Oscars

Post by **cwallace** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:12 pm

Don't know if there is another thread started on this topic yet so I figured I would...

Surprised that there isn't a thread on it anyway...

Who watched?

Surprises?

Expectations?

I actually got stuck watching it this year since I couldn't sleep and there wasn't sh*t else on...There is usually SOMETHING to compete with them, but it was all re-runs on the other channels this year.

So...The Departed got Best picture.

I am glad Little Miss Sunshine got some props...If you haven't seen it go rent it...the movie is great.

Ellen actually impressed me with her Hosting...I am on the fence with her as far as liking and just getting tired of her, but I really think she did great last night.

Melissa Ethridge...your not a MAN...quit trying...

Way to go Forrest Wittacre (sp)....I think he is all around awesome and more than deserving...

Then of course there is Scorsese...about damn time...Excellent..

So...other input?

Chris

Silencio · Post by **Silencio** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:22 pm

I agree that it was nice to see Scorsese with a statuette in his hand, but this is a make-up Oscar. No Best Picture for "Taxi Driver?" "Raging Bull?" "Casino?" "The Departed" is swell, but it's far from his best. Heck, I like "Bringing out The Dead" better.

This is kinda like Steely Dan's Grammy. You make six of the finest albums and one of the finest reputations in the history of recorded music and get nuthin', and then you finally flop out a dead chunk like "2vNature" and THAT'S what they give you the Grammy for.

Except that "The Departed" is a much better film than "2vNature" is an album.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:41 pm

Didn't watch.

Not keen on watching the Hollywood crowd be given a major
opportunity to stroke themselves. Also don't care for
the clique that seems to pervail on a lot of choices.

Go to a ton of movies though.

Did hear that Al was about to make a major annoucement
but ran out of time to finish his sentence about ??? ......

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:56 pm

Didn't watch and didn't care to. I watched "Sleepers" instead.

"Little Miss Sunshine" caught me by surprise. Throughout the first hour of the movie I couldn't decide whether or not I liked it. After watching the whole thing, though...I came to the conclusion that I thought it was a damn good movie. It snuck up on me.

MynameisJenn · Post by **MynameisJenn** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:34 pm

WBOB wrote:Didn't watch.

.

Did hear that Al was about to make a major annoucement
but ran out of time to finish his sentence about ??? ......

it was a joke

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:35 pm

Silencio wrote:I agree that it was nice to see Scorsese with a statuette in his hand, but this is a make-up Oscar. No Best Picture for "Taxi Driver?" "Raging Bull?" "Casino?" "The Departed" is swell, but it's far from his best. Heck, I like "Bringing out The Dead" better.

Bringing out the dead is one of my favorite movies.

Silencio · Post by **Silencio** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:00 pm

kimaliz wrote:Bringing out the dead is one of my favorite movies.

Mine, too. It's like a hallucination structured like The Divine Comedy, but it remains true to life (a good friend of mine used to ride graveyard shotgun as an EMT in San Francisco, and says it's a deadly accurate portrayal of the mental state of those guys).

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:05 pm

Didn't watch. Can't stand Ellen (and it has nothing to do with her sexuality), figured Gore would win the Michael Moore Fakeumentary award, didn't particularly care about any of the movies that were up for an award.

This is kinda like Steely Dan's Grammy. You make six of the finest albums and one of the finest reputations in the history of recorded music and get nuthin', and then you finally flop out a dead chunk like "2vNature" and THAT'S what they give you the Grammy for.

I actually like that album. But I'm a Steely Dan nut and it would have to be really piss poor for me not to like it, and I think it's probably impossible for Fagen and Becker to put out anything downright piss poor.

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:07 pm

i thought the departed was great...

what did forrest whitaker win?

beck · Post by **beck** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:31 pm

Best Actor.

Post by **cwallace** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:35 pm

Yeah..he got Best Actor for 'The last King of Scotland' (I think that is the correct title)...which I have not seen, but just from the clips of it I have it looked like one HELL of a movie and a damn good job on his part.

Chris

Post by **cwallace** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:38 pm

What does one make of this?:

http://www.academyawards.com/oscarnight ... index.html

Someone screw up somewhere on the server? heh...

Chris

Post by **cwallace** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:42 pm

Ok...and do they just lump all the movies into one 'Best Picture' now? I thought they used to do sub-categories like Best Comedy and Best Drama and anything else...

I have been looking at the list of awards on several sites and I just don't see the depth that I seem to remember from many years ago...

They dumbing it down now or something?

Chris

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:19 am

MynameisJenn wrote:
WBOB wrote:Didn't watch.

.

Did hear that Al was about to make a major annoucement
but ran out of time to finish his sentence about ??? ......
it was a joke

that's a given!

Michael Moore Fakeumentary

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:36 am

Silencio wrote:
kimaliz wrote:Bringing out the dead is one of my favorite movies.
Mine, too.

Little Miss Sunshine was too manipulative for my tastes, Children of Men should have pulled a best cinematography award, Tom Hanks sonned Chris Connelly pretty severely, and the Pilobolus was cool.