2012 Awards Season (Oscars, Golden Globes, etc.)

[Relaxing Dragon]

Yeah, but it's nice to dream

[BBQ Platypus]

Pretty lackluster ceremony this year.  I wouldn't blame Hugh Jackman for that, though.  They set it up all wrong.  They were playing music in the background while awards were being given, which was annoying as fuck.  They had other actors come up and describe the nominees' performance (as well as telling them all how great they were) rather than showing clips and letting the performance speak for itself.  They gave a couple awards to the wrong movie (what kind of crack were the voters smoking when they decided that the song from Slumdog was better than "Down to Earth?") and made pathetic attempts to try to address the inevitable viewer indifference by including "tributes" to the kinds of movies they always, ALWAYS ignore (i.e. comedies).


Steve Martin and Tina Fey were easily the highlight of the show.  Maybe they should have Steve host again next year.  Or maybe Conan O'Brien.  Hugh wasn't terrible, but I don't think he'll ever be coming back to host again.

[bratpop]

Did the dead guy win?

[mearnest]

Did the dead guy win?

Yes.  All is right with the world.

[bratpop]

Oh. It's funny how we see things differently.

[Trumpysgirl]

Am I the only one who hates it when Sean Penn wins ANYTHING? He irritates me to no end.

Woo for Kate Winslet and Slumdog. Boo to whoever told Sofia Loren that she could leave her hotel room looking like that.

[gojikranz]

being a californian i was very pleased with Penn's speech even though i wanted to see rourke win.

[mearnest]

Oh. It's funny how we see things differently.

Sorry, I thought my sarcasm was implied.

[Doctor Who?]

Is there some place where we can get a quick rundown of all the winners?

They only ever seem to mention a few  on the morning news.

[mearnest]

Is there some place where we can get a quick rundown of all the winners?

They only ever seem to mention a few  on the morning news.

http://www.imdb.com/

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

The 81st Academy Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre and were being televised live by the ABC Television Network. Check out the full list of winners below and let us know how your felt about the actual award show and whether you agree with the selected winners.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners:
* winners are marked in red

BEST PICTURE:
* Slumdog Millionaire
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader

DIRECTING:
* Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
* Gus Van Sant - Milk
* Stephen Daldry - The Reader

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Sean Penn - Milk
* Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
* Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
* Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Kate Winslet - The Reader
* Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie - Changeling
* Melissa Leo - Frozen River
* Meryl Streep - Doubt

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
* Josh Brolin - Milk
* Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
* Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Amy Adams - Doubt
* Viola Davis - Doubt
* Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
* Slumdog Millionaire - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* Doubt - Written by John Patrick Shanley
* Frost/Nixon - Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* The Reader - Screenplay by David Hare

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
* Milk - Written by Dustin Lance Black
* Frozen River - Written by Courtney Hunt
* Happy-Go-Lucky - Written by Mike Leigh
* In Bruges - Written by Martin McDonagh
* WALL-E - Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
* Departures - Japan
* The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
* The Class - France
* Revanche - Austria
* Waltz with Bashir - Israel

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
* WALL-E
* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda

ART DIRECTION:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* Changeling - Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* The Dark Knight - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* The Duchess - Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* Revolutionary Road - Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
* Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
* Changeling - Tom Stern
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
* The Reader - Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN:
* The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
* Australia - Catherine Martin
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
* Milk - Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
* Man on Wire
* The Betrayal
* Encounters at the End of the World
* The Garden
* Trouble the Water

FILM EDITING:
* Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
* Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* Milk - Elliot Graham

MAKEUP:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom
* The Dark Knight - John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

ORIGINAL SCORE:
* Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
* Defiance - James Newton Howard
* Milk - Danny Elfman
* WALL-E - Thomas Newman

ORIGINAL SONG:
* "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire - Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* "Down to Earth" from WALL-E - Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire - Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

SOUND MIXING:
* Slumdog Millionaire - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* WALL-E - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* Wanted - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano and Petr Forejt

SOUND EDITING:
* The Dark Knight - Richard King
* Iron Man - Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers
* WALL-E - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* Wanted - Wylie Stateman

VISUAL EFFECTS:
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* The Dark Knight - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* Iron Man - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
* Smile Pinki
* The Conscience of Nhem En
* The Final Inch
* The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
* La Maison en Petits Cubes
* Lavatory - Lovestory
* Oktapodi
* Presto
* This Way Up

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
* Spielzeugland
* Auf der Strecke
* Manon on the Asphalt
* New Boy
* The Pig

[Tripe]

So tonight I saw the following.

Movie which I would like to see get the Oscar

Movie that I think will probably get the Oscar.

The synopses are from the official Oscar site, be blown away by the care and attention to detail that they put into them.

Animated
Lavatory Lovestory

A lonely lavatory attendant finds a bouquet of flowers in her tip jar.

La Maison en Petits Cubes (House of Small Cubes)

In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances and looks back on his life.

Oktapodi

An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot.

Presto

A carrot triggers a war of wits between a magician and his hungry bunny.

This Way Up

A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery.

Live Action
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

A department store security guard who is drawn to one of his co-workers makes a fateful decision.

Grisen (The Pig)

A man facing surgery finds comfort in the painting of a pig hanging in his hospital room.

Manon Sur le Bitumen (Manon on the Asphalt)

The proximity of death brings a young woman a new perspective on life.

New Boy

A nine-year-old African boy begins his first day of school in Ireland.

Spielzeugland (Toyland)

In 1942, a German boy believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland.

Not so sure about how the live action nod will go.

Wooo I predicted two of the awards a while back, admittedly I hedged on the live action short but frankly both of the potentials I identified were crappy and dull enough to win over the delightful and actually relevant Greisen.

[GregMcduck]

WALL-E winning neither of the sound awards is almost as bad as it not being nominated for best picture.

[Trumpysgirl]

WALL-E winning neither of the sound awards is almost as bad as it not being nominated for best picture.

I too was pissed off.

Anyone else press the mute button on their remote during the musical number with Beyonce? I thought that thing would never end.

[bratpop]

Especially since the entire sound of Wall-E was done by Bobby McFerrin's mouth!