Oscars 2015!

[Henry88]

[anais.butterfly]

Just because people say a role is "Oscar Bait" (which I do not think Redmayne's performance is) doesn't mean that it didn't take a lot of acting chops to do it.


I say my boyfriend wins the Oscar.


Edit: Also how can his movie be Oscar bait, but Still Alice isn't?

[Relaxing Dragon]

I do admit to it being a very broad term that has about much meaning as insulting label as Hipster does in this day and age, and I will also freely admit to it being a very well done performance. I'll whine and pout if he wins, but more out of a matter of wishing someone else got it than believe he didn't deserve it.

My feelings on the whole issue I laid out in that post a month or so ago, so dunno what else I have to say. Continued best of luck to all the players left, because that's all there is to say at this point.

[Relaxing Dragon]

And there it is. I'll honestly admit to being a bit surprised, I thought Keaton would snag it.

Ah well, congrats to the dude.

And also to anais, who I imagine is very pleased right now

[JimJ]

Best Actress was actually stacked this year.  It's a shame for the other nominees that Moore was in this year, any one of them could win in a weaker year.  Witherspoon and Cotilliard in particular were great.

[Relaxing Dragon]

Moore's this year appears to be one of those "Sorry we missed you all those other years" awards. But I actually haven't seen Still Alice yet, so I have no real comment as to her performance.

That said, Rosamund Pike's name should've been carved on that statue for the past four months, so I still call it an upset.

[Henry88]

alright, has best picture come up yet?.

[JimJ]

Moore's this year appears to be one of those "Sorry we missed you all those other years" awards. But I actually haven't seen Still Alice yet, so I have no real comment as to her performance.

That said, Rosamund Pike's name should've been carved on that statue for the past four months, so I still call it an upset.

I definitely don't think it was a make up win.  She was fantastic and heart breaking in Still Alice.  Still, the fact that she was "due" probably didn't hurt either.  I loved Pike too.  Felicity Jones is the weakest link in that line up and she was very good too.

[Relaxing Dragon]

And there goes Birdman. Should've seen it coming when it got Director. I guess all that Boyhood backlash finally landed (Birdman's hasn't quite taken roost yet).

Not quite a win I agree with, but simultaneously, a win I can't much fault. Well done, Birdman. I'm glad you finally got that thing I sent you.

[Darth Geek]

I haven't seen all of them yet, but this is by far the best Oscar tweet I've seen so far:
@billcorbett
J.K. Simmons involuntarily started yelling at the Birdman soundtrack #RifftraxOscar

[JimJ]

Could've done without the green card joke from Sean Penn.  It kind of sucks that he's such a good actor, because he's a giant asshole.

I wish Boyhood would've won at least Director, but Birdman is a good alternate choice I guess.  Linklater will get his eventually, I hope.

[anais.butterfly]

I am happy my boyfriend won. I understand why he couldn't thank me, what with his wife being there and all.

To be honest, I would have been very happy if Keaton had won. I hope Keaton gets more awesome projects, and I hope Redmayne has a super long career.

I was actually hoping Grand Budapest would sneak in there since it won so many awards throughout the night, but I am pleased with Birdman.

All in all, a good night.

[Darth Geek]

I hope this means Keaton will get to do Beetlejuice 2.

[The Lurker]

The Oscars can always get worse:

[Kete]

Regarding our previous conversation about putting the Oscars on a delay...

There is a nicely done site that has been doing it for 6 years.  http://2020awards.org/

They look at the movies from 20 years ago.  I like what they've done so far.