OT: Oscars Open Thread
February 24th, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
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February 24th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
First deserving win of the night.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
Wow, first actor to ever win 3 lead actor Oscars.
Certainly one of, if not the, best ever.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:54 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 8:03 AM ^
I am pretty awesome
February 24th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
DDL is going to wreck Katherine Hepburn's record of 4 acting Oscars won.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:31 AM ^
EDIT: I'm sorry. I'm Drunk.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
Jack just ordered a Code Red.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:54 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
I'll be shocked if it isn't Argo.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
I don't need them to tell me what a good movie consists of.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
Eh. Dark Knight Rises wasn't that great. Plus it was never going to live up to it's predecessor. And that only took home two Oscars. And no Director nomination for Nolan.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
I am sorry but TDKR was overrated and cliche. Batman Begins was better directed and written than TDKR.
If we are talking about overlooked movies, the discussion ends with Looper.
The real discussion is the lack of respect for science fiction in the academy.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:02 AM ^
What other Sci-Fis have been overlooked in your opinion?
I saw Looper in theaters. The other two Best Picture noms I saw in theatres were Zero Dark Thirty and Django.
I can't say Looper was a better film than either of them, though I really did enjoy Looper. I thought it had some great, subtle cinematography.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:08 AM ^
I just loved the screenwriting in Looper. It is hard to a decent time travel movie. Joseph Gordon IMO is the most underrated actor although getting a NPH treatment.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:14 AM ^
I can't disagree with any of that.
I need to watch it again. I definitely came out of the theatres thinking "That was a cool movie" from an entertaining and artistic perspective. But at the time I never gave it too much award thought. Maybe just b/c it was a summer/late fall movie I wasn't thinking of awards at the time.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
Here's my view: Dark Knight Rises deserved no nominations.
Signed: A diehard Batman fan.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:07 AM ^
Got to give a tip of the cap to Daniel Day Lewis, though. That man's ability to act sets the ultimate standard.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
He's a good director.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^
He's 3-0. He shouldn't cast himself, because he's usually the weakest thing in his films, but Affleck has a really good directorial eye (even if he is too in love with the birdseye helicopter shot).
February 25th, 2013 at 3:47 AM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
yet Ben Affleck didn't get a best director nom. Affleck was HOSED.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^
But yes, Ang Lee. Incredible job.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
It's pretty amazing that Lewis has 3 best actor wins when you consider how few movies he does.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:06 AM ^
The characters and their interaction in Django kept me glued to the screen. In Argo, the only characters that were entertaining were Goodman and that old guy. Affleck only has one emotion/face that he's capable of expressing and the whole movie felt rushed, not to mention the fact that the end was just blatantly made-up. This is like when Shakespeare In Love won Best Pic. Affleck slept with the right person/people in Hollywood this year, that's for sure
February 25th, 2013 at 12:08 AM ^
If he did you would think he would have been nominated for best director.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:12 AM ^
I'd argue that Shakespeare in Love was about a lot of people figuring out that after the earth shattering first 20 minutes, which has pretty much changed the way warfare is filmed, Saving Private Ryan was schmaltz.