The 78th Annual Academy Awards Show Discussion
03-05-06, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Croissant!
Knotts and McGavin died in 2006, not 2005.
03-05-06, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PopPit
Hey, at least a picture that glorifies homosexuals didn't win Best Picture.
03-05-06, 11:40 PM
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Whoa... what just happened on Kimmel?
Quentin/Jimmy were joking about how the gimp was the inspiration for brokeback mountain, and then there's like five seconds of beeps
Quentin/Jimmy were joking about how the gimp was the inspiration for brokeback mountain, and then there's like five seconds of beeps
03-05-06, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by PopPit
Hey, at least a picture that glorifies homosexuals didn't win Best Picture.
I thought the Ben Stiller skit was tacky, and just plain bad.
the ABC HiDef broadcast was great - however the montage about 'movie theatre experience' some of the film snippets looked horrible.
03-05-06, 11:43 PM
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I don't have time to read this thread now but I will make a couple of quick comments.
Weisz was excellent but I'm sad Amy Adams didn't win. She gave probably the best performance out of all the categories.
Witherspoon was outstanding, as was Hoffman, so that's good.
Crash is waaaaaay overrated. The acting categories were of a much higher overall caliber than best picture, I think.
3-6 Mafia and that song are absolutely terrible BUT their acceptance speech was so funny and endearing that I can't help but be happy they won. But really, that song is very very bad. Is this penitence for not nominating Fight the Power?
Stewart did a great job, I thought. The first few moments were rocky but he recovered tremendously and had me rolling quite a few times.
Weisz was excellent but I'm sad Amy Adams didn't win. She gave probably the best performance out of all the categories.
Witherspoon was outstanding, as was Hoffman, so that's good.
Crash is waaaaaay overrated. The acting categories were of a much higher overall caliber than best picture, I think.
3-6 Mafia and that song are absolutely terrible BUT their acceptance speech was so funny and endearing that I can't help but be happy they won. But really, that song is very very bad. Is this penitence for not nominating Fight the Power?
Stewart did a great job, I thought. The first few moments were rocky but he recovered tremendously and had me rolling quite a few times.
03-05-06, 11:44 PM
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I think John Stewart should have ended the oscars with "Good night, and good luck". So, I'll do it myself. Good night and good luck everyone. See you tommorow for more reaction.
P.S. Jessica Alba looked way too skinny. You know she probablly starved herself this last month and probablly had one of those colonic cleansing procedures or whatever the hell they call them.
P.S. Jessica Alba looked way too skinny. You know she probablly starved herself this last month and probablly had one of those colonic cleansing procedures or whatever the hell they call them.
03-05-06, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by clckworang
I liked Witherspoon more in Election, but I thought she was good in Walk the Line.
03-05-06, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PopPit
Hey, at least a picture that glorifies homosexuals didn't win Best Picture.
Sad...but this will be the reason for everyone who felt CRASH shouldn't have won. GREAT story in Brokeback...just a piss-poor delivery. I can't imagine how awful it would be to have ta hide your love like that. But what a poor vehicle to get that message across.
03-05-06, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsGreekToMe
Yep, the Oscars have officially jumped the shark. Screw it! They just jumped the whole Pacific Ocean!
A couple of observations--
You could play 50 hip hop 'songs' in the place of that one and not know the difference.
Anyone want to bet that a month from now these guys will be in the 'where are they now file', replaced by the next hip hop 'star' (that will sound just like these guys).
That guy with the diamonds in his mouth!
$100,000 worth!
Wow, there are a lot of big stars who want to look cool with their vote.
A couple of observations--
You could play 50 hip hop 'songs' in the place of that one and not know the difference.
Anyone want to bet that a month from now these guys will be in the 'where are they now file', replaced by the next hip hop 'star' (that will sound just like these guys).
That guy with the diamonds in his mouth!
$100,000 worth! Wow, there are a lot of big stars who want to look cool with their vote.
03-05-06, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Gil Jawetz
3-6 Mafia and that song are absolutely terrible BUT their acceptance speech was so funny and endearing that I can't help but be happy they won. But really, that song is very very bad.
03-05-06, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Al Padrino
You may wanna stick to talking about things you know about. I'm no fan of Three 6 Mafia, but they've carved their own niche in the industry and have been around (and popular) for quite a few years.
03-05-06, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dhmac
Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999 and was in the Oscar retrospective a mere two weeks later on March 21, 1999. Either he was considered a special case and they ignored the end-of-year thing, or maybe Don Knotts and Darren McGavin died too close to the show to give them time to assemble clips, so they'll instead be in next year's retrospective.
03-06-06, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by dhmac
Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999 and was in the Oscar retrospective a mere two weeks later on March 21, 1999. Either he was considered a special case and they ignored the end-of-year thing, or maybe Don Knotts and Darren McGavin died too close to the show to give them time to assemble clips, so they'll instead be in next year's retrospective.
03-06-06, 12:07 AM
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Biggest pimp of the night is Morgan Freeman for hanging with Paz Vega. Just saw E!'s after Oscar coverage, and they had them and Steve Carell (and his wife), and Steve is still in awe of Morgan, even though he's the star of Evan Almight, and Morgan's just playing God. 
Funny stuff.
Funny stuff.
03-06-06, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Giles
what was wrong with the HiDef presentation ItsGreekToMe - I thought it looked great!
03-06-06, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael Ballack
I didn't know Shirley from God hates **** was a member of this messageboard. Who knew?
Stupid people crack me up!