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Official 81st Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) Thread

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Nik2 said:
Oh I forgot about WALL-E. I mean, if Slumdog had to lose Score, yes, I would want it to lose to WALL-E. I just don't think Slumdog was undeserving in that area at all.

Totally agree with you though that Costume Designers shouldn't be voting on Best Screenplay etc.

Also, can we mention again how fucking hot Dustin Lance Black is?? Wow. He also gave one of the very best speeches at the Oscars ever! What a sweetheart.
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Yeah those factors definitely made it OK that Wall-E didn't win the screenplay award that it should've. Let me just say it was such a great speech. When he was done one my friends was like "Wow, that was a really really good speech." And we all like looked at her in unison and were like "Well he is a WRITER."
 
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Also to note with Sean Penn's victory tonight, Oscar has continued it's love of the leading male biopic
 
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I didnt make it!!!! aaaaaaaa

I m glad i was able to catch up with all ur messages tho

well Slumdog was clearly the winner of yesterday's oscars..

I have to agree with nik on the fact that Dark knight is overrated due to the fact that heath ledger died..
The movie was OK but thats about it
If it really won the oscars for the reason falconfan said well i understand better .. but still

too bad i didnt get the chance to spend the evening with all of u ! ;)
 
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well thks nik ;)


Well it was a great speech dustin did last nite... he deserves an oscar just for that speech...

well now that u have a new celeb husband i guess ronaldo is free ?? !!! ahahaha lol
 
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Oh well, i'll stay alone in that virtual world lool
You are a busy man ;) lol


oh and i forgot
I was glad for Benjamin Button. The movie deserved the visual effect & makeup oscars
 
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The Academy sucks!!! I still can't believe what they did to Mickey Rourke. Sometimes the political rightness of the Academy voters makes me sick.
 
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Paxton said:
The Academy sucks!!! I still can't believe what they did to Mickey Rourke. Sometimes the political rightness of the Academy voters makes me sick.
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Exactly. Mickey Rourke was robbed. Big time.
 
Re: Academy Awards, Oscar Winners LEAKED!

So glad this turned out to be a fraud.

Maybe Price-Waterhouse should handle presidential elelections.
 
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Oh come on it's not like the Crash debacle. Mickey Rourke gave an amazing performance but so did Sean Penn. Either of them really could've stepped away with the top prize. I personally preferred Sean Penn and am glad that he won.
 
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falconfan said:
Oh come on it's not like the Crash debacle. Mickey Rourke gave an amazing performance but so did Sean Penn. Either of them really could've stepped away with the top prize. I personally preferred Sean Penn and am glad that he won.
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It's funny that you mentioned "Crash" because these are the same voters who ignored "Brokeback mountain" four years ago and opted for a less controversial film like "Crash" instead.

Now it's happening the same thing but in reverse: They are ignoring an outstanding performance like the one gave by Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" in order to fit into the new politically correct context of equal rights for gays and lesbian.

Is it me, or the Oscars were supposed to be an award to celebrate artistic merits instead of politicals one?
 
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Paxton said:
It's funny that you mentioned "Crash" because these are the same voters who ignored "Brokeback mountain" four years ago and opted for a less controversial film like "Crash" instead.

Now it's happening the same thing but in reverse: They are ignoring an outstanding performance like the one gave by Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" in order to fit into the new politically correct context of equal rights for gays and lesbian.

Is it me, or the Oscars were supposed to be an award to celebrate artistic merits instead of politicals one?
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And what's to say artistic merit doesn't encompass political statement? Rod Sterling's stunningly brilliant Twilight Zone episodes always come off as wildly more creative and artistic when one chooses to view them through the lens of the Cold War as does the absolutely underrated and magnifiscent Zamyatin novel We shine so much brighter when one realizes it's a critique on the oncoming onslaught of totalitarianism. Would Wall-E's musings on environmentalism and consumerism be as poignant if we weren't in a time when we were simulatneously ignoring environmental struggle and being bombarded by the capitalist motto of 'buy more.'

The movie is a reflection of the times and even something like Slumdog's feelgood ending only resonates as loudly as it does because of our Shirley Templesque escapism. Does one not wonder why at a time when thousands grapple with mounting debt the tale of a man who cares more about love than money is what has captured our hearts and minds? Film, and art in general, is not produced in a vacuum and for you to say that art and political statement are two undeniably seperate entities is clearly an opinion. One that neither I nor apparently the academy members share.

That being said I think the political undertones apply more to the 'best picture' and 'best screenplay' than the actual acting. Nonethelss you shouldn't hold the fact the film was topical against the actors in it.
 
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I thought the ceremony was great. The way they presented the actor categories was a nice touch, very personal. Could be nice to see that every year as long as they don't get the same 5 presenters every year. Some of the fun was getting to see the old winners. And some of the speeches by the old presenters were pretty heartfelt (some...ehh). I liked how they did the technical awards too. I usually find those pretty boring, but they spiced them up a little. Anyway, overall a very good way to make a very predictable show (as far as awards) nice to watch.
No real big surprises, IMO. The Slumdog sweep reminded me of when Lord of the Rings dominated several years ago. Heath had his win from the moment they announced his nomination. The winner and the academy would've gotten hell if he hadn't won, deservedly or not. No doubt Phillip Seymour Hoffman will be back, maybe Robert Downey Jr will, and I don't know enough about the other two to judge.
 
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falconfan said:
And what's to say artistic merit doesn't encompass political statement? Rod Sterling's stunningly brilliant Twilight Zone episodes always come off as wildly more creative and artistic when one chooses to view them through the lens of the Cold War as does the absolutely underrated and magnifiscent Zamyatin novel We shine so much brighter when one realizes it's a critique on the oncoming onslaught of totalitarianism. Would Wall-E's musings on environmentalism and consumerism be as poignant if we weren't in a time when we were simulatneously ignoring environmental struggle and being bombarded by the capitalist motto of 'buy more.'

The movie is a reflection of the times and even something like Slumdog's feelgood ending only resonates as loudly as it does because of our Shirley Templesque escapism. Does one not wonder why at a time when thousands grapple with mounting debt the tale of a man who cares more about love than money is what has captured our hearts and minds? Film, and art in general, is not produced in a vacuum and for you to say that art and political statement are two undeniably seperate entities is clearly an opinion. One that neither I nor apparently the academy members share.

That being said I think the political undertones apply more to the 'best picture' and 'best screenplay' than the actual acting. Nonethelss you shouldn't hold the fact the film was topical against the actors in it.
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What an extensive illustration of worthy facts.

Thanks for taking the time to write them, but I guess you didn't quite understand what I was trying to express.

I'm not denying the cultural impact of a movie like "MILK", if that's what's worrying your mind. All I was trying to do was to make a point based only on the specific weight of the performances. I have nothing to say against the actors because they're only a small part of the Hollywood machinery, but I do have a lot to say about the way their performances are being judged based on the convenience of the message they want to deliver to the audiences.

And about the election of "Slumdog millionaire" as Best Picture, I'm sure nobody will care for this movie in five years from now, but a masterpiece like "The curious case of Benjamin Button" will be treasured for the generations to come because its story is so unversal that is meant to trascend the tribulations of a specific time.
 
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Paxton said:
Is it me, or the Oscars were supposed to be an award to celebrate artistic merits instead of politicals one?
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Actually, the Oscars were invented to satiate the working class film crews, who were poorly paid among other things. The Oscars were there to distract them with a sense of appreciation.
 
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I couldnt believe some of the awards Slumdog won. Cinematography? Its about as cinematic as an episode of The Bill.

A glorified TV movie wins more Oscars than The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Chinatown, and LA Confidential combined? Depressing!
 
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Just saw Slumdog Millionaire this evening and thought it pretty ordinary. (and the music was dreadful). Salaam Bombay was a much better Indian streetkids film.

Glad Sean Penn won. I didn't really know anything much about the Harvey Milk story but found the film fascinating and very moving. The parallels with all that Prop 8 nonsense are frightening. (It also has my favourite end credit moment of the year. There is one character listed simply as 'gay man'. That's like Happy Feet listing one as 'penguin'.

Going to see The Reader tomorrow. Will be intersting to compare with Doubt as I thought Meryl Streep was fantastic in that.
 
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Ratings were up 10%, so hopefully we see more of this in the future. I hope other shows don't start to copy it, which I'm sure they will.
 
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This was a very good telecast (with the annoying exception of the roaming cameria during the "In Memoriam" segment, when you couldn't read the various screens).

I like the multiple-presenter concept on the top awards of the evening.

Jackson did a much better job than I expected.

The pace of the show was good. I liked how they bundled certain categories.

Jerry Lewis managed not to irritate me too much.

The celebration of the Hollywood Musical was pretty bad...bloated so that the camera didn't know what to follow...and they were changing songs so fast that I got no enjoyment out of it.

Glad to see Penn and Winslet win.

I liked the more intimate format....does anyone remember how bad it was that year when the "smaller" awards like visual, costumes, etc, were presented in the aisles, so that winners could not go onstage and just accepted at a mic in the aisles...how long ago was that?
 
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Sammie13 said:
The pace of the show was good. I liked how they bundled certain categories.

I liked the more intimate format....does anyone remember how bad it was that year when the "smaller" awards like visual, costumes, etc, were presented in the aisles, so that winners could not go onstage and just accepted at a mic in the aisles...how long ago was that?
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I thought those smaller categories worked very well this year. The winners got their moment like everybody else, but we didn't have the breaks in between them and having the same person do 2 or 3 made them flow faster.
 
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