OSCARS - Acadamy Awards !! - do we even care???

[mobvok]

if you are talking about the animation shorts, three of the 5 were terrible, barely watchable, the Flying Books and an Australian one were good.

The 5 live shorts were all decent.

I wonder what the general market for non-Pixar animation shorts is? A decent amount of box office probably comes from those Oscar compilation shows.

 

[corianderstem]

Okay, never mind.

 

[LemonMelon]

Artist has this locked up all around.

 

[corianderstem]

Meryl is very shiny.

 

[deep]

I wonder what the general market for non-Pixar animation shorts is? A decent amount of box office probably comes from those Oscar compilation shows.

the Australian one was a bit like the pixar style, the other 4 were simple to modest animation. The Flying Books closed big with sentimentality, that even won over a cynic like me.

 

[deep]

a 3 for one award for the old legends ?

yes, we are in a tough economy.

 

[mobvok]

Best Actor, Actress, Picture, and In Memoriam left

 

[corianderstem]

Is that Esmerelda Spalding? That's my best guess.

 

[Lancemc]

Glad that Artist guy got himself a nice statue for poorly recreating things that were great 60 years ago.

 

[LemonMelon]

I keep trying to forget Lumet died.

 

[corianderstem]

Ha!

(Er ... that was for Lance, not laughing at Sydney Lumet's demise.)

 

[Lancemc]

Someone tell me when they ignore the deaths of Theo Angelopoulos and Raoul Ruiz.

 

[LemonMelon]

I laugh every time I look at the Whitney Houston thread, so it's OK.

 

[corianderstem]

It's not right, but it's okay.

 

[mobvok]

She's not CIA, she's a mother looking for her son!

 

[martha]

I'm popping in to say that when Brad Pitt mentioned War of the Gargantuas I went bananas.

 

[LemonMelon]

Why aren't they asking if I like movies?

 

[corianderstem]

Oh hey, Edward Norton, where've you been?

 

[corianderstem]

I'm popping in to say that when Brad Pitt mentioned War of the Gargantuas I went bananas.

I don't know what that is.

Why aren't they asking if I like movies?

Sorry, only famous movie stars get to feel things about movies.

 

[LemonMelon]

Thank you, Billy Crystal, for telling it like it is re: movies.

Good guess, Cori.

 

[corianderstem]

Hey, I was right re the singer!

Also "I've never had any of those feelings" was his funniest line of the night.

Ooh, Swan Lake. Now I'll have that in my head for three days.

 

[mobvok]

Maybe this is a contest for the Best Actress to prove it by trying to sell this fluff job.

 

[LemonMelon]

Natalie Portman is on a first-name basis with everyone.

 

[corianderstem]

So handsome, that Jean.

I hope someone screen-capped that face Gary Oldman just made.

 

[LemonMelon]

Sorry. Brad was terrific in two films this year. Not happy with this choice.

 

[corianderstem]

Eh. I didn't see what the fuss was about for Moneyball or Tree of Life. (Although I liked Moneyball. I just don't see what was so great about it.)

I am happy I watched Moneyball after Tree of Life, so I could let Brad Pitt the regular guy wipe away the memory of Brad Pitt the asshole dad.

 

[Lancemc]

Guy remains a nobody playing Not-James-Bond in mediocre spy movie imitation. Guy wins Academy Award playing Not-Gene Kelly in mediocre silent film/Singin' in the Rain imitation.

 

[corianderstem]

It was Singin' In the Rain + A Star Is Born - Talking. But I loved both him and Ms. Bejo.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Natalie.

 

[Thora]

I can't believe that was Gary Oldman's first nomination!