Oscars 2012

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List of Winners below, courtesy of Oscars 2012 Winners List & Recap

Best Picture - â??The Artistâ?? Thomas Langmann, Producer

Directing - â??The Artistâ?? Michel Hazanavicius

Actor in a Leading Role - Jean Dujardin in â??The Artistâ??

Actor in a Supporting Role - Christopher Plummer in â??Beginnersâ??

Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep in â??The Iron Ladyâ??

Actress in a Supporting Role - Octavia Spencer in â??The Helpâ??

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - â??The Descendantsâ?? Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Writing (Original Screenplay) - â??Midnight in Parisâ?? Written by Woody Allen

Animated Feature Film - â??Rangoâ?? Gore Verbinski

Art Direction - â??Hugoâ?? Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

Film Editing - â??The Girl with the Dragon Tattooâ?? Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Cinematography - â??Hugoâ?? Robert Richardson

Costume Design - â??The Artistâ?? Mark Bridges

Documentary (Feature) - â??Undefeatedâ?? TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject) - â??Saving Faceâ?? Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Foreign Language Film - â??A Separationâ?? Iran

Makeup - â??The Iron Ladyâ?? Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score) - â??The Artistâ?? Ludovic Bource

Music (Original Song) - â??Man or Muppetâ?? from â??The Muppetsâ?? Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

Short Film (Animated) - â??The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreâ?? William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Short Film (Live Action) - â??The Shoreâ?? Terry George and Oorlagh George

Sound Editing - â??Hugoâ?? Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

Sound Mixing - â??Hugoâ?? Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

Visual Effects - â??Hugoâ?? Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning

What did you all think of the winners? The program itself?

I was definitely more entertained this year than last, Billy Crystal plays it safe, but it was still a serviceable broadcast. Not realy surprised by any of the winners, and the folks I was really pulling for didn’t get a statue, as usual.

Here’s some advice, though.

Don’t see the “Beginners” just because Christopher Plummer won the Oscar for it. It’s tripe. Slow emo overthought and overwrought tripe with his performance being the only singular standout in an agonizing film.

Other than that, I’ll play catchup on the nominated films I haven’t yet seen.

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I saw some of the show. Billy Crystal is a big old bore, IMO.

I haven’t yet seen ANY of those films EXCEPT “Midnight In Paris” which was extremely entertaining and charming. Probably one of Woody Allen’s most complete masterpieces.

Looking forward to seeing all those films in the coming months or so.

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Is it bad that I’ve never heard of any of those movies?

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Definitely a lot of movies I want to see. I’m sure they will re-issue some in the theaters. Some I had never heard of, maybe they aren’t out here yet.

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I think some of the women needed to eat a hamburger or 2 …Curves are sexy a bag of bones in a dress is not.

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I saw The Help, very good, but not great, movie. Unfortunately, it flirts with the “Magical Negro” school of film-making, but was otherwise very enjoyable.

I saw Hugo 3-D with the kids. See it, see it, see it! Gorgeous film with a very touching story line.

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[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I saw The Help, very good, but not great, movie. Unfortunately, it flirts with the “Magical Negro” school of film-making, but was otherwise very enjoyable.

I saw Hugo 3-D with the kids. See it, see it, see it! Gorgeous film with a very touching story line.[/quote]

I saw The Help as well. It’s a really good movie, not anywhere in my particular wheelhouse but I’m glad I saw it.

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Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.

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It was cool to see Nat Faxon win best screen writing for “The Descendants.”

Wonder how full his inbox will be today. He’s a dude that shows up in commercials and bit parts in film and TV, had no clue he was a writer. So much so that I announced “Hey it’s the Beerfest guy!” when he went on stage.

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[quote]roybot wrote:
Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.[/quote]

I was shocked to find out that this was his first nomination. Seems like he should have been nominated long before now.

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[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I saw The Help, very good, but not great, movie. Unfortunately, it flirts with the “Magical Negro” school of film-making, but was otherwise very enjoyable.

I saw Hugo 3-D with the kids. See it, see it, see it! Gorgeous film with a very touching story line.[/quote]

It was weird that Scorsese made a kids movie. How old are your kids, may I ask?

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[quote]Grneyes wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.[/quote]

I was shocked to find out that this was his first nomination. Seems like he should have been nominated long before now.[/quote]

I agree.
Even in his first film, “Sid & Nancy” (1986), he was SO good it was truly hard to distinguish Oldman from Vicious in many scenes.

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I only recognize one, maybe 2, movies in that list. Meh.

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[quote]roybot wrote:
Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.[/quote]

It was sweet what Natalie Portman said about him, considering he killed her parents and was going to kill her too. Good thing Jean Reno saved her.

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[quote]Grneyes wrote:

It was weird that Scorsese made a kids movie. How old are your kids, may I ask?[/quote]

I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a kids movie, although it’s certainly appropriate for them.

My kids are 7, 8, and 9 (no Irish twins, though)

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[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:

[quote]Grneyes wrote:

It was weird that Scorsese made a kids movie. How old are your kids, may I ask?[/quote]

I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a kids movie, although it’s certainly appropriate for them.

My kids are 7, 8, and 9 (no Irish twins, though)

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Jeez dude, '02-'05 must have been INSANE for you and yours. Wow.

Sorry for the hyjack.

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[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
Jeez dude, '02-'05 must have been INSANE for you and yours. Wow.

Sorry for the hyjack.

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Dude, I can’t even begin to explain how insane it was. My ex and I had sex three times during those years… It was CRAZY!!!

lol

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[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:

[quote]Grneyes wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.[/quote]

I was shocked to find out that this was his first nomination. Seems like he should have been nominated long before now.[/quote]

I agree.
Even in his first film, “Sid & Nancy” (1986), he was SO good it was truly hard to distinguish Oldman from Vicious in many scenes.
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He beat out Daniel Day Lewis to play Sid. Not bad for a guy who auditioned for RADA and was told he should forget about acting as he wasn’t good enough.

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[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
Oldman was robbed. Still, at least he got his first nom and maybe he’ll get more lead roles off the back of it. We’re likely to see George Smiley again, so maybe that swayed the Academy’s decision.[/quote]

It was sweet what Natalie Portman said about him, considering he killed her parents and was going to kill her too. Good thing Jean Reno saved her.[/quote]

Lol. She probably didn’t recognize him.

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[quote]dirtbag wrote:
I think some of the women needed to eat a hamburger or 2 …Curves are sexy a bag of bones in a dress is not.[/quote]

Not sexy?