85th Annual Academy Awards (2013) - Part 2

[Liam_H]

Has there ever been a year where the major awards were this scattered? I know Argo and Django also took home for writing, but Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress, and Supporting Actor/Actress all went to different films.

Well the other time when Lee won BD, the year Crash won.

 

[redhawk23]

Has there ever been a year where the major awards were this scattered? I know Argo and Django also took home for writing, but Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress, and Supporting Actor/Actress all went to different films.

I certainly prefer it this way as I often feel that when some movies when 10 awards or whatever its based on pure momentum rather than truly being the best in that specific category.

 

[danoyse]

I thought Hugh was the undoubted star of the film and the best one in it, I'm not sure which one of the 2 rebels Eddie (Redmayne?) was, I'm guessing the one that fell in love with Jean Veal-Jeans daughter? He was ok but for me Sam Barks was the best after Hugh, I thought the song she sang where she realized she'd never be with the man she loved and that he just didn't see her was better and more subtly emotional than the more overwrought 'I dreamed a dream', and it didn't have the brutal imagery to help it.

Eddie was Marius, the one who fell in love with Cosette. I thought he was a terrific Marius (his "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is a killer), and I thought it helped that they moved Eponine's arc around from how it was in the stage version so he didn't seem as much of a dope.

In the show, Marius finds her dressed as a boy on the barricade, she tells him she did it to be with him, and he still sends her off with a note to Cosette. She's the one who gives the letter to Valjean, and then she goes off and sings "On My Own".

In the movie, they kill her off before all that. Marius never knew she was there until after she'd been shot.

I love her song - and there's an opening to it that's missing in the movie, as well as a verse that's missing from her death scene.

"I Dreamed a Dream" killed me in the movie, though. In the show, she sings it after she loses her job. In the movie, it's after the prostitute scene, where she's in this place where she couldn't possibly be sunk any lower. That was brutal.

Is that her plan, to stay as a stage performer and not go into movies full time?

Not sure. I thought I heard she was doing another movie.

 

[CGHulk]

edit.

 

[redhawk23]

Shatner appearing, in costume, was bizarre.

 

[dark_b]

do you guys know the story behind the effects of Life of Pi? the effects are from Rhythm & Hues. which is filing for bankruptcy. some are now speculating that they gae the oscar to them out of pity. they also cut their speech because they wanted to talk about the banrupcy

Life of Pi also made half billion worldwide. hollywood is making a big profit with effects movies. but in 2 years almost half of the effects houses will be gone. interesting

 

[CGHulk]

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/oscars-life-pi-vfx-winner-played-off-while-051353326.html

 

[psylockolussus]

Good job to Anne Hathaway/Jennifer Lawrence!

 

[747]

So happy that both Lawrence and Hathaway won. Amazing performances, wonderful women!

 

[Marvolo]

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/oscars-life-pi-vfx-winner-played-off-while-051353326.html

Rather than wasting time on irrelevant Chicago and Dreamgirls they could have said something about this.

 

[Gianakin_]

So glad Les Mis got nothing other than Best Supporting Actress and Sound. Also glad Lincoln got nothing other than Best Supporting Actor. Ecstatic that Pi got what it got!

 

[Asr]

I actually watched the whole award show this year since I'd seen most of the BP nominees, which doesn't usually happen for one reason or another. Haven't seen Argo yet though, which I really want to do now.

There were a few surprises for me like Christoph Waltz and Jennifer Lawrence (really wanted Best Actress to go Naomi Watts who deserved it more IMO) but overall I can't say there were any non-deserving wins. For the most part, everything that won deserved it, which I can't say has happened in previous years. I was almost expecting Life of Pi to win BP at the end (which would've been awesome), especially since Ang Lee picked up Best Director, but I guess the Academy wanted that to go Argo instead after snubbing Affleck.

I know DDL winning Best Actor was a foregone conclusion but I really wanted Wolverine to win. I'm sure he'll win at some point in the future though.

Oh and the Animated Short category made me look up the winner, Paperman. I figured it'd be online and was right. Here's a link for anyone who hasn't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqmh1GoZjnw

A few criticisms:
- The James Bond tribute was lame. With only a short montage and Halle Berry (who really wasn't great in her Bond girl role), it did a disservice to James Bond IMO. Hell, Daniel Craig was even in the audience and they didn't take advantage of that?
- The sound levels on Adele's performance of Skyfall felt off.
- The presenting Avengers felt incomplete without Thor and Black Widow. They were hilarious though, especially Renner and SLJ.
- Wtf was with the Chicago and Dreamgirls musical numbers? They both felt really unnecessary.
- The acting wins of both Lawrence & Hathaway seemed a little odd to me for nothing other than the reason that they're both young and have a long career ahead of them. I feel like it would've been fairer to award the older actresses who've been working longer and would've likely appreciated it more.
- Although not really a fan of Seth MacFarlane (I don't watch Family Guy - but I've seen episodes and think Brian and Stewie are the funniest characters in it), I thought he wasn't really funny enough and his humor sort of died out as the show progressed. I thought his funniest bit was the "Family von Trapp" part (and initially, Captain Kirk from the future). The Ted bear was awesome too and made me wonder how they did that. I would've liked some more edgy jokes from him but apparently his style wasn't going over well with the Academy audience.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Argo seriously?

I mean, it's a decent movie, but Oscar?

Well, at least it ain't Crash.

 

[CGHulk]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/02/jimmy-carter-argo-great-but-inaccurate-157592.html


CANADA AMBASSADOR SAYS HE FEELS SLIGHTED BY "ARGO"
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cana...cle/jane-lynch-host-nbcs-hollywood-game-night


He did thank Canada.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Argo seriously?

I mean, it's a decent movie, but Oscar?

Well, at least it ain't Crash.

Yeah someone else here mentioned this but i agree with it. You can argue the the directing in Argo was actually better than the overall film itself. Yet no nom even for Ben yet it wins best Pic?

I might be biased but as an overall film including everything you'd consider: acting, cinematography, writing, directing. I think Django Unchained should have won.

Hell Waltz won best supporting actor and i'd argue there were two other actors in django who would have been just as deserving.

 

[CGHulk]

VFX protest at Oscars
http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/visualeffectsprotestatoscars/
http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/

Robert Downey's response

His reaction is, I don't give a f**k!

Longest gif ever made.

 

[scifiwolf]

Watched up until the musical numbers. Got it on Hulu now while I'm getting an early start at the office. With the exception of Animated Feature, it played out about how I expected. Seth was good. Took some shots, but didn't blow it. Agreed that the Bond tribute was lacking. So many possibilities they ignored.

 

[dark_b]

Robert Downey's response

RDJ needs to host the oscars t:

 

[TheFuture]

Two questions:

The gif following the Chris Brown/Rihanna joke meme, was that really the reaction the the joke?

Why is Phoenix pissed off?

 

[QBComics]

RDJ reaction in that gif is priceless.

 

[Dark Raven]

Watched the boob song. Thought that was quite funny.

When Seth was singing with Daniel Radcliffe and JGL, I was suprised at how short Radcliffe looked compared to them. Is he really that short or are they much taller?

Good to hear both Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence won for Catwoman and Mystique Les Mis and Silver Linings Playbook.

 

[chamber-music]

Daniel Radcliffe is really short. Radcliffe is 5'5ft.

I don't think Jimmy Carter needs to tell people Argo isn't 100% historically accurate it is a Hollywood movie not a documentary. Only idiots take what they see in historical movies as facts.

 

[CGHulk]

Two questions:

The gif following the Chris Brown/Rihanna joke meme, was that really the reaction the the joke?

Yes it is, look here.
http://on.aol.com/video/oscars--set...r-awkward-chris-brown--rihanna-joke-517682383

Why is Phoenix pissed off?

He said the Academy Awards is b*ll**it, then later back tracked all of it.
http://www.eonline.com/news/362313/joaquin-phoenix-backtracks-on-oscar-diss-doesnt-hate-awards

Someone probably talked to him. He looks like he's pissed to even being there.

 

[Donut]

I bet giving Argo best picture made the Academy guys cry

 

[Dark Raven]

Daniel Radcliffe is really short. Radcliffe is 5'5ft.

That is short. Is Emma Watson taller than him?

I'm surprised that Lincoln didn't win more awards but only took home two or three.

So Argo is about Supergirl's home city, right?