"Official" Academy Awards Thread!

[MoonRiver]

I just loved Argo and Lincoln. Didn't see the other major films, but I will at a later date.

[postulater]

1. I'm wearing Jockey tonight. Who are you wearing?

[Cleita]

2. Track suit by that fabulous designer, Idunno. n/t

[WolverineDG]

10. Ripped jeans & a t shirt

downing a 7 up & wings

[llmart]

45. Tar-jay......

p.j.'s.

[Cleita]

3. Who is that tiny blond lady with the squeaky voice?

I know I have seen her on some shows, but she's making all those actresses look like Amazons when she stands next to them.

[oregonjen]

5. Kristen Chenoweth?

[Cleita]

16. I'm glad she didn't interview Adele.

She would have gotten lost in there.

[Ilsa]

62. She did. It just didn't look right.

Adele was wearing really tall heels that put her over 6'. She looked like a Valkyrie next to Kristen Cheniweth.

[Cleita]

75. I did see her interview Queen Latifah.

Poor Kristen just disappeared.

[one_voice]

6. Kristin Chenoweth..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155693/



She's only 4 ft 11, I think that's what she said.

[CTyankee]

18. I know, poor Adele...she looked like a giant next to her. It was unfair...

[Cleita]

20. Oh, I didn't see that.

Yeah, Adele is a bit of a big girl.

[WCGreen]

37. My kinda gal, that Adele....

[elleng]

58. Pretty talented Kristen Chenoweth "Wicked"

[sfpcjock]

4. Nicole Kidman has to wash her hair

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. ARGO was amazing.

Haven't seen Les Mis (screen version) or Lincoln yet though. I heard Lincoln was incredible from an acting/directing perspective, but not much in the writing/storyline arena.

[MoonRiver]

12. Les Mis was wonderful also, but not up to the other two, IMHO. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. I saw the original Les Mis live on Broadway back in the 80s

Kinda shying away from the screen version because I remember it too well. I went to a showing in Florida in the 90s and it was awful.

Kinda like reading the book and finding out the movie sucked - but I never read the original Les Mis, so Broadway is my yardstick on it.

[dflprincess]

59. Argo was ok but I didn't like the way it downplayed the risks the Canadians took

Some of our allies refused to help.

Though it wasn't as bad at ignoring history as that movie a few years ago that made it appear the U.S. not the British had captured the Enigma machine.

[TeamPooka]

94. U-571 is the film to which you refer and my favorite part of that movie...(spoiler warning)

is when Jon Bon Jovi gets "shot through the heart"

[VanillaRhapsody]

8. I'm wearing Forever Lazy and crumbs....

[Siwsan]

9. I'm wearing fur, courtesy of two very lazy cats

If you are going to wear fur, I suggest it be warm and breathing.

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Heh.

I like how you said that! Mine is half in my lap and half across my arm to where I am typing with one hand so as not to wake her.

[MoonRiver]

26. Yes, that is the only acceptable way!

[WolverineDG]

11. The two best dresses IMO

one worn by one of the film student presenters & also Robin Roberts.

Can we finally put a stake in the bare shoulder trend? and colorless dresses?

[sfpcjock]

14. Roberts looks really well

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. I always look at the dresses.

To see what looks classy and what looks plain damn weird.

I saw Lincoln and Life of Pi.




The most gorgeous dress I've ever seen at the Oscars when Oprah was there. She may have been up for an Oscar that year. It was a Bob Mackie. Slinky black knit, a deep V neck and lots of silver and silver blue bugle beads on the neck and shoulders. Very flattering.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

17. Recording and flipping back and forth from Walking Dead - oh and ...

will be watching this thread during Walking Dead also.

Thanks MoonRiver!

[MoonRiver]

19. You're welcome sweetie!

[sfpcjock]

22. Bobby DeNiro could have had a "lil' bit" of work done, but noooooo.

[JaneyVee]

23. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK!

[MoonRiver]

25. I MUST see that film!

[loyalsister]

31. After seeing it and rooting for everyone in it

I can't help but root for them to get the Oscar. Such a good movie and so very REAL.

[sfpcjock]

24. Christopher Plummer always looks like he's 50

[WinkyDink]

27. Mr. Perpetually Handsome.

[Archae]

34. Even with an eyepatch bolted on?

(That's the Klingon General Chang from Star Trek 6.)

[WinkyDink]

36. Well, I kinda meant in real life...........

[WolverineDG]

28. Sock puppets doing "Flight"

[HappyMe]

89. That was hilarious.

[Skidmore]

29. Was that Cheney in the audience when they were showing a clip of Argo?

I guess it was Alan Arkin, but he sure looked like Cheney for a second.

[MoonRiver]

30. Oh no, I wanted Tommy Lee Jones to get Best Supporting Actor!

[Skidmore]

32. Me too.

I'm not a big fan of Tarantino's work.

[mucifer]

35. me to

[liberalhistorian]

80. I know, that was extremely disappointing.

I don't care for Waltz, and I cannot stand Tarantino and his "work." I've never, ever, ever understood his appeal and I never will. It makes me sick that he won original screenplay also, while Lincoln hardly won anything and it actually deserved to win everything it was nominated for. I turned the tv off during his acceptance speech. Jones deserved it.

All in all, this was a very disappointing Oscar night and I've watched every year for over thirty years now.

[TuxedoKat]

88. Agree

with you on Tarantino. I don't like his movies either. It was definitely a strange year for the Oscars.

[trailmonkee]

33. where is kanye west when you need him

[fadedrose]

38. Life of PI

[siligut]

48. The visual effects were amazing

And Life of Pi also won for cinematography, both richly deserved.

I read the book and loved it and the movie was not a disappointment.

[fadedrose]

72. I goofed, had to edit....

PI got best director, and I assumed wrongly that best director was the same as best picture...go figure.

If that Chinese director directed PI, he no doubt deserved it. The other directors all worked with humans, not tigers.

[liberalhistorian]

81. Ang Lee did a great job with "Pi", a very difficult

film to direct. He seems to thrive on directing difficult films and doing them well, since he also directed Brokeback Mountain and did a fantastic job with it, which not many directors could do.

[WinkyDink]

39. Here's a less than thrilled live blog:

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/

[global1]

40. I'm Sorry But This Oscar Show Is Sucking....

I expected a lot more out of McFarland. The show is kinda boring.

[fadedrose]

44. Post #39 posted above has a link that agrees with you...worth looking at...

[MFM008]

49. he looks uncomfortable

and nervous. Hes ok and he can sing.

[Control-Z]

71. Everything else (minus the poorly performed

dances at the beginning) has been comparatively "great", imo. He won't be back. And Hathaway is most likely snickering.

[liberalhistorian]

83. I hate to say it, but I definitely agree.

I've watched every year for over thirty years, and this definitely ranks as one of the worst, what a disappointment.

I realize the Academy is run by old, stodgy white guys, but they have GOT to start changing some things and spicing up others, or they will lose the next generation, period. And they've been told this for years and have not done much about it. They still insist on stupid, clunky dance numbers and including a ton of boring awards, clustering them all together so that the only awards people really care about come at the very beginning and at the very end.

I was even disappointed in the In Memoriam section, something I never have a problem with. They left out a LOT of really good people this year, which is inexcusable.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

41. I haven't watched the Oscars in years. When did the hosting get so bad? Seth McFarland seems wayyyyy

over his head, the direction is very choppy and disjointed, the jokes flat and lackluster, boring show so far. I'm sitting here feeling embarassed for the presenters. The whole bit with how bad the reviewers are going to be tomorrow seems very phophetic. "I saw your boobs...?" how sophomoric. Just ain't feeling it, time to find something else to watch. I'll catch the Cliff Notes version later.

[oregonjen]

43. The boobs number was in poor taste

It was uncomfortable watching the close-ups of the women mentioned and a lot of them were not amused.
Seth McFarland reminds me of Peter Brady of the Brady Bunch.

[loyalsister]

50. As was the John Wilkes Booth joke

I haven't seen much of him because I lost love for SNL long ago, but now that I have I'm not impressed. He does kind of look like Peter.

[nobodyspecial]

51. Umm...

He was on SNL as a host but not as a player.

[llmart]

55. He's terrible!

I turned it off.

[loyalsister]

57. Seee I said I stopped watching

Regardless. He is a rotten host.

[fishwax]

54. he's not an SNL guy

He hosted an episode this season, but as far as I know that was his only association with the show. He made his name in animation, especially as creator of The Family Guy.

[glinda]

78. He was surprisingly good on SNL

[tavernier]

56. Since I'm not a fan of Family Guy

and I thought Ted was disgusting, I'm not a fan of this guy. I enjoy off color humor, but it has to be funny.

[liberalhistorian]

84. I agree, that was in poor taste and it was uncomfortable.

I also thought that whole routine with Sally Field was in really poor taste and uncomfortable also.

[OldDem2012]

42. Apparently, this is movie night at the White House....

https://mobile.twitter.com/BarackObama/status/305832039184207872/photo/1

[sfpcjock]

46. Shirley Bassey killed it for Boehnerfinger. Wow!

[WinkyDink]

47. Shirley Bassey is 76 years old. Adele only wishes.

[abelenkpe]

52. Life of Pi!

[fadedrose]

73. Me & You know how to pick'em....:)

[MADem]

53. FLIGHT was first-rate. SKYFALL was surprisingly fun.

ARGO wasn't perfect, but it held your interest and kept you on the edge of your seat--I very much enjoyed it.

TED was hilarious (it's up for best song, I know...).

LINCOLN was a tour-de-force!

You want to show BRAVE to your children and grandchildren!

Amazing how many films are "one word" this year!!!

[Ilsa]

60. Finally, an Oscar for Skyfall.

They tied for one in Sound Editing. Skyfall received a number of nominations, including cinematography, a mention very much deserved.

I can't help it, I like seeing a variety of winners.

[TheDebbieDee]

61. Anne Hathaway is wearing the ugliest dress in Oscar history.......

Congrats, Anne!

[WinkyDink]

63. Not hardly!

[TheDebbieDee]

65. Okay. So, Anne Hathaway is wearing the SECOND ugliest dress in Oscar history!

[UTUSN]

66. She's growing on me. CanNOT believe she didn't mention her mother who played the same role!1

How often does THAT happen, a parent playing the role before -- something to be NOTED, at least?!1 A critic said she has not managed to deliver a graceful acceptance speech in all of the previous wins, and this was no exception, a list of names, albeit adoring of the spouse. But as I reconsider, to me this might mean she's a born-in-the-trunk, not a surface, type. But really, the mother?!1

[liberalhistorian]

85. Who is

her mother???

[UTUSN]

86. Kate McCauley HATHAWAY, not that I knew who she was before

*************QUOTE*************

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/13/anne-hathaway-mom-kate_n_2469367.html

[font size=5]Anne Hathaway's Mom: Actress Thanks Kate Hathaway[/font]

Anne Hathaway won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for playing Fantine in "Les Miserables" — and in her acceptance speech she thanked her mom, Kate, for giving her an early example.

"I want to thank my mother, who I saw perform this role when I was eight," she said.

Kate McCauley Hathaway is an actress who played Fantine in the first U.S. traveling tour of "Les Miserables" and helped her daughter prepare for her big-screen role.

"We just talked about the character," Anne told the Hollywood Reporter. "She told me a lot about her experience playing Fantine, which gave me even more confidence that it was in my blood, in my DNA, it was a family legacy. I think it allowed me to connect on a deeper level to the character, knowing how much it meant to her."

The preparation paid off. Kate told the Los Angeles Times, "I know I'm her mother, but I think she's the perfect Fantine. I don't feel like I dove into Fantine as far as she did. Annie actually opened my eyes to the character because of all the research she did."

The preparation paid off. Kate told the Los Angeles Times, "I know I'm her mother, but I think she's the perfect Fantine. I don't feel like I dove into Fantine as far as she did. Annie actually opened my eyes to the character because of all the research she did."

Here's a photo of the Hathaway family in 2009. From left to right: Anne's brothers Thomas and Michael, Anne, Kate and Anne's dad Gerald.

*************UNQUOTE*************

[Control-Z]

68. Which one?

She has changed to different dresses for performing and receiving (award).

[Myrina]

90. YES! OMG! Ugly dress and a horse face to match!

Please let me know when her 15 minutes are over.

[TheDebbieDee]

93. I figure she must have spilled coffee or something on her first choice

dress at the last minute and then she opted to wear the hideous pink.......thiiiiiiiing.

I even think the dress needed ironing.

Anyway, she may be a terrible dress-picker, but she's a great actress! But she'll always be that ungainly girl with the wild hair in the Princess Diaries to me. Congrats!

[brooklynite]

64. Okay, who played the Nazi...

...and who was his Agent who called up to say "Have I got job for you..."?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

67. Fashion critic here: Salma Hayek's dress is FAABULOUS!

In the category of young-and-still-showing a bit of skin, instead of needing to cover up.

Salma Hayek said she prayed to God to grow boobies!!!

[Control-Z]

69. I'm watching delayed on a recording.

But Selma always wears one of, if not THE, greatest dresses at the (Oscar) ball. I can't wait to see it!

[Blaukraut]

70. Damn, that song always makes me get a tear in my eye

Barbra Streisand did a beautiful job!

[hedgehog]

79. She lloked fantastic! Years ago people pushed her to get a nose job

so she'd look more like the Wasp ideal. She had the good sense to ignore them, and she looks even better than she did as a kid!

[fadedrose]

87. Yes she did

I'm not a fan, don't go for that type of music "anymore," since I got out of the love song stage.

She was around at the same time as Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, and she's still hot. Looked it up and she was born in '42, so she's 71.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

74. Phoenix looked so annoyed at the clip

[Lint Head]

76. Michele Obama presented the best picture for ARGO. She looked beautiful

[riverwalker]

77. Hushpuppie should have won

Jennifer Lawrence, meh she was ok, but really her part was not really difficult. Loved Silver Linings Playbook, but Quvenzhané Wallis was phenomenal in Beasts of the Southern Wild, she should have won. Glad Daniel Day Lewis won for Lincoln. Of course agree with Argo.
I noticed the snuff torture flick Zero Dark Thirty didn't win much, ok by me.

[ananda]

82. Is Spielberg persona non grata in Hollywood?

Lincoln really was better than Argo.

And Tommy Lee Jones got shafted too.

[Myrina]

91. I disagee. Lincoln wasn't THAT great.

Argo wasn't either. Amour was my choice.

[Autumn]

92. I think the highlights of the night were Michelle Obama's dress and hair.

Adel's shoes, Barbra Streisand's hands, the way she looks at 70, and her beautiful voice.