80th Academy Awards Thread

[Keno]

I haven't slept since Friday night. And I still cry when I listen to her speech.

holy shit you cried at someone accepting an award, and award for music no less.

I'm sorry, I didn't see anywhere in the laws of man that there was something wrong with that.

I'm so glad they won best song in a movie... but that was pretty classless of them to play her off the stage before she even got to open her mouth. Kudos to Jon Stewart for calling her back out, because it was the right thing to do.

If you think it was Jon's call to bring her back out you're sorely mistaken. Also, they didn't purposely play her off early; they thought that her male counterpart was going to give the acceptance speech for both of them. Honest mistake.

Oh my God, not knowing that it wasn't Jon's call and that they didn't do it on purpose makes me a horrible person!!! What an honest mistake to make!

I'm sorry, where in my post did I say that you're a horrible person? You are however a dumb person for thinking that the emcee is actually running the show. Not a horrible person though. And I was calling the band's mistake honest, not yours.

[Correction]

Please stop shitting up the thread.

Maybe it's the codeine talking but I liked these Oscars. All these violent movies won multiple awards and most of the time the acceptance speeches were genuine. The only one that really bugged me was Daniel Day Lewis. I couldn't help but cringe as he waxed poetic about golden saplings.

[Keno]

Please stop shitting up the thread.

Maybe it's the codeine talking but I liked these Oscars. All these violent movies won multiple awards and most of the time the acceptance speeches were genuine. The only one that really bugged me was Daniel Day Lewis. I couldn't help but cringe as he waxed poetic about golden saplings.

Yeah I thought they were particularly good this year as well. I thought it was hilarious when that woman won for supporting actress and then started ripping on Clooney, haha. They must be really good friends... or she has a death wish.

[Martinius]

'once' was the highlight for me, tho ironically, for anyone who has seen the film, if i had been behind the folks picking, i would've chosen 'when your mind is made up' instead of 'falling slowly.' but then again, the soundtrack to 'once'(and the whole film) reminds me of a friend who once said during a discussion of a song on a simon and garfunkel album(he said the song 'cloudy' was the weakest song on PSR&T), 'it's like the worst blowjob you ever got. you still got a blowjob.' they could've picked any song from that movie and i think it would've won, or at least should've won.

and i fucking love the fact that glen played his beat to shit guitar that he not only used in the movie, but he's had since he was a teenager. it reminded me of the rollins band performing at the grammys many many years ago and the entire band wore tuxedos, but henry was still barefoot.

i also thought it was really cool that the version of falling slowly that they performed was closer to the version that appears on the frames'(glen hansard's band) album 'the cost.' the version that is on the soundtrack to once is just glen and marketa + strings, and in the film its just the two of them.

oh, and as for the tilda swinton winning despite a small role, i haven't seen michael clayton yet, but it's on my list. that said, anthony hopkins won best actor for 'silence of the lambs,' a two and a half hour film in which he appeared for a mere 36 minutes. also, in 1998, judi dench won best supporting actress for 'shakespeare in love' and was only in the movie for 8 minutes. oh, and i didn't go OCD and count those, someone on imdb did lol.

[kuronosan]

I'm sorry, where in my post did I say that you're a horrible person? You are however a dumb person for thinking that the emcee is actually running the show. Not a horrible person though. And I was calling the band's mistake honest, not yours.

Um, I fail to see how I'm a dumbass for not knowing something about a show that I never usually watch (not to mention I don't really watch popular television at all with the exception of Heroes).

Ignorant, sure. Dumb? Go fuck yourself three ways from Tuesday and quit shitting up the thread.

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oh, and as for the tilda swinton winning despite a small role, i haven't seen michael clayton yet, but it's on my list. that said, anthony hopkins won best actor for 'silence of the lambs,' a two and a half hour film in which he appeared for a mere 36 minutes. also, in 1998, judi dench won best supporting actress for 'shakespeare in love' and was only in the movie for 8 minutes. oh, and i didn't go OCD and count those, someone on imdb did lol.

Halle Berry won her Oscar for letting Billy Bob fuck her like a whore for extended scenes. Funny what sticks in the voters' minds

[thestalkmore]

I'm sorry, where in my post did I say that you're a horrible person? You are however a dumb person for thinking that the emcee is actually running the show. Not a horrible person though. And I was calling the band's mistake honest, not yours.

Um, I fail to see how I'm a dumbass for not knowing something about a show that I never usually watch (not to mention I don't really watch popular television at all with the exception of Heroes).

Ignorant, sure. Dumb? Go fuck yourself three ways from Tuesday and quit shitting up the thread.

Ignorant and dumb.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Tilda Swinton was the main antagonist in Michael Clayton...

And as for letting the chick from once back up, we don't know who caused it to happen. The director has the final say but it could have easily been Jon's suggestion or insistence.

[Bwelch]

Tilda Swinton was the main antagonist in Michael Clayton...

And as for letting the chick from once back up, we don't know who caused it to happen. The director has the final say but it could have easily been Jon's suggestion or insistence.

I loved Tilda Swinton in Constantine.

[Jefe]

Well, it appears I got most of the important ones correct. Frankly, I don't know the woman who won best actress. The Tilda woman from Michael Clayton was like in 3 scenes that I can remember. The old lady from American Gangster (who I chose, btw) was like in 1 scene longer than 5 min.

Go see No Country for Old Men if you haven't seen it.

[Keno]

I'm sorry, where in my post did I say that you're a horrible person? You are however a dumb person for thinking that the emcee is actually running the show. Not a horrible person though. And I was calling the band's mistake honest, not yours.

Um, I fail to see how I'm a dumbass for not knowing something about a show that I never usually watch (not to mention I don't really watch popular television at all with the exception of Heroes).

Ignorant, sure. Dumb? Go fuck yourself three ways from Tuesday and quit shitting up the thread.

Shitting up the thread? My first comment to you was purely informative and benign as hell and you quipped back with some sarcastic comment. You're the one shitting up the thread, poophead.

I loved Tilda Swinton in Constantine.

Yeah, I thought that was the best role she's ever played. I was voicing the same opinion to my friends last night during the show and they were like, "WTF is Constantine?" lol

[Anyway]

Well, it appears I got most of the important ones correct. Frankly, I don't know the woman who won best actress. The Tilda woman from Michael Clayton was like in 3 scenes that I can remember. The old lady from American Gangster (who I chose, btw) was like in 1 scene longer than 5 min.

Go see No Country for Old Men if you haven't seen it.

Ruby Dee did do a great job in American Gangster. I remember watching it thinking my grandma would act the same exact way, to the mannerisms, to the way she spoke.

[Keno]

Well, it appears I got most of the important ones correct. Frankly, I don't know the woman who won best actress. The Tilda woman from Michael Clayton was like in 3 scenes that I can remember. The old lady from American Gangster (who I chose, btw) was like in 1 scene longer than 5 min.

Go see No Country for Old Men if you haven't seen it.

Ruby Dee did do a great job in American Gangster. I remember watching it thinking my grandma would act the same exact way, to the mannerisms, to the way she spoke.

The way she says, "I'll leave you" in that scene they showed really irks me. And you can tell by the look on her face after they showed the clip that she also felt it was a spot of bad acting.

[Kuya]

Marion Cotillard deserved that award. To anyone who hasn't seen La Vie En Rose, if you like emotional movies i'd suggest watching this one, the end was great. It was such a great movie.