The Annual Academy Awards Topic

[yowsah1 4.4k]

3 minutes ago, bmoore4026 said:

I wish they wouldn't applaud

Yeah.  I mean... what are they applauding?  That these people died?

[MVFrostsMyPie 11.6k]

That was the dryest my eyes have ever been during an In Memoriam segment.

[Ohwell 41.8k]

11 minutes ago, anna0852 said:

She sounds like she's singing through clenched teeth

She also sounds like she's got a head cold.

[wallflower75 5.2k]

Just now, MVFrostsMyPie said:

That was the dryest my eyes have ever been during an In Memoriam segment.

Yeah.  I mean...usually they include a couple of clips here and there from the big names.  This time around, nothing.

[Browncoat 20.3k]

2 minutes ago, bmoore4026 said:

Did they include Russi Taylor and the actress who played Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

Hard to tell, since half the time they had two people on screen at the same time.

[tennisgurl 79.5k]

This felt more like just another performance instead of a memorial. Too much focus on Billie and not on the people that passed. 

[Irlandesa 23.1k]

4 minutes ago, wallflower75 said:

Do you think...now hear me out...do you think there's a chance that Parasite will win Best Picture??  Or do you think this will be another time where they split Director/Picture?  *fingers crossed*

I was shocked because the the split I've seen predicted was Mendes for director with Parasite winning Picture.  So who knows now?

4 minutes ago, Growsonwalls said:

Ok it didn't take Bong Joon-Ho very long to get real "Hollywood" with the Oscar acceptance speeches. His shout-out to Martin Scorsese was very classy but also very Hollywood.

I am not aTarantino fan but I did like that his support of more obscure (to us) international films.

[ichbin 5.6k]

Just now, Browncoat said:

And I could do without Billie Eilish singing "Yesterday".  Actually, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if they just had a nice instrumental piece instead of any performer.

I found that painful.  I feel like she might have a good voice hidden in there, but what she is doing just puzzles me as to how she is suddenly so big on the scene.  I think the music has held her aloft so far.

[TVFan17 7.8k]

I have nothing against the song "Yesterday" -- I think it's beautiful.  However, I did not like Billie's version at all.  She did the song no favors, nor did the song do her any favors.  Not a good choice for her.

Edited February 10 by TVFan17

[Neeners 5.1k]

You can't be mad about the show being long. It's a given. Like death and taxes.

[Browncoat 20.3k]

Olivia Colman and her horrible dress.

[Jaded 30.0k]

I don't like that they have people singing during the In Memoriam segment either since it takes the attention away from the people who actually died. The instrumental one at the SAG Awards was a lot more moving.

Edited February 10 by Jaded

[wallflower75 5.2k]

I'm a little undecided about the dress, but Olivia Colman kills it with her opening lines!!

[BuckeyeLou 6.5k]

Yikes!  Olivia Colman's dress is so un-attractive!

[bmoore4026 6.8k]

Olivia Coleman killed a Pokemon and made a dress out of it, I see.

[thuganomics85 23.8k]

"Hi, I'm the star of 1917!  I was expecting to be pumped up due to my director winning, but that didn't happen!"

Olivia Colman!  Please don't be too weird around her, Joaquin (spoiler?)!

[ichbin 5.6k]

• Coleman's gown seems inspired by Eeyore.
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[mtlchick 16.2k]

"Last year was the best night of my husband's life."

That's the comment.

[scarynikki12 23.1k]

Olivia is still the best. 

[ebk57 7.6k]

Just now, Browncoat said:

Olivia Colman and her horrible dress.

But she's so charming and funny.  

But yeah, the dress...

[MVFrostsMyPie 11.6k]

1 minute ago, tennisgurl said:

This felt more like just another performance instead of a memorial. Too much focus on Billie and not on the people that passed. 

The bright green hair doesn't help. I'm all for people dying their hair whatever they want, but Billie Eilish's TMJ singing-style, the bright green hair, "Yesterday", the clapping, etc made it a very lackluster tribute.

[GreekGeek 3.7k]

I had forgotten--or didn't realize--some of these folks had died. Catherine Burns, for example--she had one excellent film, Last Summer, and then not much. I still remember her climactic monologue about the senseless death of her mother.

[freddi 1.9k]

3 minutes ago, Artsda said:

Kobe should have been last.

No, his career was not in film.  What happened is tragic, and putting him first acknowledged that.  

[tennisgurl 79.5k]

Come on Academy, we all know that this is going to go late, its like being shocked to discover that it gets dark at night. 

[chitowngirl 10.3k]

I wonder if Kobe was supposed to be last and then they moved him to first because of Kirk?

[Sharpie66 4.4k]

“Winning an Oscar ages you.” Ha!!

I’ve been rewatching Doctor Who season 5, and I am still tripping over the fact that Olivia Coleman had a small role in one episode, and I didn’t recognize her until it was pointed out to me.

[tennisgurl 79.5k]

Olivia Colemans dress isnt my favorite, but she is just so freaking winning I cant be mad. 

[mtlchick 16.2k]

It's Joaquin and his sustainable tuxedo!

 

River is watching you with pride. 

Edited February 10 by mtlchick

[yowsah1 4.4k]

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

[Browncoat 20.3k]

No surprise there, either.  But I still have no desire to see Joker.

[tennisgurl 79.5k]

So damn Joker gets one of the biggies! Does he come out as himself, in character, as Martin Scorsese, what will happen?!

[Artsda 20.7k]

Yay Joaquin!

[Ohwell 41.8k]

Joaquin.  Ho hum.  I've got nothing against him, I won't see the movie, but this was so predictable.

[bmoore4026 6.8k]

Yeah, it was going to go to Joaquin but I was holding out hope for Leo.

But, A COMIC BOOK MOVIE WON SOMETHING AGAIN AND YOU'RE MOVIE HASN'T, SCORSESE!  HA HA HA  HA HA!

[scarynikki12 23.1k]

Joaquin as expected. Three for three in acting. 

[wallflower75 5.2k]

Just now, yowsah1 said:

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

Slumdog Millionaire.

[slowpoked 6.1k]

 

Just now, yowsah1 said:

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

Slumdog Millionaire?

[thuganomics85 23.8k]

And Joaquin wins, of course.  First for him and the second for the Joker character itself!

With respect to Adam Driver's talents, all those clips just made me think "Yeah, that's how Kylo Ren would probably act if he was getting divorced."

I do want to see Pain & Glory though.  Antonino Banderas seems to be doing a good job there.

[tennisgurl 79.5k]

Time for another session of "Is Joaquin doing ok?" 

[mariah23 1.0k]

1 minute ago, yowsah1 said:

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

Grand Hotel was one.

[Growsonwalls 19.8k]

Oh dear. Joaquin's speech is the kind of rambling SJW thing that he can't really pull off. As I said before, I don't know whether he's just really weird or really good at acting weird.

[Sharpie66 4.4k]

1 minute ago, yowsah1 said:

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

Return of the King

[Fukui San 4.1k]

Just now, slowpoked said:

 

Slumdog Millionaire?

LOL. Hmm....  I wonder what else those two movies have in common?

[Snow Apple 7.4k]

I didn't even recognize Yesterday in the beginning since Billie sang it in her usual monotone mumble. What should have been sad (I usually shed a tear or two), annoyed me instead.

Edited February 10 by Snow Apple

[thuganomics85 23.8k]

Joaquin doing what he can to see if he can get this sucker running to midnight.  You can do it, buddy!

[mojoween 34.2k]

Joaquin should have won for Walk the Line.

[bmoore4026 6.8k]

1 minute ago, tennisgurl said:

Time for another session of "Is Joaquin doing ok?" 

He's clearing a blockage.

[mtlchick 16.2k]

And...(mutes.)  Was this moment sponsored by PETA? 

[freddi 1.9k]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

Oh dear. Joaquin's speech is the kind of rambling SJW thing that he can't really pull off. As I said before, I don't know whether he's just really weird or really good at acting weird.

This is not acting.  This is his credo. 

[Steph J 11.6k]

2 minutes ago, yowsah1 said:

It would be weird if PARASITE got Best Picture with no acting nominations whatsoever. Has any other Best Picture movie ever done that?

Off the top of my head: Slumdog Millionaire and The Last Emperor