The One & Only Academy Awards Thread

[Guest Flyboy]

It'll be on in about 22 minutes.

[Guest MrRant]

My reaction:

 

I don't care.

[Guest Flyboy]

Blah, I should have put "Academy Awards" in the thread topic, but oh well.

[Guest the pinjockey]

I am looking forward to the completely pointless anti-war, anti-bush speeches. Is it too hard for one night to forget the problems, say thank you, and say you support the troops if you say anything at all? Not every event needs to turn into an anti-war protest.

[Guest Flyboy]

My reaction:

 

I don't care.

Then, don't come to the thread.

 

Some people do.

[Guest Flyboy]

I didn't know Cuba Gooding, Jr. was married to a white woman.

[Guest El Satanico]

Is it too hard for one night to forget the problems, and say you support the troops if you say anything at all? Not every event needs to turn into an anti-war protest.

Either it's "no comments on the war" or it's "make comments on either side of the issue".

 

If you'd allow pro-war comments, then you have no room to bitch about the anti-war comments. Personally I don't want any comments about the war, but if an award winner made a pro-war comment then an award winner should also be able to make anti-war comments.

[Guest El Satanico]

I didn't know Cuba Gooding, Jr. was married to a white woman.

Hell he's basically white himself.

[Guest the pinjockey]

I don't want any war comments either. I am not saying that you say you support the troops as in the cause just that you support them and hope they come home safe. But I would prefer nothing pro- or anti- wise.

[Guest Flyboy]

I didn't know Cuba Gooding, Jr. was married to a white woman.

Hell he's basically white himself.

Not as white as The Coach.

[Guest El Satanico]

I'm not even as white as Coach.

[Guest godthedog]

i'm sure it'll be a hotbed of rich white people voicing their pissy little protest of the war. i saw the exact same thing on the independent spirit awards, where people like don cheadle & even my goddess julianne moore were straining to make references to it.

[Guest El Satanico]

So who are you guys rooting for?

 

Not who do you think will win, but who you WANT to win.

 

(argh here comes the LOTR will get screwed comments)

[Guest Downhome]

Here are my predictions...

 

1) Best Picture --- Chicago

 

2) Achievement in Directing --- Roman Polanski for The Pianist

 

3) Best Actor in a Leading Role --- Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York

 

4) Best Supporting Actor --- Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can

 

5) Best Actress in a Leading Role --- Renée Zellweger in Chicago

 

6) Best Supporting Actress --- Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago

 

7) Best Animated Feature Film --- Spirited Away

 

8) Best Adapted Screenplay --- Adaptation

 

9) Best Original Screenplay --- My Big Fat Greek Wedding

 

10) Achievement in Art Direction --- Chicago

 

11) Achievement in Cinematography --- The Pianist

 

12) Achievement in Costume Design --- Chicago

 

13) Best Documentary Feature --- Bowling For Columbine

 

14) Best Film Editing --- The Hours

 

15) Achievement in Makeup --- The Time Machine

 

16) Best Original Score --- The Hours

 

17) Original Song --- "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile, by Eminem

 

18) Achievement in Sound --- The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers

 

19) Achievement in Sound Editing --- The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers

 

20) Best Visual Effects --- The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers

 

...anyhow, here we go!

[Guest Downhome]

"Mickey Rooney is the same age of the Earth." --- Steve Martin

 

I don't know why, but that just made me bust a gut, I just didn't expect him to say that.

[Guest Downhome]

I fucking love Steve Martin, this is a great escape from the war, at least for me.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

They should get him to host every year.

[Guest El Satanico]

And Jack is drunk

 

wooo

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Go Spirited Away!

[Guest El Satanico]

watch TP win

[Guest Downhome]

Best Animated Feature Film --- Spirited Away

 

1/1

[Guest Downhome]

They should get him to host every year.

I agree 100%.

[Guest Flyboy]

They're stealing his Oscar!

[Guest Downhome]

Best Visual Effects --- The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers

 

2/2

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Thank god. I don't even know why Spider-Man was even nominated.

[Guest Flyboy]

Everyone knew who was going to win that.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

I wanted to hear what they had to say.

[Guest Downhome]

The first two have been "givens" in my opinon.

[Guest Flyboy]

Kahran, can you change the title of the thread for me?

[Guest Nevermortal]

Jesus Christ, the academy are really nazis when it comes to speech time.