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Nordly Beaumont
Nordly Beaumont

"Don't play me off, I have other unimportant things to say." Still a tool.

blackwing
blackwing

I was rooting for Ralph Fiennes, I can’t stand Adrian Brody.    “I will be brief, I’ve been here before, I won’t be egregious”.  And then proceeds to stammer and pause and be egregious. 

Red Bridey
Red Bridey

You see, Adrian ? Mikey Madison's acceptance was organized, cogent and heartfelt. She had a list! She didn't babble. Learn from her.

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blackwing

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What happened to Meg Ryan?  If they hadn’t identified her, I wouldn’t have known who she was?  Is she still acting?  I feel like I haven’t seen her in anything in years.  I’ve seen the recent commercial and she still didn’t look the same tonight as the person in that commercial. It seems these days she is better known as Jack Quaid’s mom.  
 

Also, I missed the introduction of Daryl Hannah.  Haven’t seen her in years either.  When I walked in the room, I thought it was Patricia Arquette. 

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Is Everyone Gone

Is Everyone Gone

1 minute ago, blackwing said:

What happened to Meg Ryan?  If they hadn’t identified her, I wouldn’t have known who she was?  Is she still acting?  I feel like I haven’t seen her in anything in years.  I’ve seen the recent commercial and she still didn’t look the same tonight as the person in that commercial. It seems these days she is better known as Jack Quaid’s mom.  
 

Also, I missed the introduction of Daryl Hannah.  Haven’t seen her in years either.  When I walked in the room, I thought it was Patricia Arquette. 

Face fillers happened to her. Also, apparently she's quite unpleasant to work with?

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yowsah1

yowsah1

28 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

Has anyone here seen Anora?  I don’t know a thing about it.

It's catnip to the Oscar voters in their mad quest to make themselves completely irrelevant to any discussion of cinema as a popular art form - it was a critic's darling that nobody who had to actually pay their own way to see a movie went to.  Plus, Oscar voters could pat themselves on the back for being "edgy" for elevating a movie about a whore who falls in love with her john 34 years after PRETTY WOMAN did the same thing.

19 minutes ago, AimingforYoko said:

Oscars good for one shock, and there it is. Sorry, Demi.

Demi Moore made a lot of enemies back when she was riding high as a big star.  Hollywood holds grudges.

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thuganomics85

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One thing about Best Actress that occurred to me: why I don't usually take too much stock on those "Anonymous Ballets" that get posted at times since they are a small sample out of the voting block, I did notice that a few times where the voter assumed Demi was a lock and ended up voting for Fernanda Torres instead.  I wonder if there actually was some splitting going on there, while Mikey supporters held firm, and that ended up playing a part in how it all played out.

Again, just speculation since there are only about twenty or so of those posted, and the Academy is made up of thousands.

 

Poor A Complete Unknown and The Nickel Boys were completely shut-out.  And even Conclave only got one despite being one of the frontrunners.  That's how it goes sometimes, I guess!

wonderwoman

wonderwoman

6 minutes ago, KittyQ said:
46 minutes ago, wonderwoman said:

i wonder if the adam sandler bit was added as a sly comment on the criticism of zelenskyy not wearing a suit to the white house? 

That might be a little subtle for these guys. :-)

conan is pretty aware — and i expect they were avoiding anything overtly political. 

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NUguy514

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5 hours ago, slowpoked said:

SAG completely got both the leading roles wrong. Wow. When’s the last time that happened?! 

In 2021, Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis won the lead trophies at SAG while Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormanc won the lead trophies at the Oscars.  That, of course, was the weird COVID year, though, so you'd have to go back to 2003 when Daniel Day-Lewis and Renée Zellweger won the lead SAGs and Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman won the lead Oscars.

I thought Anora was great, so I'm happy for its sweep.  I was rooting for Demi Moore, but Mikey Madison was undeniably great.  I saw that win coming because it just would've been weird if the movie won everything except for Actress, and it was obvious early on that it was winning.  I kind of wish Yura Borisov had been swept along for the ride.

I wanted literally anyone but Timothée Chalamet to win Actor (I guess you're not one of the greats yet, kid), but Adrien Brody was going for the goddamn record there with that interminable speech, wasn't he?  What a self-important ass.  At least he seemed genuine in his praise of his fellow nominees.

I'm happy for both Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin, even if I had the latter in last place of those five nominees.

The show draaaaaaaaaaagged, especially compared to last year's brisk pace.  My favorite win of the night, though, was Flow for Animated Feature, so here's to a beautiful independent animated film centered on a sweet black kitty who looks like a combination of my current boy and my dearly departed (a decade ago) girl.😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

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4 hours ago, dmeets said:

Cynthia kills Defying Gravity, but I've heard it a thousand times in the past three months. Sorry Best Song nominees, no time for you tonight.

This absolutely infuriated me. They didn't have time for the songs that were actually nominated but they did have time for a Wizard of Oz/Wiz/Wicked tribute, Conan's stupid pointless musical number, and a Bond tribute for no good reason other than someone wanted it and someone else said yes to the Bond tribute. 

3 hours ago, scarynikki12 said:

It would be cool if they ended this Bond tribute with the reveal of the new one.

That would have been cool.

3 hours ago, ShadowHunter said:

Did we need this James Bond tribute? Everyone looks fabulous don't get me wrong but this feels like a waste

I totally agree, and I love the Bond movies, especially some of the songs, but this seemed pointless. 

3 hours ago, thuganomics85 said:

Don't know any of those singers, but it was fun enough performance.

So, overall Bond feelings, folks?  As of now, I still think Connery is the most iconic, Dalton the most underrated, Brosnan had the best debut (Goldeneye), and Craig is overall the best actor to play him.  Lets see what Amazon has in store for us!

Favorite Bond actors: Connery, Brosnan, Craig.

Favorite Songs: "Goldfinger," "Diamonds are Forever," "Live and Let Die," "Spy Who Loved Me" and "Skyfall"

2 hours ago, scarynikki12 said:

Kylie finally smiled! She must love firefighters.

I realize this a cheap, obvious joke, but I can't resist: Someone has to buy the calendars. 

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

This is better than trying to shoehorn Gene Hackman into the In Memoriam segment.

I only wish they had done something like this when Paul Newman died. He was a legend with a multi-decade career including many absolute classics. 

1 hour ago, KaveDweller said:

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?

I hated that. It was so hard to read the names. I wished they had zoomed in from the start. Do they seriously not realize that no one cares about camera work or fancy tricks? What people want to see (and see clearly front and center on their screen) is the name of the person, what they did professionally and the image/clip appearing in the background.

1 hour ago, scarynikki12 said:

Did they leave out Michelle Trachtenberg?

Yes, but she never won an Oscar, was never nominated for an Oscar, and arguably was better known for her work in TV than movies. Also I think the people in charge of the Oscars skew older so her fans would be younger than the people in charge making the decisions.  

1 hour 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.

1 hour ago, ShadowHunter said:

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. 

Agreed. However, they only have 4 minutes and can't cover everyone. There was actually a fascinating article someone posted in this thread about the In Memoriam segment. 

1 hour ago, wonderwoman said:

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. 

That was a significant improvement from past years. I also liked having the actors introduce nominees from their films. 

I'm pleased Conclave won something. 

To me, the Adam Sander bit was a stupid, pointless waste of time. 

Controversial question/opinion: Can we skip the hosts from now on? I'm okay with the disembodied voice announcing the category and presenter/presenters. 

There weren't any great movie themed ads this year, which was disappointing. I loved the Hello iPhone ad from about 15 years ago or the Rolex ad that was a montage of movie characters who wore Rolex watches. 

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slowpoked

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13 minutes ago, yowsah1 said:

Madison's win for Best Actress may do the same thing for her career that it winning Best Supporting Actress did for Alicia Vikander's.

Lead always has a different effect in an actor’s career though. Brie, Emma, Jessica, Jennifer L., Cate, Nicole, Renee, Natalie, etc., in general have had very different career arcs than Lupita, Octavia, Jennifer H., Ariana, Alicia (like you mentioned above) etc. That’s why Lily Gladstone fought to be in the lead category last year even though she was arguably more supporting, and Lead was a tough category. I bet Mikey will be the IT girl for awhile like how JLaw, Emma and Brie had their turn for big-budget lead roles.

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Kimmmmmm

Kimmmmmm

3 hours ago, thuganomics85 said:

Don't know any of those singers, but it was fun enough performance.

So, overall Bond feelings, folks?  As of now, I still think Connery is the most iconic, Dalton the most underrated, Brosnan had the best debut (Goldeneye), and Craig is overall the best actor to play him.  Lets see what Amazon has in store for us!

For me, Sean Connery was the only Bond.

Best Bond song was Goldfinger.... don't like any of the others.

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yowsah1

yowsah1

13 minutes ago, slowpoked said:

Lead always has a different effect in an actor’s career though. Brie, Emma, Jessica, Jennifer L., Cate, Nicole, Renee, Natalie, etc., in general have had very different career arcs than Lupita, Octavia, Jennifer H., Ariana, Alicia (like you mentioned above) etc. That’s why Lily Gladstone fought to be in the lead category last year even though she was arguably more supporting, and Lead was a tough category. I bet Mikey will be the IT girl for awhile like how JLaw, Emma and Brie had their turn for big-budget lead roles.

Point of order on J. Law - she was already a star when she bagged her Oscar, having headlined THE HUNGER GAMES movies already.  (She ascended to the stratosphere as a result a film she starred in, WINTER'S BONE, nabbing Oscar nominations for Picture, Screenplay, Actress, and Supporting Actor.  Lawrence lost Best Actress that year to Natalie Portman for BLACK SWAN, but the clips of the movie shown at the awards ceremony caused such a sensation that they effectively acted as her audition roll for the roles that shot her to stardom).  You could say the same about already being a star for Emma Stone, Cate Blanchette, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellwegger, and Natalie Portman, while Chastain had established herself as a contender by winning non-Oscar awards for previous movies and having been previously nominated for ZERO DARK THIRTY.  I have gone through the list of Best Actress winners from previous years and the two winners I could find who came closest to Madison's level of fame at the time they won were Brie Larson and Marlee Matlin.  Both of which had (in Larson's case, is having) careers that can be described as "Meh".

buttersister

buttersister

The Bond number should have been killed.

Conan did a great job.

Adrien Brody can disappear for another 10 years—read the room, dude, read the world. And take the gum out of your mouth when the category comes up— throwing that gum at his wife (who missed the catch) was almost as gross as his histrionics. Thank your people and save the rest for your therapist.

I’ve seen Meg Ryan’s new face before, it’s sad. Not as sad as Dennis Quaid these days, though. I think she knew that ovation was for Billy.

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roseha

roseha

Overall I enjoyed the show for the most part.   I think Conan did a fine job and I hope they bring him back to host again.  He really is skillful at combining the self-deprecating jokes with the occasional real zinger ("standing up to a powerful Russian") and yet knowing how to go serious as he did effectively at the end of the monologue.   I did miss his "streaming building" segment because I thought they were still on commercial but it's on Youtube.  Very funny.

I don't know who thought of Nick Offerman as the announcer but I hope he comes back as well.

I have to admit that I haven't watched any of the films yet but they seemed to be showing more clips of the nominees than they did the last time I watched, which is good.  Wasting time on a James Bond number was ridiculous I agree.  I thought the "rock legend" announcement might be a joke and was really amazed when Mick Jagger came out! 

The In Memoriam was the best in ages but I agree what was all that zooming out?  Did they prepare that only for the live audience and not the billion viewers who were watching?  The Gene Hackman tribute was excellent especially as he had so recently passed away.

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FilmTVGeek80

FilmTVGeek80

46 minutes ago, Laurie4H said:

Would Mikey Madison have won if she didn’t show and do what she did in that movie?  I haven’t watched it but I have seen clips and its borders on porn.  I do think Emma Stone deserved the Oscar last year for her acting in Poor Things but would she have won it if she didn’t do and show  essentially same thing Mikey did?  

I don't think the nudity/sex scenes had anything to do with their wins. It feels like you're assuming the majority of Academy voters are just horny men. Emma Stone already had one Oscar (which I didn't think she deserved) for a role with no nudity whatsoever. I believe that the sex scenes in Poor Things and Anora could have been scaled way back, but there is more to both movies (and those performances) than just sex. It's hard to judge a film and call it porn when all you've seen is clips. There's nudity and multiple sex scenes, but Anora is not porn. 

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slowpoked

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6 hours ago, yowsah1 said:

Point of order on J. Law - she was already a star when she bagged her Oscar, having headlined THE HUNGER GAMES movies already.  (She ascended to the stratosphere as a result a film she starred in, WINTER'S BONE, nabbing Oscar nominations for Picture, Screenplay, Actress, and Supporting Actor.  Lawrence lost Best Actress that year to Natalie Portman for BLACK SWAN, but the clips of the movie shown at the awards ceremony caused such a sensation that they effectively acted as her audition roll for the roles that shot her to stardom).  You could say the same about already being a star for Emma Stone, Cate Blanchette, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellwegger, and Natalie Portman, while Chastain had established herself as a contender by winning non-Oscar awards for previous movies and having been previously nominated for ZERO DARK THIRTY.  I have gone through the list of Best Actress winners from previous years and the two winners I could find who came closest to Madison's level of fame at the time they won were Brie Larson and Marlee Matlin.  Both of which had (in Larson's case, is having) careers that can be described as "Meh".

My point was, getting nominated (and in some cases, winning) in the lead category rather than supporting gives you a much different visibility and focus to the industry. All of a sudden, the industry sees you as a leading actor, someone who can carry a movie, and not just someone as part of an ensemble. That’s why I felt Mikey vs. Alicia isn’t a fair comparison.

Like you said, even though JLaw and Jessica were already established stars by the time they won the Oscars, getting nominated previously (and losing) in the Lead category catapulted them into the front of the attention span of producers, casting directors, and moviegoers. 

I disagree about Brie. After her Oscar turn, she got major star billing, in her own words, in a big-budget popcorn movie. And she headlined, what was then THE franchise to be in, as their first lead woman superhero, getting the first solo movie over its own established star who has already been with them for awhile (Scarlett). Would she be nominated for another Oscar? Who knows, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she did.

As for Mikey, we’ll see. I’ve only seen her in other couple of movies, Quentin’s and Scream. She’ll get interesting scripts and lead roles from this point forward, and only time will tell what path she chooses. 

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FilmTVGeek80

FilmTVGeek80

I caught the show late because I had some nominated films to catch up on. Today, I saw Sing Sing and Wicked. I missed I'm Still Here but caught all the other BP nominees. Many dislike Emilia Pèrez, but my least favorite was A Complete Unknown. I'm baffled by why awards shows and so many guilds went so ga-ga over it. I'm especially puzzled that James Mangold received nominations for best screenplay and director. After watching Nickel Boys this weekend, I would have easily swapped Monica Barbaro for Aunjanue Ellis.

 

My main hopes for the night were that Kieran Culkin would win and that anyone but Timothée Chalamet would take Best Actor. Only one of those was a sure thing. After seeing Sing Sing yesterday, another mystery for me was why the Best Actor race was seen as a two-man showdown between Adrien Brody and Chalamet. It should have been between Brody and Colman Domingo if it were a two-man race. For me, it's a toss-up over who was better. I wouldn't have been upset if Domingo had been a surprise winner. But I think Brody is more than deserving, and I was happy he won. Would I have preferred a shorter speech? Sure. But it didn't bother me. His speech could have been double the length as long as I didn't have to see Chalamet's yellow monstrosity or hear him thank his reality show PDA partner. I'm really hoping his SAG win wasn't enough fuel for him to think that his aggressive campaign is the way to go in the future. Also, please, for the love of God, shave that mustache off now. 

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‘Anora’ Takes Best Picture Oscar As Sean Baker Wins Four To Tie Record; Lead Acting Prizes To Mikey Madison & Adrien Brody: Full List
Erik Pederson   March 2, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-2025-winners-list-1236305849/

Many of the Oscars acceptance speeches have been posted here:
https://www.youtube.com/@Oscars/videos

Oscars TV Review: Conan O’Brien Nails It In Hosting Debut On A Night Of Celebration For Cinema, L.A. & Gene Hackman
Dominic Patten   March 2, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-2025-tv-review-1236307507/

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LennieBriscoe

LennieBriscoe

40 minutes ago, FilmTVGeek80 said:

I don't think the nudity/sex scenes had anything to do with their wins. It feels like you're assuming the majority of Academy voters are just horny men. Emma Stone already had one Oscar (which I didn't think she deserved) for a role with no nudity whatsoever. I believe that the sex scenes in Poor Things and Anora could have been scaled way back, but there is more to both movies (and those performances) than just sex. It's hard to judge a film and call it porn when all you've seen is clips. There's nudity and multiple sex scenes, but Anora is not porn. 

Because it's simulated. I would argue that nakedness is now the route to the  Best Actress Oscar. Perhaps 2026 will prove me wrong.

As for the Music Biopic, Rami Malek's win in hindsight seems to have made the genre ever after unpopular with the Academy [See: "Elvis"]. 

I've seen only 3 of the BP nominees. I initially thought "A Complete Unknown" was great, but I've since decided it's only pretty good. "The Apprentice" I would say is great, and highly recommend. As character-driven films, surprisingly the latter is more revelatory and profound than the former. Finally, "Conclave" is interesting as a "Behind the Scenes" type expose', but the ending felt manipulative.  

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Conan O'Brien was better than I expected. I usually find him to be silly and not that funny. But his silliness was restrained and he actually made me laugh several times. However, his "won't waste time" song-and-dance number just seemed like unnecessary filler. (I get that was the point, but why do it at all?) Also, I loved the John Lithgow bit, but I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler.

If they're going to devote so much air time to live musical performances, then I'd prefer that they just go back to doing live performances of the nominated songs. Good or bad, at least we'd have a better idea of the competition. The James Bond tribute seemed like more of an excuse to have live musical performances than a real tribute. Did we really need three songs performed - which, incidentally, seemed to last ten times as long as the clip montage from Bond films. If they really needed to have a James Bond tribute, why not do a reunion of surviving cast members?

Ugh - many acceptance speeches were just too long. I wish they'd just mute the mics after a certain period of time, but tell the nominees ahead of time and give them a 15-second countdown warning on the teleprompter. Also, so many winners this year felt compelled to hug at least five people before even making their way to the stage. Also, when the winner is several people, do they decide ahead of time who will speak or does one person just hog all the time?

Gal Gadot looked like an Amazon (pun intended) standing next to Rachel Zegler. Mark Hamill and Goldie Hawn looked good. Meg Ryan and Miley Cyrus were unrecognizable to me.

Overall, I thought the show was enjoyable, even though the winners were predictable - with the exception of Best Actress (I thought Demi Moore was going to win) and Best International Film (I thought Emilia Perez was going to win).

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FilmTVGeek80

FilmTVGeek80

28 minutes ago, LennieBriscoe said:

Because it's simulated. I would argue that nakedness is now the route to the  Best Actress Oscar. Perhaps 2026 will prove me wrong.

It feels like a coincidence rather than it being a path to Oscar. I remember seeing a lot of pundits wondering if the nude/sex scenes would hurt ES and MM. Obviously it didn’t, but it was a concern. Thinking of the last few Best Actress winners before ES, I don’t think there was a lot of nudity - not for Michelle Yeoh or Frances McDormand or Renee Zellwegger. 

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slowpoked

slowpoked

8 hours ago, NUguy514 said:

The show draaaaaaaaaaagged, especially compared to last year's brisk pace. 

I felt this early on too. The show was very uneven. I remember last year being pleasantly surprised that they already got through the second tier awards and In Memoriam, and they still have a good close to an hour left. I don’t think it’s necessarily due to Conan, but something about the production was a miss. And it’s not like they didn’t have skits last year. Remember John Cena coming out in barely anything?

It’s notable that they have a different production team this year than last year.  I remember Molly McNearney, the exec producer, and Jimmy’s wife, stating that the production was successful last year because they avoided lengthy skits and bits that didn’t have much of a payoff. It felt like this year, they went the opposite of that.

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luna1122again

luna1122again

9 hours ago, yowsah1 said:

It's catnip to the Oscar voters in their mad quest to make themselves completely irrelevant to any discussion of cinema as a popular art form - it was a critic's darling that nobody who had to actually pay their own way to see a movie went to. 

Inaccurate. I paid, and it was my fave of the year. I was really happy Mikey won. I knew her first from the TV show Better Things and I think she's very good. And Anora is not porn. Come on people. 

 

9 hours ago, blackwing said:

What happened to Meg Ryan?  If they hadn’t identified her, I wouldn’t have known who she was?  Is she still acting?  I feel like I haven’t seen her in anything in years.  I’ve seen the recent commercial and she still didn’t look the same tonight as the person in that commercial. It seems these days she is better known as Jack Quaid’s mom.  
 

Also, I missed the introduction of Daryl Hannah.  Haven’t seen her in years either.  When I walked in the room, I thought it was Patricia Arquette. 

She did kind of look like Patricia Arquette. 

Meg Ryan directed and starred in a little movie called What Happens Later, with David Duchovny, in 2023. It didn't get the greatest reviews but I really liked it, probably largely cuz of my enduring Fox Mulder crush. I don't know, I think she looks fine. I think she DID look not great a few years back, when she did something to her face, but I think it's mellowed. Maybe I've just seen her enuf to be used to it. She was also in a SuperBowl Commercial with Billy C this year. 

 

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Mollywolly555

Mollywolly555

8 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:

This absolutely infuriated me. They didn't have time for the songs that were actually nominated but they did have time for a Wizard of Oz/Wiz/Wicked tribute, Conan's stupid pointless musical number, and a Bond tribute for no good reason other than someone wanted it and someone else said yes to the Bond tribute. 

That would have been cool.

I totally agree, and I love the Bond movies, especially some of the songs, but this seemed pointless. 

Favorite Bond actors: Connery, Brosnan, Craig.

Favorite Songs: "Goldfinger," "Diamonds are Forever," "Live and Let Die," "Spy Who Loved Me" and "Skyfall"

I realize this a cheap, obvious joke, but I can't resist: Someone has to buy the calendars. 

I only wish they had done something like this when Paul Newman died. He was a legend with a multi-decade career including many absolute classics. 

I hated that. It was so hard to read the names. I wished they had zoomed in from the start. Do they seriously not realize that no one cares about camera work or fancy tricks? What people want to see (and see clearly front and center on their screen) is the name of the person, what they did professionally and the image/clip appearing in the background.

Yes, but she never won an Oscar, was never nominated for an Oscar, and arguably was better known for her work in TV than movies. Also I think the people in charge of the Oscars skew older so her fans would be younger than the people in charge making the decisions.  

Agreed. However, they only have 4 minutes and can't cover everyone. There was actually a fascinating article someone posted in this thread about the In Memoriam segment. 

That was a significant improvement from past years. I also liked having the actors introduce nominees from their films. 

I'm pleased Conclave won something. 

To me, the Adam Sander bit was a stupid, pointless waste of time. 

Controversial question/opinion: Can we skip the hosts from now on? I'm okay with the disembodied voice announcing the category and presenter/presenters. 

There weren't any great movie themed ads this year, which was disappointing. I loved the Hello iPhone ad from about 15 years ago or the Rolex ad that was a montage of movie characters who wore Rolex watches. 

Agree 1000%!

kinda boring

2 1/2 hours in,  I was ready to tape the rest and go to bed,  but then they were announcing best actress! I was like what? 

So glad they didn't show Kylie in most shots of Chalamet. I think they will break up now so she can move on to someone more famous for her ego. 

The memoriams were hard to read.  I what's thought anyone who was ever in a film , like Trachtenberg, and others mentioned above,  not to mention the travesty of leaving out Olivia Hussey, the most  beautiful Juliet of all time.  Seriously, they have got to spend time compiling this list or maybe have a website where people can send it names of those who passed.  In this era of baby boomers aging, the list will be getting longer. 

So much junk filler wasting time,  and then cut off the best actor? Nope. Crazy.

Sorry for the errors, my correct key won't let me correct in the middle of a sentence. Where's AI when you need it?

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Wiendish Fitch

Wiendish Fitch

I'm in a bind: I thought Anora was merely okay. On the other hand, I'm so glad it swept the Oscars as opposed to Emilia Perez. On the other hand... ooooohhhh, I wanted Wicked to be the Oscars sweeper in the worst way, but I should have known it wouldn't be.

You know why that is?

*deep breath*

POPULAR!

It was too pop-yoo-ooo-lar!

Didn't feel like critics' bait

Or inspire hate

Or make one feel respectfully bored!

And that is why

The real reason why

Wicked didn't win ev'ry awaaaaarrrrrd!

La, la, la, la....

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MicheleinPhilly

MicheleinPhilly

I've only seen 4 or 5 of the BP nominees so I didn't really have my hopes pinned on anyone or anything except Zoe and Demi. So a 50/50 outcome. 

(Also for those of you who haven't seen The Substance and were grossed out by the clips, that's NOTHING in comparison to the rest of the film. Seriously, I watched it yesterday and I'm still traumatized.)

I liked Emilia more than most it seems as I thought it was fresh and original. It's a shame the lead is such an asshole as it's clear the Academy loved it before that all blew up. I would have preferred to see it win Adapted Screenplay over Conclave which I thoroughly enjoyed, but wasn't wowed by in a "This deserves Best Picture" sense. 

The James Bond tribute was just dumb. I was texting with my sister during the show and said, "If this doesn't end with the new Bond reveal..." Golden opportunity missed but of course, Bezos wouldn't allow another conglomerate to steal his moment. 🙄

Personally I found the In Memoriam beautifully executed. Tasteful orchestral music with the focus solely on those who have passed rather than a performer or some interpretive dancers. 

Conan was...fine. 

 

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