87th Annual Academy Awards (2015) - Part 1

[Doctor Jones]

Hey Sawyer! It's the Joker photobombing Batman!

Sawyer! SAWYER.

 

[Black Narcissus]

They might as well make the Oscars ultra-serious then. Hosted by Daniel Day Lewis.

It isn't serious already? These jokes don't land, mane. I could also do without most best songs performances.

I might have to go back all the way to Jon Stewart for a nice flow of a ceremony.

 

[dark_b]

Julianne Moore (Alzheimer's disease)
Eddie Redmayne (Lou Gehrig's disease)

thank you Academy...............for not changing.

 

[Sawyer]

Hey Sawyer! It's the Joker photobombing Batman!

Sawyer! SAWYER.

 

[MrMaooz]

Ben Stiller as Best Actor for Simple Jack next year.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Ben Stiller as Best Actor for Simple Jack next year.

As long has he doesn't go "full Stiller" he should be fine.

 

[MrMaooz]

As long has he doesn't go "full Stiller" he should be fine.

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[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Julianne Moore (Alzheimer's disease)
Eddie Redmayne (Lou Gehrig's disease)

thank you Academy...............for not changing.

 

[terry78]

They said on Bloomberg this morning that if you play someone with an illness you've already won. And they were right.

 

[Octoberist]

Was this post yet?

Donald Trump is upset that a Mexican won best picture

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/23/don...ic_on_oscars_great_night_for_mexico_as_usual/

 

[Fallen Angel]

Was this post yet?

Donald Trump is upset that a Mexican won best picture

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/23/don...ic_on_oscars_great_night_for_mexico_as_usual/

What a frikin idiot. Someone should set his hair on fire.

 

[Octoberist]

And he's so casual about it too. In his mind, Mexicans are just illegals who work low paying jobs, I guess. Not artists, business people, scientists, or whatever.

Way to dehumanize people, Don.

 

[Pink Ranger]

What a frikin idiot. Someone should set his hair on fire.

His hair is fireproof.

 

[terry78]

What does he think about Gravity then?

 

[Bim]

The Oscars pulled in 6.4 million viewers less than last year. 36.6 million viewers ain't shabby in this television climate but certainly NPH isn't being invited back now.

Not surprised. They lost me about halfway through. I was so bored i just couldnt watch anymore.

 

[Sawyer]

Donald Trump is a c***.


And, yes, you all know what word I was going for there.

 

[terry78]

A see you next Tuesday?

 

[Octoberist]

What does he think about Gravity then?

Maybe he thought 'Curaon' was a French surname? But Gonzalaz..oh boy...

 

[Black Narcissus]

Was this post yet?

Donald Trump is upset that a Mexican won best picture

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/23/don...ic_on_oscars_great_night_for_mexico_as_usual/

Oh lawd.

I hate casual viewers. This guy probably isn't a film lover and he is just complaining cause of American Sniper went home empty handed. We have to go back all the way to 07 and find another white american director winning BD...which I'm kinda surprised myself. LAwd.

I love Clint Eastwood, but his following is goddamn scary.

 

[Octoberist]

We have to think that Oscars is progressive enough to have two Latin directors getting recognition two years in a row!

 

[Quasimod0]

From James Gunn:

I didn't really find the Jack Black superhero jokes offensive, did you guys? It was, like, a joke. I'm not sure if you guys noticed, but the writing on the Oscars didn't seem to be all that well thought out.

As far as Dan Gilroy saying that attendees of the Independent Spirit Awards have survived against a "tsunami of superhero films" - well it seems a bit weird coming from a guy whose wife has acted in two Thor films - really, that seems like you've drowned horribly in that tsunami. But I know I just kind of make up stuff as I go along on these awards shows, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Whatever the case, the truth is, popular fare in any medium has always been snubbed by the self-appointed elite. I've already won more awards than I ever expected for Guardians. What bothers me slightly is that many people assume because you make big films that you put less love, care, and thought into them then people do who make independent films or who make what are considered more serious Hollywood films. I've made B-movies, independent films, children's movies, horror films, and gigantic spectacles. I find there are plenty of people everywhere making movies for a buck or to feed their own vanity. And then there are people who do what they do because they love story-telling, they love cinema, and they want to add back to the world some of the same magic they've taken from the works of others. In all honesty, I do no find a strikingly different percentage of those with integrity and those without working within any of these fields of film.

If you think people who make superhero movies are dumb, come out and say we're dumb. But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a "serious" filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo Brothers do Captain America, or Joss Whedon does the Hulk, or I do a talking raccoon, you are simply mistaken.
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[Boom]

James Gunn with the winning slam.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

Didn't that *****ebag campaign to play Green Lantern way back when?

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

John Travolta for host next year.

He's too busy visiting random guys at the gym at 3 in the morning.

 

[The Chris]

From James Gunn:

I didn't really find the Jack Black superhero jokes offensive, did you guys? It was, like, a joke. I'm not sure if you guys noticed, but the writing on the Oscars didn't seem to be all that well thought out.

As far as Dan Gilroy saying that attendees of the Independent Spirit Awards have survived against a "tsunami of superhero films" - well it seems a bit weird coming from a guy whose wife has acted in two Thor films - really, that seems like you've drowned horribly in that tsunami. But I know I just kind of make up stuff as I go along on these awards shows, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Whatever the case, the truth is, popular fare in any medium has always been snubbed by the self-appointed elite. I've already won more awards than I ever expected for Guardians. What bothers me slightly is that many people assume because you make big films that you put less love, care, and thought into them then people do who make independent films or who make what are considered more serious Hollywood films. I've made B-movies, independent films, children's movies, horror films, and gigantic spectacles. I find there are plenty of people everywhere making movies for a buck or to feed their own vanity. And then there are people who do what they do because they love story-telling, they love cinema, and they want to add back to the world some of the same magic they've taken from the works of others. In all honesty, I do no find a strikingly different percentage of those with integrity and those without working within any of these fields of film.

If you think people who make superhero movies are dumb, come out and say we're dumb. But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a "serious" filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo Brothers do Captain America, or Joss Whedon does the Hulk, or I do a talking raccoon, you are simply mistaken.
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I love this guy! That sentiment always annoyed me, especially when following a year that had Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: Days of Future Past. If you watch those movies and aren't able to see how much heart and soul the directors put into their work then maybe you're not as knowledgeable about film as you think. I would add Nolan with Batman to that list as well. No one will have me believe that he didn't put as much of himself into that as Memento and The Prestige. I love movies, all kinds, big budget or independent, so I'm glad a guy like James Gunn, who has made both great independent films and now a great blockbuster, comes out and says this.