The Oscars thread

[Karma]

Who won what & your opinions

 

[Darth Caedus]

It's funny, people wonder why all these actors have huge egos. All you have to do is watch this show and totally understand why.

 

[The Craw]

if clooney wins over the rest of his competition then something is seriously F'D up. the guy isnt an actor he's a talker. he is the exact same character in every movie he is in. just acts like rico suave without any emotion or other acting talent and everyone loves him.

 

[The ill Jedi]

As long as Daniel Day Lewis wins for There Will Be Blood and Juno wins for anything, I'll be happy.

 

[Entropy]

Hopefully I'll win my work's Oscar pool again this year.
My predictions:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Julie Christie - Away From Her

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Counterfeiters (Austria)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Ratatouille

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - La Vie en Rose

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli - Atonement

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Falling Slowly" - Once
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
I Met the Walrus

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
At Night

 

[SSC_Nerd]

Can't say I've cared much for the Oscars since the year LOTR won so many awards. It's just that nothing has really interested me much.

 

[The Josh]

Can't say I've cared much for the Oscars since the year LOTR won so many awards. It's just that nothing has really interested me much.

That's how I've felt about the Oscars as a show.

 

[Darth Caedus]

As long as Daniel Day Lewis wins for There Will Be Blood and Juno wins for anything, I'll be happy.

Feel the same. If Day-Lewis loses, it will be travesty of galactic proportions

 

[carbo-fation]

I for one hope that D. Lewis doesn't win an Oscar. I really didn't like his performance in There Will Be Blood.

 

[Darth Caedus]

I for one hope that D. Lewis doesn't win an Oscar. I really didn't like his performance in There Will Be Blood.

WHAAAA, serious? what didn't you like about it. He was just amazing

 

[Mesa]

I hate the political statements that I guess Hollywood feels is a requirement as part of the show. It's only been on for ~30 minutes here, but Jon Stewart already made a joke about the war, which was fine. But wait till you get someone like Sean Penn accepting an award. I say, keep your party lines to yourself in a public forum like the Oscars.

 

[Darth Caedus]

I hate the political statements that I guess Hollywood feels is a requirement as part of the show. It's only been on for ~30 minutes here, but Jon Stewart already made a joke about the war, which was fine. But wait till you get someone like Sean Penn accepting an award. I say, keep your party lines to yourself in a public forum like the Oscars.

that is true, BUT, Jon Stewart made fun of each side, normally, the idiotic liberal actors won't.

 

[Mesa]

Funny, the Rock, while presenting award for visual effects, just said something like "... a certain 8-year old boy who suffered from nightmares who thought the face melting scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark was very real..."

I think I just made a similar comment in an Indy thread a few days ago.

 

[Darth Caedus]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, the old french lady that won raised her arms up and didn't shave her pits

 

[darthviper107]

Wait, wait. I just checked the Oscars Yahoo page and it looks like it's got some winners up---Did Golden Compass really win Visual Effects?


If so, I will never, ever, ever watch the Oscars--never did before, never will.

 

[CAhobbit]

Wait, wait. I just checked the Oscars Yahoo page and it looks like it's got some winners up---Did Golden Compass really win Visual Effects?


If so, I will never, ever, ever watch the Oscars--never did before, never will.

Yeah it did. I was surprised myself. I thought "Transformers" was the better nominee to win.

 

[NSFolsom]

Wait, wait. I just checked the Oscars Yahoo page and it looks like it's got some winners up---Did Golden Compass really win Visual Effects?


If so, I will never, ever, ever watch the Oscars--never did before, never will.

Yep. Sorry, Transformers!

Oh and here...

 

[Entropy]

Yeah Golden Compass was a surprise. I'm not doing so hot. 4/8

 

[darthviper107]

I guess it's beyond the Oscars to believe that rigid objects can be just as difficult to make as organic objects.

 

[hydrobud]

i would have voted for josh brolin as best actor