The Annual Academy Awards - General Discussion

[mojoween]

Yes Leo! Yes yes YES climate change IS fucking real and if it takes a famous actor for people to start to take the blinders off I will take it.

[stealinghome]

I think she can be very good in the right role. She was very good in Winter's Bone and the Hunger Games movies. Her recent issue is that she's David O Russell's muse and he keeps casting her in roles that she's 10 years too young to play both looks and experience wise. When she doesn't have the requisite life experience to draw on to help her performance, she goes shrill, shrieky, and over the top.

I would add that I think she's great in American Hustle because "10 years too young to be playing the role she is" is the character in American Hustle.

[ByaNose]

LOL--She played Sabrina too, didn't she?

Yes, identical looking cousins. Same father, different mother....I think.

[Minneapple]

King of the world!

LOL, he totally should have yelled that at the end of his speech.

[wonderwoman]

"LOL--She played Sabrina too, didn't she?"

for which she won a Daytime Emmy!

[ByaNose]

Leo didn't mention Growin Pains. Odd!

[HunterHunted]

You've got to imagine after that performance by Gaga and the moment with the survivors on stage, a lot of voters in this category had a very uncomfortable feeling knowing that they voted for the wrong song and hoped other voters made up for their mistake.  Alas, no.  Unbelievable.

I think this is going to be a lot like the Oscar that Crash won. As soon as it happened, everyone realized it was a mistake.

[Indigo Luna]

Spotlight. Wow. 

[Dancingjaneway]

Yes!!!! I am so thrilled that Spotlight won it! I saw it last night and it is perfection. The cast, the story everything is just amazing. 

[thuganomics85]

Yay!  While Mad Max was my favorite, Spotlight was amazing and I was pulling for it over both The Big Short and The Revenant.

[Browncoat]

Holy shit!  Spotlight!  Wonderful!  It was an incredible movie.

[VCRTracking]

And just like the Red Sox finally winning the World Series, I'm more glad that we don't have to hear about Leo's "struggle" anymore.

Edited February 29, 2016 by VCRTracking

[ebk57]

OMG - Spotlight!!!  Woohoo!!!!!

[Bandgeek77]

Damn. Boo you whore. Plus, blah, blah, climate change. That's all well and good and, yes, important, but seriously, this venue? Nobody cares.

[wonderwoman]

"Yes, identical looking cousins. Same father, different mother....I think"

Yup, and the mothers were also sisters. Frannie's mother, Jennifer, was married to Bob, who was seduced by Jen's sister, Kim.

Edited February 29, 2016 by wonderwoman

[mtlchick]

Spotlight is a bit of a surprise since The Big Short won the PGA which is normally accurate. 

 

Ok, end of awards season.  Good night and see you at...the Tonys or Emmys whatever you prefer.  Good night!

[loriro]

YAAAAYYYY!!!! Spotlight was SOOO good!  So happy for it.  

 

And really happy for Leo. And loved his speech (and the fact that the orchestra didn't even attempt to start playing any music. There may have been a mutiny had they tried. Knew to just let him speak as long as he wanted!). 

 

Damn. Boo you whore. Plus, blah, blah, climate change. That's all well and good and, yes, important, but seriously, this venue? Nobody cares.

 

 

Given that the global audience for the Academy Awards is so huge, I completely understand why someone might take the time to bring attention to something as important as this. And whether we like it or not, actors/celebrities can have quite a bit of influence.  

 

edited b/c spelling is important

Edited February 29, 2016 by loriro

[mojoween]

Ooh I think Michael Keaton said fuck yeah hahahaha.

Is this a trend, or am I misremembering, that the director and film winners are not the same lately?

[bmoore4026]

MAD MAX WAS ROBBED!  REVENANT WAS ROBBED! 

[Browncoat]

I"m glad I stayed til the bitter end!  Awesome win.

[Diana Berry]

I'm confused. I didn't see Morgan Freeman open the envelope.

[sally-can-wait]

So who won nothing? Carol and Brooklyn? Anything else?

[CPP83]

Someone will have to make a movie based on Leo's quest for an Oscar because it would be insanity times a billion.

 

Wait...wait...who just won best picture? Wow...did not see that one coming. A bit left field.

[Misslindsey]

So glad for Spotlight!

[Dancingjaneway]

LOL! "I want to invite everyone to the BET awards!" Nice!

[thuganomics85]

Batman and Lucius Fox chowing down on some Girl Scout cookies.  That's one hell of a way to end the telecast.

[Browncoat]

Huh.  It looked like they were taking shortbread cookies out of a thin mints box.

[Potanical Pardon]

Yay, trolling the Smiths, exit song.

[catrox14]

YEAH! SPOTLIGHT!! Loved that film. 

[mariah23]

Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman just stole Chris' Girl Scout cookies!

[Artsda]

Yay for Spotlight. I loved it.

[ebk57]

Spotlight is a bit of a surprise since The Big Short won the PGA which is normally accurate. 

 

Ok, end of awards season.  Good night and see you at...the Tonys or Emmys whatever you prefer.  Good night!

 

How about both?!  

[wallflower75]

"Yes, identical looking cousins. Same father, different mother....I think"

Yup, and the mothers were also sisters.

 

Only on the soaps, y'all.  Only on the soaps.

 

Having resigned myself to a win for The Revenant, I was thrilled when Morgan Freeman announced that Best Picture was Spotlight.  I saw it today and thought it was terrific.  Not knocking The Revenant, but I haven't seen it so I didn't have much rooting interest in it.

[KaveDweller]

Huh.  It looked like they were taking shortbread cookies out of a thin mints box.

He had one sleeve that was already out of the box, so maybe it came from somewhere else. Buy why anyone would pick anything over thin mints is beyond me.

 

Really glad Spotlight won. I was pulling for the Martian, but this was my second choice. I was afraid they were going to give it to Mad Max.

[Madding crowd]

I like it that Leo brings his mom to the Oscars. Happy for his win!

[onthebrink03]

I wanted Spotlight to win Best Picture so badly but I didn't think it stood a chance.  Now, THAT'S how you do an upset.  My favourite movie this year.  Well done Oscar voters.  You've made this movie goer a very happy gal.  WhooHoo!!

[Fostersmom]

Thank, goodness! Yay for Leo. 

 

I still think he should have one for What's Eating Gilbert Grape.  I'm 100% serious.

 

He really should have. I worked a lot with autistic kids when the movie came out and his performance was masterful, the subtle ways he held himself, the facial expressions, the entire character was so very dead on it was like I was in a classroom with a student. 

[ByaNose]

So does California pay more for Girl Scout cookies? Here in Philadelphia we pay $4.

[ebk57]

I thought Chris Rock did a great job tonight.  Lots of the show was incredibly boring, but much of it wasn't.  

 

It's always fun sharing these shows here.

[chitowngirl]

No hot model date for Leo?

He always brings his mother.

[VCRTracking]

As a Catholic who's ashamed what the church did, I'm glad SPOTLIGHT won.

[Zanne]

So does California pay more for Girl Scout cookies? Here in Philadelphia we pay $4.

 They were $5 here.

[charliecat]

Can we stop Anne Hathawaying Jennifer Lawrence now? Girl was barely there tonight, and all the hate on women actresses is getting old. More than one award show appearance and suddenly they're annoying and undeserving. Hope Brie Larson enjoys her moment, because you know everyone will be hating on her by the next award season.

Oh, and Yay Spotlight!

[CPP83]

Why is it that every time the Oscars' claim they are going to "shorten" the show, it ends up going longer than the last time?

 

I know they live in this alternate universe to begin with where a song about sexual abuse sung well is beaten out by a Bond song that sounds more like mating manatees, but come on.

 

How hard is it to cut down, a good 80%, on all the stupid and unfunny filler bits and just tell these people which ones go home a winner and which ones will be dipping their Thin Mints into tumblers of Gin as they try to force a Honda Civic off the road as payback.

[catrox14]

He really should have. I worked a lot with autistic kids when the movie came out and his performance was masterful, the subtle ways he held himself, the facial expressions, the entire character was so very dead on it was like I was in a classroom with a student. 

 

I legitimately thought he was an autistic child playing in the role. Completely shocked to learn he wasn't. Just a masterful performance at such a young age.  I'm legit happy for Leo. I've always loved him.

 

I thought he was amazing as Howard Hughes too.

[HunterHunted]

Is this a trend, or am I misremembering, that the director and film winners are not the same lately?

From what I could tell it looks like it's only happened about a dozen times, but it really started ticking up after 2009 when they expanded the best picture category.

[pennben]

Buy why anyone would pick anything over thin mints is beyond me.

 

Hey, I love me some thin mints, but samoas....that's where the real goodness can be found!!

[ebk57]

Hey, I love me some thin mints, but samoas....that's where the real goodness can be found!!

 

For me, it's Thin Mints and Tagalongs.  Love me some chocolate and peanut butter!

[VCRTracking]

Girl Scout Cookies are the only time I've liked coconut on anything.

 

Happy for Brie Larson, who was the best part of the "gas leak" season of Community and was so good she was brought back when Dan Harmon returned as showrunner.

[Fostersmom]

Uh,Tag-a-longs are the best.