Academy Awards discussion thread

[Cmndr J Crichton]

Are the presenters told who wins, or is the winner written on the flap of the envelope? They seem to know before the envelope is open.

 

[Messianni]

I'm so glad Man on Wire won, it was a wonderful film!

 

[DarthPipes]

So are Brad and Angelina the king and queen of hollywood?

That shows you the sad state of Hollywood. You used to have true giants in Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Now you got the likes of Brad Pitt and the diseased one Angelina Jolie. Pretty sad.

 

[Kira's Mom]

Smile Pinki. That's one documentary I'd like to see.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

That dude ran down to accept that award just to chew the scenery.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

Imagine if the Tabloids had run the Hollywood new scene back then?

 

[Kira's Mom]

So are Brad and Angelina the king and queen of hollywood?

That shows you the sad state of Hollywood. You used to have true giants in Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Now you got the likes of Brad Pitt and the diseased one Angelina Jolie. Pretty sad.

There are no true giants in Hollywood these days. There are great actors, but not many who will stand the test of time.

 

[Amaris]

So are Brad and Angelina the king and queen of hollywood?

That shows you the sad state of Hollywood. You used to have true giants in Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Now you got the likes of Brad Pitt and the diseased one Angelina Jolie. Pretty sad.

There are no true giants in Hollywood these days. There are great actors, but not many who will stand the test of time.

I think the dynamic's just changed.

J.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

So has anyone ever won a post-humus(Sp) oscar before?

 

[Squiggy]

Are the presenters told who wins, or is the winner written on the flap of the envelope? They seem to know before the envelope is open.

They're written on the inside of the envelop. The only way to know before "the reveal" is if the presenter snuck a peak before he got to his mark.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

I can't believe Tom Cruise Did that! lol!

 

[Emher]

Beyonce and Amanda Seyfried where hooooot in their outfits, but I wanted to puke when Efron and Hudgens appeared. And I also laughed my ass of when Efron dropped his hat

It kinda slipped off his greasy hair

Yeah he's kinda greasy over all.



I'm sorry for any odd fans of him, but I've seen just the trailer for High School Musical 3 and I already hate his guts.

I didn't even know who they were.

Efron you don't need to know, Hudgens is at least cute, Seyfried I actually like a bit.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

So are Brad and Angelina the king and queen of hollywood?

That shows you the sad state of Hollywood. You used to have true giants in Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Now you got the likes of Brad Pitt and the diseased one Angelina Jolie. Pretty sad.

There are no true giants in Hollywood these days. There are great actors, but not many who will stand the test of time.

That's probably true of the old ones as well. Do young people (God that makes me sound old) really know Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Davis? And the new ones, I'm not sure if we will know without the test of time.

I'm sorry for any odd fans of him, but I've seen just the trailer for High School Musical 3 and I already hate his guts.

I didn't even know who they were.

Efron you don't need to know, Hudgens is at least cute, Seyfried I actually like a bit.

Hudgens had more clothes on than the few pictures I was familiar with.

 

[The Lady Eve]

I haven't seen the awards for a while. Do they still do the Dead Reel?

 

[Kira's Mom]

So has anyone ever won a post-humus(Sp) oscar before?

Posthumous. Only Peter Finch in acting (Best Actor for Network, 1976). I think there were a few in other categories.

I can't believe Tom Cruise Did that! lol!

"I don't have a cat." I like Tom Cruise when he's funny.

 

[timmay2411]

That shows you the sad state of Hollywood. You used to have true giants in Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. Now you got the likes of Brad Pitt and the diseased one Angelina Jolie. Pretty sad.

There are no true giants in Hollywood these days. There are great actors, but not many who will stand the test of time.

That's probably true of the old ones as well. Do young people (God that makes me sound old) really know Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Davis? And the new ones, I'm not sure if we will know without the test of time.

I do. I'm 23. I watch a ton of old films, and most are WAY better then today's.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I haven't seen the awards for a while. Do they still do the Dead Reel?

That's one of the last things they do before the Best Actor/Actress is handed out, I think.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

And after that big tribute to action movies the award goes to ... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

 

[Amaris]

Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Over Iron Man for VFX?

Pfft.


J.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

Did they even look at the other nominees, or just see TCCOBB, and vote for it? Iron Man definately got robbed here.