Gene Hackman into the In Memoriam segment. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596281
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 I figured they'd have scrambled to get Gene into the In Memoriam but maybe not. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596282
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 Opening the death montage with Morgan Freeman paying special tribute to Gene Hackman. Well deserved. That man was a giant in an industry of giants. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596283
ProudMary March 3 Share March 3 1 minute ago, ShadowHunter said: Even starting earlier will not help this show time wise. It's a good thing it started earlier actually. I checked my watch when RDJ handed the first award of the night to Kieran Culkin: 29 minutes in. 🤦♀️ 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596287
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 So they made sure that Gene would not be left out. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596288
Browncoat March 3 Share March 3 Thank god there's no vocalist! 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596289
KaveDweller March 3 Share March 3 Why did they start the memoriam so zoomed out? I couldn't even read the names. Or does that just mean my eyes are going? 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596294
AimingforYoko March 3 Share March 3 Morgan Freeman is the perfect choice for this tribute. His career was eerily similar to Hackman's. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596296
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 Oh, they did edit him in. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596303
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 Did they leave out Michelle Trachtenberg? 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596304
mariah23 March 3 Share March 3 TCM still does it better. 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596306
Browncoat March 3 Share March 3 Damn, it was a rough year. That was the most well-done Oscars In Memoriam I've seen in a long time. Weird zooming issues aside. 11 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596310
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 Just now, scarynikki12 said: Did they leave out Michelle Trachtenberg? Yes. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596311
thuganomics85 March 3 Share March 3 Had Gene Hackman not passed away, I wonder if James Earl Jones was the original choice to close the In Memoriam out, since he was second to last here. The speech from Field of Dreams would have been a fitting final words. 6 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596315
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 I didn't notice Quincy Jones either. Although there's supposed to be a tribute to him tonight. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596316
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 That's a shame. Great montage in spite of the omission. I know the Emmys will include her at least. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596317
MerBearHou March 3 Share March 3 Just now, thuganomics85 said: Had Gene Hackman not passed away, I wonder if James Earl Jones was the original choice to close the In Memoriam out, since he was second to last here. The speech from Field of Dreams would have been a fitting final words. No doubt about it. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596318
ProudMary March 3 Share March 3 This was well done, but SAG did it better last weekend. I did like Morgan Freeman speaking about Gene Hackman as the intro to the IM segment. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596320
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 Just now, thuganomics85 said: Had Gene Hackman not passed away, I wonder if James Earl Jones was the original choice to close the In Memoriam out, since he was second to last here. The speech from Field of Dreams would have been a fitting final words. I think so as they had several clips of him and he was the next most notable/beloved actor on the list Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596324
slowpoked March 3 Share March 3 2 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said: Did they leave out Michelle Trachtenberg? Yes, sadly. I know the Oscars need to include the other academy members, but I felt like a lot of movie actors were not included, having just watched SAG Awards last week. 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596326
ShadowHunter March 3 Share March 3 For the Oscars that was one of the better In Memoriam but the zoom out and leaving people out as they always do stopped it from being a success. 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596328
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 (edited) Interesting that they did the individual tributes to Costuming and Cinematography nominees this year. I guess Karla Sofia Gascon really is the only reason they omitted it for the acting categories. Edited March 3 by dmeets 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596330
wonderwoman March 3 Share March 3 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Browncoat said: Damn, it was a rough year. That was the most well-done Oscars In Memoriam I've seen in a long time. Weird zooming issues aside. finally! the zooming may have odd, but i had no trouble identifying who had passed — can’t remember the last time that happened. and no cutting distracting cuts to an overblown vocal performance. well done! and, i am loving having actors introduce nominees from their films. Edited March 3 by wonderwoman 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596331
blackwing March 3 Share March 3 I wish they had spent more time on two time Oscar winner and legend, Dame Maggie Smith. I know they can’t include everyone, but they left out some notable actors in favor of people that most have never heard of. Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet) and Martin Mull (Clue) deserved to be included. 13 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596335
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 1 minute ago, dmeets said: I guess Karla Sofia Gascon really is the only reason they omitted it for the acting categories I think so. Unless one of next year's nominees does something similar or worse I think we'll see the format return for the actors. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596337
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 This guy's the anti-Kieran Culkin. Went so far as to pre-time his written speech. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596344
thuganomics85 March 3 Share March 3 Took a while but The Brutalist finally gets on the board with cinematography. Better late than never! I'm choosing to believe that Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista acted like Gamora and Drax backstage. And the reason Willem Dafoe got to read the winner was because he snarled at everyone until they agreed to give him the envelope! 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596345
tkc March 3 Share March 3 The Brutalist cinematographer won? Lol! ;) 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596351
Spartan Girl March 3 Share March 3 (edited) 11 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said: Did they leave out Michelle Trachtenberg? And Shannen too. They did movies, they should have been up there! And they left out Olivia Hussey and Martin Mull too!! WTAF?! Edited March 3 by Spartan Girl 1 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596352
scarynikki12 March 3 Share March 3 Good on Brazil for I'm Still Here. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596358
ShadowHunter March 3 Share March 3 Woohoo Emilia Perez didn't win 🥂 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596359
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 Penelope looks great in white. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596360
thuganomics85 March 3 Share March 3 Finally something interesting happens! I'm Still Here beats out Emilia Perez! 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596361
nilyank March 3 Share March 3 First win for Brazil. Estonia you are really falling behind. 12 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596362
dmeets March 3 Share March 3 (edited) Glad that "I'm Still Here" gets its moment. The GTFO music didn't agree. "Jaws" is turning 50? Holy hell. Edited March 3 by dmeets 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151550-the-97th-academy-awards/page/7/#findComment-8596367
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