Academy Awards Thread

[filkertom]

Who won what? Did they deserve it? Have at.

ETA: The official Oscars site, Disney's Oscar site, and Yahoo's Oscar site.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

The biggest nomination disappointment, for me, was that because there weren't enough films submitted, Best Animated Feature Film was a three-nominee category. I would have liked to see Summer Wars get a nomination--it's beautiful.

On the other hand, Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network--yay!

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

Trent Reznor felt the Oscars from the inside (and won Best Original Score for The Social Network) YAY!!!

~*::Meow::*~

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Franco just lost ALL of the respect and admiration I had for him when he responded to the technical awards with 'Congratulations, nerds.'

Dude's going for a PhD. I'd have thought he, of all people, would be a little more simpatico.

On the other hand, Wolfman just won for best makeup, so I am a happy girl.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

How do you know he didn't mean it in a sympathetic way like when two black guys call each other... Y'know...

"Nerd" could be the OTHER "N" word!

[sunfell.livejournal.com]

I am not watching. Instead, I am watching my Twitter feed, and my lovely mix of NPR, PC Magazine, snarky industry people, assorted actors and fangirls is paying off wonderfully.

The twitter feed is better than the broadcast.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Pretty much everything matched the advance predictions. "The King's Speech" won best picture, director, actor, and original screenplay. (I would have preferred "The Social Network" for picture and director, but "Speech" is a very good picture.) "The Social Network picked up best adapted screenplay, editing, and score. "Inception" picked up four technical awards, and "Alice In Wonderland" got the other two. "Toy Story 3" won best animated feature and best song. Natalie Portman won best actress for "Black Swan", and "The Fighter" picked up both supporting acting awards, for Melissa Leo and Christian Bale.

Probably the biggest (and nicest) surprise is that "The Lost Thing", by Hugo-nominated artist Shaun Tan, won for the best animated short.

James Franco was mostly dull, but I thought Anne Hathaway was (and had) a lot of fun.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

I don't get why "Social Network" was listed under "adapted screenplay" when KS was under "original screenplay". KS is "based on an original story" but has some fictional elements. But then so does SN from my understanding.

Personally, I still maintain that KS was designed to win Oscars. It was made to push the "vote for me" buttons of the Oscar voters. SN was about new technology and young people so scared off the voters who are much more comfortable voting for a movie where a fasist sympathizer must overcome his stuttering to fight the Nazis.

As you may guess, I've given up on the Oscars long ago.

[skemono.livejournal.com]

I don't get why "Social Network" was listed under "adapted screenplay" when KS was under "original screenplay". KS is "based on an original story" but has some fictional elements. But then so does SN from my understanding.

The Social Network was adapted from the book The Accidental Billionaires, while The King's Speech was not a film adaptation of any pre-existing material.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but it could be argued that KS is an adaption of history and the books written about him which is pre-existing material. OTOH, it would mean SN surrendering another Oscar to that movie.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

I keep meaning to see "The Illusionist" but never get around to it.

I'm still surprised "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and Daft Punk's soundtrack to "TRON: Legacy" didn't get a nod.

[rrcgoose.livejournal.com]

I would have liked to see TRON nominated too, if only to see Daft Punk at the ceremonies in character.

Steve-

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

"Fantastic Mr. Fox" was a 2009 film, and was nominated last year. It lost to "Up".

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Oh, my bad.

[dysprog.livejournal.com]

I love that Inception rocked the technicals, but I would have liked to see it win for one of the art awards as well.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

None of the winners deserved the prize. Iron Man 2 and Megamind should have swept everything. Of course those are the only two movies I remember seeing last year.

And yes, the first requirement in my "Why [insert movie here] does/does not deserve an Oscar" list is "Did I see it?" The second is "Did I like it?" Which is (as far as I can tell) an equally valid criteria than the process the Oscar voters use.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Just answer me two things...

1. Have any of the "Twilight" films won any Oscars.

2. If "yes"... WHY?!!!

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, the answer is no on both counts.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

And once again a bone is thrown to the genre films in the special effects department because, God forbid, the Academy ever acknowledges those kind of films have cinematic value.