The Annual Academy Awards - General Discussion

[Praskovia]

I like tattoos if they're done well but damn, Whoopi and her daughter have some trashy tattoos. They ruin the dresses.

[bmoore4026]

If it were up to me, every Oscars opening ceremony would be a chorus dressed up like Pre-French Revolution Versailles Times, singing a song set to "The Ascot Gavotte" from <b>My Fair Lady</I> whilst clips from <I>Movie 43</I>, <I>Cloud Atlas</I>, <I>Jupiter Ascending</I>, and various other bad movies and justifiable bombs played on screen.

[elzin]

Um... are the Oscars keeping track of House Points at Hogwarts now?

[ABay]

Eventually I'll get around to seeing Trumbo and Spotlight but so far the only nominated film I've seen is Bridge of Spies. I'm just here for the potential disasters and hot messes.

[CherryMalotte]

Gee, I kinda liked the opening montage...there must be something wrong with me.

[ebk57]

wait, did mark just call the lack of diversity a "liberal" issue?

 

I was a big fan of Mark's before I saw him on Bill Maher the other night...

[bmoore4026]

Now some chocolate for the marshmallows

[Ohwell]

Chris Rock looks good in that white tux.

[Fostersmom]

I cannot say I am too excited for Chris Rock. I always feel like he is yelling at me.

 

Don't worry, since he's the host he's bound to get about 20 minutes of screen time out of the whole 18 hours.

[bmoore4026]

Dark but kind of funny

[Avaleigh]

Wait, Sidney Poitier won in 1963, didn't he? Lol. 

 

ETA: Movie was made in 1963 he won in '64. 

Edited February 29, 2016 by Avaleigh

[ebk57]

Taking no prisoners

[mariah23]

Wait, Sidney Poitier won in 1963, didn't he? Lol.

Yes

[Umbelina]

Chris Rock is handling this really well.

[ABay]

Yes, the decades got a bit confused there. Sidney Poitier was, of course, the only African American working in film until the late 1970s. It's a fact!

Edited February 29, 2016 by ABay

[Browncoat]

I'm digging Chris Rock.

[Quickbeam]

Chris is killing it.

[bmoore4026]

"This is Wanda Sykes 18th Black Oscar" :D

[bluwater]

I LOL'ed so hard at the Jada/Rhianna joke! He is doing great right now....

Edited February 29, 2016 by bluwater

[Fostersmom]

Wanda Sykes!

[ByaNose]

Jada wasn't invited. Word!

[Fostersmom]

His lapels are bugging me, they make the jacket look inside out.

[Avaleigh]

Stallone looked like he desperately wanted to roll his eyes. 

[elzin]

Well, I think if they make another Madgascar movie, there's not gonna be a lot of hippo/zebra love.

[KaveDweller]

Did people just cheer at Chris Rock's, "Yes, Hollywood is racist"?

[AimingforYoko]

Did people just cheer at Chris Rock's, "Yes, Hollywood is racist"?

To quote Mayor Quimby, "You uh, don't need to applaud that."

[bmoore4026]

Well, the stand up is over.  Now on to the awards

[wallflower75]

Loved the monologue--but I now have this image of George Clooney wearing a lime green tux with a swan coming out of his butt.  Thanks for that.

[Fostersmom]

Did someone drug these two?

[Chrissytd]

I loved some parts of the monologue.

Edited February 29, 2016 by Chrissytd

[Misslindsey]

 

I now have this image of George Clooney wearing a lime green tux with a swan coming out of his butt.  Thanks for that.

Now that is all I want to see!

[Browncoat]

Y'know, I wouldn't put it past Clooney to do just that sometime. 

[Guest]

Do they always do this with screenplay (reading the script direction)?  Its annoying as hell.

Edited February 29, 2016 by ParadoxLost

[Misslindsey]

Yay Spotlight! My favorite movie this year.

[random chance]

Wow that monologue! Killed it!

[Browncoat]

Yay, Spotlight!  I really liked that movie a lot.

[bmoore4026]

And it goes to the one that isn't sci-fi or a cartoon.  Boo!

[AimingforYoko]

And the writer for The Cobbler wins an Oscar!

[Avaleigh]

I don't love her hair tonight but I think Charlize looks great. Love the necklace. 

[KaveDweller]

Do they always do this with screenplay (reading the script direction)?  Its annoying as hell.

 

They've done it sometimes and sometimes don't. They tend to switch up how they make (or don't make) the writing categories interesting.

[mansonlamps]

No the as screenplay thing was new.

[Fostersmom]

What the hell was that play off music?

[lovemytvshows]

YAAAS Spotlight! Woo!

[Ohwell]

I knew some of these asshole winners would just ignore the thank you scrolls and thank people anyway.

[Avaleigh]

I was hoping Ex-Machina would win. 

[AimingforYoko]

I have no interest in The Huntsman2, but with both Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, I might have to see it.

[StatMom]

I thought the scroll of names was to get rid of people listing names in their speech.

[Browncoat]

Shut up Ryan and Russell.

[mansonlamps]

Go Big Short!

[Snow Apple]

I liked the beginning of the monologue but it went on and on. Wasn't there anything else to make fun of? It's Hollywood after all.