The Annual Academy Awards - General Discussion

[mojoween]

Jennifer Connelly’s character in Maverick was superfluous.  

[Browncoat]

Hm.  I expected All Quiet to take Sound.

[ShadowHunter]

Elvis is not doing well. Poor Batman I think it deserved a bit more love as well.

[PrincessPurrsALot]

I think I'm channeling a magpie tonight.  Every sparkly dress I see, I'm all, "Ooh!  Look at that!  Sparkles!"  As I sit here in jeans and a gray sweater. 

[dmeets]

I guess Hollywood’s “savior” needed some kind of win.

[wallflower75]

Just now, wonderwoman said:

show of hands: how many own that “i’m silently correcting your grammar” t-shirt? 

raises hand.

*raises hand*

So wow...looks like both Banshees and Elvis are going to have their hopes pinned on Best Actor at this point.

[Eureka]

Just now, mojoween said:

Jennifer Connelly’s character in Maverick was superfluous.  

No chemistry between them at all. The chemistry between Cruise and McGillis in the original was much hotter.

[scarynikki12]

Naatu Naatu won!!!

[dmeets]

So RRR wins best choreography song

[ebk57]

5 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I was reading a story about someone who keeps her awards at her office, because she felt it was too much to have them on display at home (I cannot for the life of me remember who it was) and I am sorry, but if I won an Oscar?  That thing is coming with me wherever I go for the rest of my LIFE.

You mean like I have all my bobbleheads in my office instead of at home?

 

Probably not... 

5 minutes ago, PrincessPurrsALot said:

Wear it on a chain around your neck, kind of like Flavor Flav and his clocks. 

Have you ever held an Oscar.  I got to pick one up at my office a while ago - they're reeeeally heavy.  Spinal issues for sure if you wear them around your neck.

[thuganomics85]

RRR does it!  No big name star can compete to the power of the dance!

[kittykat]

Obligatory Top Gun win! *Shrugs*

[mojoween]

After hearing all five songs for the first time in my life tonight I am happy for RRR, but was pulling for Rihanna.

[Browncoat]

After hearing all the songs tonight, I'm not surprised!

[DollEyes]

YAY "Naatu Naatu!"

[shoregirl]

Sound was the appropriate category to give something to Top Gun. I thought the movie was pretty cheesy personally 

[Bastet]

Just now, shoregirl said:

I thought the movie was pretty cheesy personally 

It was better than I expected, but not on this or any other planet does it deserve a Best Picture nomination, nor Best Screenplay, when the script was the absolute worst part of it.

[Browncoat]

LOL at the RRR acceptance speech/song!

[wallflower75]

So Naatu Naatu wins, not a big surprise--lol, he listened to the Carpenters...

[MerBearHou]

Precious Carpenters song acceptance speech!!!!  Love this win!

[scarynikki12]

Glad Travolta stopped pretending he wasn't bald and embraced it.

[mojoween]

Is it Memoriam time?  Are they going to ruin it again?

[Browncoat]

Just now, mojoween said:

Is it Memoriam time?  Are they going to ruin it again?

Always.

[thuganomics85]

Feel that nervousness in the air? John Travolta is here!!!

[WendyCR72]

Just now, mojoween said:

Is it Memoriam time?  Are they going to ruin it again?

It wouldn't be the Oscars if they didn't fuck that up.

[yowsah1]

Whose name is Travolta going to mispronounce tonight?

[wallflower75]

Oh, Lord...here we go...

Oh hell, I take that back, I forgot about Olivia Newton-John.  Sorry.

Edited March 13, 2023 by wallflower75

[scarynikki12]

Ok that was both a lovely and sad tribute to Olivia from Travolta.

[Browncoat]

Awww, he's all emotional and hopelessly devoted.

[Mediocre Gatsby]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

Precious Carpenters song acceptance speech!!!!  Love this win!

That was great. This was the first time I heard it. 

[PrincessPurrsALot]

1 minute ago, ebk57 said:

Have you ever held an Oscar.  I got to pick one up at my office a while ago - they're reeeeally heavy.  Spinal issues for sure if you wear them around your neck.

I have not held an Oscar.  A Grammy, yes, but not an Oscar.  I was joking.  I can only imagine the neck pain as well as the damage to your chest with an Oscar bouncing off of it. 

[mariah23]

Every year I wonder why they don’t just play the TCM Remembers segment?

[thuganomics85]

At least Lenny Kravitz isn't hard to pronounce!

[yowsah1]

Awwww, I take back my John Travolta snark.  Him getting choked up as he gives a shout-out to Olivia Newton-John got me all misty eyed.

[ShadowHunter]

Okay I teared when Travolta mentioned Hopelessy Devoted. 

[truthaboutluv]

4 minutes ago, ShadowHunter said:

Elvis is not doing well. Poor Batman I think it deserved a bit more love as well.

Yeah if Austin loses Best Actor, like Banshees it will leave empty-handed. Unlike others I knew Sound was a lock for Top Gun (those air sequences alone was worth the award) but Elvis was a strong favorite for Makeup and Hairstyling and Costume. That said, unlike others, Black Panther winning Costume wasn't shocking to me because whatever one thinks of the film, the Costumes are spectacular.

[dmeets]

Olivia and Kirstie, it was a rough year for John Travolta.

[wallflower75]

Just now, dmeets said:

Olivia and Kirstie, it was a rough year for John Travolta.

I was just thinking the same thing.

[Irlandesa]

2 minutes ago, wallflower75 said:

Oh, Lord...here we go...

Oh hell, I take that back, I forgot about Olivia Newton-John.  Sorry.

This was literally my journey.  At the moment he started to stumble, I thought perhaps he shouldn't be having these solo segments.  But then I remembered.

[NUguy514]

Please don't clap, audience.  It's tacky.

Travolta's tribute to ON-J was lovely.

[MerBearHou]

I thought Elvis was too frenetic and I’m not a Baz fan in the slightest, but Austin was an absolute wonder.  

[Emmeline]

3 minutes ago, Eureka said:

No chemistry between them at all. The chemistry between Cruise and McGillis in the original was much hotter.

When Tom Cruise made the movie Eyes Wide Shut with his then wife, Nicole Kidman, they had to reshoot some of their romantic scenes because they weren’t steamy enough.

[ShadowHunter]

1 minute ago, Emmeline said:

When Tom Cruise made the movie Eyes Wide Shut with his then wife, Nicole Kidman, they had to reshoot some of their romantic scenes because they weren’t steamy enough.

I ain't surprised lol. I'm sure nobody is.

[wallflower75]

That was pretty good, considering how disastrous last year's In Memoriam was.

[WritinMan]

10 minutes ago, Eureka said:

No chemistry between them at all. The chemistry between Cruise and McGillis in the original was much hotter.

Cruise had more chemistry with the jets than McGillis.

[mojoween]

I was getting big mad that they left out the “A Christmas Story” mom (Melinda Dillon!  It just came to me) and then I see they tacked on “go to our website to see others (we didn’t deem worthy enough to make the broadcast)” and she’s probably there.

Edited March 13, 2023 by mojoween

[Browncoat]

That was less bad than I expected.

[mariah23]

Just now, mojoween said:

I was getting big mad that they left out the “A Christmas Story” mom (Melinda Dillon!  It just came to me) and then I see they tacked on “go to our website to see others (we didn’t seem worthy enough to make the broadcast)” and she’s probably there.

10 to 1 she’s in 2023 TCM Remembers.

[PrincessPurrsALot]

Tasteful and understated in memoriam.  Much better than a train wreck.

[scarynikki12]

EEAAO for Editing!!!!