The Real Deal Oscar Predictions - Part 3

[craigdbfan]

James Franco didn't give a s*** which I thought was awesome.

Honestly it was hilarious for me. I completely got what he was trying to do.

He has a strange sense of humor that a very small group of people can relate to. Dude was based.

Just look at the guys face. He is the awesome emoticon in this picture, haha:

 

[batman11]

Wally's win genuinely surprised me. Thought for sure it was Deakins' 'time.' That said, so happy to see him win. "My master, Chris Nolan..." LOL. t:

Also good to see Inception get all the tech love.

Franco, while sometimes funny in his dry routine, was more often than not quite bland. Shame. I thought Anne held her own, and did the best she could with what he had. Speaking of which, it seemed like the hosts weren't given much to do tonight...like, at all. Aside from a few gags, all they really did was introduce everyone else. Anyhow, I really like Anne a lot, and I hope she gets some praise for tonight. She brought a lot of energy to the show. Good work from her.

So happy to finally see the moment realized when Natalie got the Oscar. Her speech was very heartfelt and moving. I think she's just great all around, and I was certainly beaming while watching her take home the prize.

And then there's Bale.


...


That man is professional.

Great speech. Great emotion. Great moment.

Academy Award Winner Christian Bale.

Finally.

 

[craigdbfan]

Felt happy for Bale.

Its funny at one point he says "I can't believe this is happening" but not towards the fact he won but that he was chocking up when doing the speech. For whatever the Oscars may be acclaimed or criticized of being they still hold a sort of symbolic significance. So the fact that it got to him, the emotion of his daughter, wife, and crew it was nice seeing.

An actor who usually keeps his reserve we saw a little peek to someone achieving something they worked and earned the legitimate way from very early on and it all hitting him on top of that stage in the realization of this ceremony.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

True Grit got shut out....ouch. I was hoping it would get something.

I guess I need to see The King's Speech. It beat some good movies.

 

[Catman]

I'd hardly call those three categories scraps.

In the grand scheme of things it was. King's Speech won the "important" awards. The Fighter and Black Swan divided the "semi-important" awards. Inception was the big technical champ. And, Alice in Wonderland took home the art department prizes. Social Network won the left overs.

 

[kvz5]

This pic is adorable:

 

[Ipodman]

Looks like the godd@mn Batman finally won something....

 

[jmc]

This pic is adorable:

Good thing she wasn't up for the Catwoman role, she's so freakin' tiny.

 

[echostation]

Batman vs Foster, directed by Ron Innaritu Howards...

 

[Sawyer]

This pic is adorable:

He probably thinks that's his baby.

 

[mclay18]

Glad to see Bale, Portman and Firth winning. Now you know the ads for TDKR will mention "Academy Award Winner Christian Bale". That makes me smile. But other than some people getting rewarded for their work, the ceremony was a huge bore.

Strip all those montages and song performances out, and you get a nice robust 2-hour ceremony. And as much as I love Hathaway and Franco, they just weren't given good material to work with. (And Franco's 'don't give a sh**' attitude didn't help. I personally thought he got stoned right before the ceremony.)

 

[Boom]

Either Franco is a pothead, or he just comes across as one in general.

I remember watching a roundtable video with the Best Actor nominees, and Franco said he almost didn't get the part in 127 Hours because Danny Boyle thought he showed up to the audition high.

 

[craigdbfan]

Either Franco is a pothead, or he just comes across as one in general.

I remember watching a roundtable video with the Best Actor nominees, and Franco said he almost didn't get the part in 127 Hours because Danny Boyle thought he showed up to the audition high.

I'd lean towards the former.

I know the look of someone who enjoys indulging in that delicacy and Franco served himself a hefty portion. Results were this:

Goodman went on to say that "Anne Hathaway at least tried to sing and dance and preen along to the goings on, but Franco seemed distant, uninterested and content to keep his Cheshire-cat-meets-smug smile on display throughout."

- The Hollywood Reporter

(Thats the "cheshire" smile and Hatheway is sporting the "oh god my dreams of hosting are shattering!!FRAAAAAAAANCOOOOO!!!!!)

That's an apt description of a pothead from someone who doesn't know one from THR. I found it funny but I can see how it left people disappointed.

 

[jmc]

General consensus from the various blogs and news sources seems to be Anne was doing the best she could, whilst Franco became more wooden as the night went on. Hard to argue.

 

[xwolverine2]

the most undeserved oscar win was without a doubt The Wolfman..... it literally won by default.. the other two films nominated had only slight aging and scar make-up

the wolfman make-up was absolutely horrible... so horrible they didnt even show it when the oscars had their montage of wolfman.. it was all the CG tranformation scenes from the movie lmao.

i literally managed to predict all the winners correctly..even the hard ones like sound mixing and editing. The Kings Speech win was solidified once it took home best director and original screenplay AND best actor lol

i feel extremely bad for dreamworks... this should've been there year. lol they showed the touching scene from Dragons and then that horrible spanish scene from toy story. All that did was show that Dragons was a heartfelt film all throughout and toy story just had the one giant sappy heartfelt moment at the end.

those two and alice (crappy matte painting backgrounds) in wonderland winning best art direction over any other film were the only dissapointments i had.

 

[redhawk23]

In the grand scheme of things it was. King's Speech won the "important" awards. The Fighter and Black Swan divided the "semi-important" awards. Inception was the big technical champ. And, Alice in Wonderland took home the art department prizes. Social Network won the left overs.

Some people are actually really interested in who wins best score. The thing is, as is much of the discussion, the one thing The Kings Speech is memorable for is beating other movies, not for you know, what its actually about. Its a very meh win.

 

[DACrowe]

I find it rather amusing that The Social Network, a film once destined to rule the awards season, got lost in the shuffle. The King's Speech was the big winner. Inception matched the number of trophies thanks to the technical categories. And, Alice in Wonderland (like other Tim Burton movies) was the toast of the art department. The Social Network basically picked up the scraps (music, editing, and original script).

To be fair I wouldn't exactly call a Screenplay Oscar, Editing and Original Score scraps. But certainly a disappointment for the best movie of the year. I'd say if anybody got scraps it was Inception which took home only one major technical award (cinematography). And True Grit got shut out all together. Natalie Portman's deserving win for BS overshadows that it also would have been a shut out otherwise.

So, it seems the Academy's favorite movies of 2010 were The King's Speech and The Fighter. Safe, uplifting and unchallenging biopics (though I really like The Fighter)? Makes sense.

 

[Frodo]

I think the thing with Franco is that he's a pretty shy and resereved guy ,or at least that's how he comes off in the interviews i've seen him in. Yeah , he does have that kinda Chershire cat smile like there's an inside joke, but he's not the kind of extrovert that you need to host this kind of Award show. Hathaway seemed to be much more at home and at ease . Then again the last few hosts have been pretty bad anyway, and the last real funny one was Billy Crystal imo. That aside , I was happy for all the wins and greatful that inception at least took home some Oscars .

 

[dude stannis]

It shows a real lack of progressive thinking by the Academy to give all the big wins to a primp and proper poncey, oscar bait, British history film and shut out The Social Network like that. If they really want to bring in youth viewers, it would be by celebrating the movie that celebrates and reflects on Gen Y like no other.

Academy Award Winner: The Wolfman.

Christian Bale, you da man!

 

[Charlie The Red]

Oscars have gotten way too predictable.

Pretty much all of the major winners these past four years have been good films, albeit stuffy and esoteric. None of them, in my opinion, seem like classic or memorable films.

Slumdog Millionaire, No Country for Old Men and The Hurt Locker were all good films, but don't really seem to have the same longevity that past Oscar winners had to make them classic films. They just don't seem quite as worthy.

Maybe the film industry really is in a slump. When I think of Best Picture, I think of Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Shawshank Redemption (should have won), A Beautiful Mind and Silence of the Lambs. Not the stuffy fare that we've been getting for the past several years.

I'm not saying any of the winners from the past few years are bad...just not as good.

That and it's become too easy to predict who will win.

 

[Charlie The Red]

Oh, and I thought Hathaway did a great job. Franco left her high and dry, I thought. Part of me wishes they'd have her back again with someone a bit more enthusiastic, but I doubt they will.

 

[Catman]

Now you know the ads for TDKR will mention "Academy Award Winner Christian Bale".

I doubt it. Jack Nicholson was already a two-time Oscar winner when he did Batman and none of the ads mentioned that. Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were Oscar winners when they did Superman and the ads didn't mention that. When it comes to blockbusters, the Oscars don't really matter.

I'd say if anybody got scraps it was Inception which took home only one major technical award (cinematography).

Actually, it won Best Visual Effects and the two Sound Effect awards. Inception was the technical category winner this year. Also it tied King's Speech in overall wins. So, it was a big winner in its own right.

it seems the Academy's favorite movies of 2010 were The King's Speech and The Fighter.

Going by the numbers, it was King's Speech, Inception, and Social Network. KS and Inception won 4 Oscars and SN won 3. Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, and Toy Story 3 won 2 each.

 

[byte19]

I doubt it. Jack Nicholson was already a two-time Oscar winner when he did Batman and none of the ads mentioned that. Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were Oscar winners when they did Superman and the ads didn't mention that. When it comes to blockbusters, the Oscars don't really matter.

judging from these posters... you don't need to say it...
and who were in those heroic costumes anyway?

 

[Carmine Falcone]

What the ****. Deakins got snubbed again. Insane.

 

[byte19]

Felt happy for Bale.

Its funny at one point he says "I can't believe this is happening" but not towards the fact he won but that he was chocking up when doing the speech. For whatever the Oscars may be acclaimed or criticized of being they still hold a sort of symbolic significance. So the fact that it got to him, the emotion of his daughter, wife, and crew it was nice seeing.

An actor who usually keeps his reserve we saw a little peek to someone achieving something they worked and earned the legitimate way from very early on and it all hitting him on top of that stage in the realization of this ceremony.