Official Oscar Nominations and Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[MatthewLouwrens]

I was reading Jim Emerson's Scanners blog, and he had a link to YouTube, where someone has posted the infamous Snow White / Rob Lowe performance from the 1989 Oscars. So I thought I would post it here, just to help prepare everyone for the show. No matter what happens tonight, nothing can possibly be worse than this.

Personally, I was quite glad to see it. I've often heard it referred to, but never seen it (I was 11 when it aired, and really had no interest in the awards at the time). And now I have seen it, I can honestly say that it is truly appalling.

Less than one hour to go.

 

[Janna S]

The show is tape-delayed here, so it won't start on TV here for 3 more hours. What's the best site on the net to monitor the show live?

 

[TonyD]

eh, worst opening in years.
i like ellen but zzzzzz.

and that opening film who were those people.couldnt they have put a name below each of them.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Did anyone hear of some sort of leak on the Best Director award? I'll put the below in spoilers in case you don't want to know who wins.

I read at another forum that someone (in the media?) posted that Lucas, Coppola and Spielberg would be given out the Best Director award. Having all three there certainly points to Scorsese finally winning.

 

[Holadem]

I like her monologue, but wasn't too crazy about the opening film.

I do love the idea of celebrating the nominees this time around.

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[Holadem]

OMG that Elements & Motions "chorale" was tiiiiiight!

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[Jason_Els]

That bit about the director trio was from Drudge. I too think it could only be Scorsese. Finally!

 

[Mario Gauci]

Alan Arkin may have had a smallish role in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006) but, boy, am I glad he finally got the Oscar! If anything, it means Eddie Murphy didn't get it...!

Hopefully, Peter O'Toole will likewise emerge triumphant at long last...even if, like Arkin, VENUS (2006) is hardly his best work.

 

[WillG]

Ok, please, Al and Leo.....not presenting......just up ther for a global warming preach session. Uhhhgghh. I know it's important and everything, but is it really necessary to have a special PSA about it?

 

[Lord Dalek]

Hehehe, poor Eddie...

 

[ThomasC]

"The Departed was based on Infernal Affairs, a Japanese film..."

WTF?!?! How could such a blatant error happen at the Oscars?! I guess no one who was writing the "trivia" had actually seen the film...

 

[Lord Dalek]

Lubezki lost, booooooo.

 

[Michael_K_Sr]

If nothing else, this silhouette troupe is pretty damned good.

 

[Shawn_KE]

Man, I can't stand Ellen doing this. Her jokes are nothing but bombs. This last bit I was hoping that Clint Eastwood would pull out his .44 Magnum and blow her head clean off.

 

[Patrick Sun]

A few minor upsets so far:

Alan Arkin for best supporting actor
Happy Feet for best animated feature
Pan's win in cinematography (I really thought Children of Men would have gotten this award after being shut out in a few other categories, damn Universal for their non-support of this film)

Big upset:
The Lives of Others wrestles the Best Foreign film from Pan's.

 

[Bryan Ri]

They've goofed left and right. Check out their film summaries on OSCAR.com. Here is what they had for Superman Returns (keep in mind, I copied and pasted):

"Following a five-year absence, Superman returns to his old haunts to find that a strong campaign has developed against him...led by his one-time love, Lois Lane. Now married and a mother, Lois insists that the world can get along quite well without the caped superhero, until he thwarts the attempt of his old nemesis, Lex Luthor, to crasht he space shuttle on which she is a passenger."

ummmm...

 

[Kirk Tsai]

The montages have been pretty good. Not surprised Mr. Tornatore uses Morricone's Legend of 1900 score for the foreign language film montage, especially on this night.

 

[Shawn_KE]

Pan's Labyrinth has been cleaning house tonight, how could it not win for Best Foreign Language Film?

 

[Marc Colella]

Winning technical awards doesn't mean it's a great film.

Pan's Labyrinth was a decent film, but The Lives of Others was a great one. It's in my Top 5 of the year.

 

[Patrick Sun]

That was my reaction to Pan's as well, good film, not a great film, but it sure did look great, and its makeup award is deserved as well.

This has been a crazy night of winners tonight.

Jennifer Hudson does what Eddie Murphy couldn't in his category, she wins Best Supporting Actress.