Where's Kash at for our yearly Academy Awards critiquing? He usually stays up all night watching the broadcast and posting the winners.
I'm really interested in a few things.. can Jeff Bridges win again?.. Totally supporting Natalie Portman for "The Black Swan" .. Would love to see Toy Story 3 shock a few people for best picture.. completely intrigued by the documentary “Exit through the Gift Shop”.. and I can't wait to hear those kids sing "Over The Rainbow"..
Anyone else watching?
Actor in a Leading Role:
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” James Franco in “127 Hours”
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christian Bale in “The Fighter” John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone” Jeremy Renner in “The Town” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”
Actress in a Leading Role:
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone” Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams in “The Fighter” Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech” Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Animated Feature Film:
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction:
“Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan “Inception” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat “The King's Speech” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr “True Grit” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Cinematography:
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique “Inception” Wally Pfister “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth “True Grit” Roger Deakins
Costume Design:
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan “The Tempest” Sandy Powell “True Grit” Mary Zophres
Directing: “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky “The Fighter” David O. Russell “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper “The Social Network” David Fincher “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature):
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject):
“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Film Editing:
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum “The Fighter” Pamela Martin “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar “127 Hours” Jon Harris “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film:
“Biutiful” Mexico “Dogtooth” Greece “In a Better World” Denmark “Incendies” Canada “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
Makeup:
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Music (Original Score) “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell “Inception” Hans Zimmer “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song):
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Picture:
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Short Film (Animated):
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action):
“The Confession” Tanel Toom “The Crush” Michael Creagh “God of Love” Luke Matheny “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing:
“Inception” Richard King “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing:
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects:
“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Su****
Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Writing (Original Screenplay):
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
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Posted by The Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
they still have these?...
I haven't watched in years
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Loved the used of "Back To The Future" in the opening with the Twin Pines Mall, the DeLorean, Doc Brown, and Marty!
Also, seeing Robert Downey Jr. on the red carpet made me want to watch "Tuff Turf"..
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Valley, my friend, for my The Rewind, I'm prepared to go that extra mile... I'll give it my best shot but I know I'll be shattered for work the next day; so here are my predictions in case I don't make it all the way to the end...
My (imaginary) monies on Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Christian Bale, Hailee Stansfield for the acting gongs.
Outside The Law for best foreign film (was also in my top 10 films of 2010 list)
Black Swan and Arronofsky for best picture and director.
Winter's Bone for best-adapted screenplay.
The King’s Speech for best original screenplay.
Toy Story 3 best animated.
Inside Job best documentary.
Black Swan for editing.
The Wolfman for best makeup.
We Belong Together (Randy Newman) best song Toy Story 3.
Sound and Effects awards for Inception.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Wally Pfister's living the dream (see what I did there?) and takes best cinematography for Inception. Deserved IMO.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Awesome .. Toy Story 3-D is a winner!
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Coming out of the corner with a devastating one two combination is Melissa Leo, who earns a best supporting actress gong for The Fighter. I don't know much about her to be honest, but lets hope this raises her profile...She said a bad word on stage... ("****ing...", in case you're wondering) and was in an episode of Miami Vice once. I like her already!
She's the one on the left... Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Toy Story 3, an easy win. Deserved. Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Aaron Sorkin gets best screenplay for The Facebook movie. Meh!
David Seidler snags best adapted for The King's Speech, he's 74 years old you know. Well done granddad!
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
In a Better World (a.k.a. Civilization a.k.a Heaven), best foreign film...haven't seen it myself. Couldn't have been better than Outside The Law, though.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Christian Bale, best supporting for The Fighter.
Great actor, they'll be celebrating in Wales tonight...forget the fact that he hasn't been back in a lifetime: Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Joe Calzage, Catherine Zeta Jones, Tom Jones, Kelly Jones, Grace Jones, Indiana Jones: all Welsh, top that England!
Christian Bale ought to have said: "The Machinist, American Psycho, Harsh Times, Empire of the Sun whilst revising for my O-Levels...and you give me this trinket for out-acting Marky ****ing Mark? Shame on you gutless pricks, shame on you all...I'm Batman".
Alas, Bale didn't use the speech I'd written for him, and went for the old false modesty routine instead...
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
The Social Network wins best score. Fair enough, I suppose.
Inception snares another tech win as expected, this time for sound editing.
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are getting on my **** now, the whole song n' dance theme is beginning to grate. James Franco and Anne Hathaway aren't doing a bad job of steering this titanic show towards the iceberg of nonsensical banality.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Rick Baker wins for make-up.. think The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, and Coming To America.
Posted by Veronica Sawyer (Member # 2221) on :
I loved that Reese Witherspoon presented Christian Bale with his Oscar - an American Psycho reunion! Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
The legend Rick Baker devours best make-up for The Wolfman!
Yeah, I really like the way they've used a subtle foundation and high impact mascara here, it really brings out th...hold on a second, it's my PA...what do ya mean its not that kind of award?
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Musical interlude, Mandy Moores looking good.
So far I've got 6 predictions right, only best foreign and supporting actress threw a spanner in the works.
Oscars for short and documentary short, best of luck to the winners but its always awkward to seek these movies out.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Director Charles Ferguson makes good on my prediction and wins for Inside Job. Very good documentary on financial fraud and ongoing corruption. See it.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Boring nepotist has been; the gorgeous Gwyneth Paltrow croons for us.
Randy Newman wins best song!
Inception takes another, this time for best SFX.
Surprisingly, Social Network gets one for best editing? That should've gone to Black Swan IMO, that's probably being preped for later.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Tom Hooper wins Best director for The King's Speech...OK, looks like Black Swans a cert for best picture, then.
Directors a toff, and had to take the silver spoon out of his mouth before making that speech. Seems like a reasonably nice chap, though.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Natalie Portman for Black Swan...the Black Swan bandwagon starts here, jump on it while you have the chance. Natalie Portman's rambling speech was nice to hear, though how she forgot to thank George Lucas is beyond me!
I'm signing off for tonight, the rest is obvious.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Thanks for the Oscar updates Kash!! Brilliant stuff as always..
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: Rick Baker wins for make-up.. think The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, and Coming To America.
Rob Bottin did the make up work for The Howling.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I enjoyed watching Franco getting more and more stoned as it went on Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
no mention of corey haim in the memoriam.....
i thought the show was drab. the hosts were boring and some of the acceptance speeches were awkward. melissa leo was annoying..it felt like she was on the stage forever and they 'let' her continue.
the ending was cute though.
i was glad Inception went home with a good handful of awards. but shocked it didn't win best score.
natalie portman was so busy thanking everyone she could think of, she made no mention of her co-stars haha. but definitely not as bad as christian bale forgetting his wife's name!
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Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:no mention of corey haim in the memoriam.....
Or Ingrid Pitt
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Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: Thanks for the Oscar updates Kash!! Brilliant stuff as always..
My pleasure. I backed the wrong horse with Black Swan though!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ronnie: no mention of corey haim in the memoriam.....
From fame to shame... Seriously, this is shocking! Yet another reason why i don´t watch these shows.
Staten Island represent! I teach some of the brothers and sisters of those kids that sang over the rainbow. Then yesterday the sang on Oprah. Talk about life being awesome, she gave them all laptops.
Good stuff.
We are DEVO
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Devo.. that performance by your students younger siblings was probably the highlight of the show. And the laptops from Oprah is icing on the cake.
Ronnie & aTomiK.. I totally thought about Corey Haim during the segment, but just thought that maybe his tribute had been in the previous year. That statement by The Academy was a joke.. Corey Haim was a popular child/teen star and for them to leave him out of the segment is a major omission in my opinion. I usually think Corey Feldman is too abrasive, but I actually support him on this instance.
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
wow. i completely agree with feldman. i'm not really a fan of haim but i definitely think the academy's statement was crappy. screw them.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I only watched bits and pieces of the Oscars. It is not worth it forme to sit through 3 plus hours of boredom. I heard that everyone hated Anne Hathaway and James Franco as hosts (they were too stiff, too boring etc.) but I told my husband- I don't care who is hosting. It is ALWAYS boring. Billy Crystal was good for the first 5-10 minutes with his act, then the rest of it would be BORING! Also, can anyone tell me if this is true? Oprah aka The Queen aka The Vice Pres. presented an award and she would not move out of the way for the recipient to get their statue? The recip. had to walk around Her Highness and reach backwards to retrieve their statue?!
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Never watch award shows, the make me dry heeve!
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Also, a "yay" from me for the nominations for Winter's Bone. It was a really good low budget indie flick. Really sad. The acting was excellent though. I hope that means that newcomer Jennifer Lawrence gets some more work. And John Hawkes deserved the nom for Best Supporting actor. BTW, Melissa Leo was in an indie flick last year or 2009 called Frozen River. It was pretty good-if you like those sort of movies you may want to check it out.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
JayLee, I feel the same way, lol!
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
i like watching the oscars...and all other awards shows. they aren't always as boring as this year's was. but franco and hathaway were not good. oh well, it happens.
pitts, oprah was standing in the way, but i just took it as, she didn't think to move over.. but she eventually did and i don't recall her not handing over the award.
i am very interested in winter's bone. jennifer lawrence looked beautiful at the show.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I used to be like Jay, but I've stayed up till nearly 5am and watched the last 2 years.
Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
You know what's funny is the only Oscar movie I saw this year was Winter's Bone, because I grew up near the Ozarks, it was so boring for me I couldn't watch all of it.......I tried.....it's very indie.......but i'm an awful judge I can't sit through new movies much anymore Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Once again, the Oscars came, were terrible, and are gone for another year. My favorite comment by someone on-line was that Jame Franco looked like that lacrosse player with heavy lids and a smirk that you wished your daughter wouldn't spend so much time with, and Anne Hathaway was like a brain dead cheerleader "who-hooing" every presenter and in general acting like she was hosting Saturday Night Live. Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
What a smirk
Melissa Leo's "oops" was so bad
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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Hey.. I thought Bob Hope was hilarious though. I think we should do an entire Oscars broadcast that way.. with celebrities from the past as presenters.
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Did they find SCTV's Dave Thomas to mimic Hope's voice? His impression of Hope was always spot on.
Not to trample on legends, but I knew a musician who played with Bob Hope and didn't like him much at all. He said that he was the cheapest man alive and would never pay a restaurant bill. His attitude was "Your payment is the privilege you had in serving me, the great Bob Hope."
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
valley, i would love to see more highlight moments from previous oscar shows. the academy awards have been around 80+ years! to think about all the footage we could see, it's a great idea. Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: no mention of corey haim in the memoriam..... Or Ingrid Pitt
Outrageous.
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:no mention of corey haim in the memoriam
Originally posted by Helen_S:
quote:...Or Ingrid Pitt
Peter Graves ("Airplane!" movie) wasn't mentioned in the "In Memoriam" segment either. Or maybe it's because he's better known as a TV actor ("Mission: Impossible") than for his movie roles.
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