2009 Oscar prediction contest

[Epic Reine 0]

My thoughts:

 

1.) I'm gonna just jump on the bandwagon and say that Mickey Rourke was robbed. Mickey should have kept his mouth shut about the Jericho thing from the start. It finally cost him.

2.) Alan Arkin mispronouncing Philip Seymour Hoffman's name was funny.

3.) I didn't like the atmoshpere. For some reason, the Kodak theater looked a lot smaller than usual.

4.) I didn't like the presentation for the acting awards. I missed the movie clips that accompany the nominations. Gives the audience an insight to what the performances were like.

5.) I didn't like the many musical numbers

6.) The star power seemed to be lacking. Did Clint Eastwood even show up?

7.) Adrien Brody's Jesus look was hilarious.

8.) Heath Ledger's win came off a lot better than I expected. I was expecting the entire cast of The Dark Knight to give him a big memorial or something but they actually did something tastefull and had his family accept for him the way it should have been from the start. I still think he wouldn't have won if he was still alive but oh well, they didn't milk his death as badly as I thought they would.

[King Kamala 0]

The Academy totally snubbed him for his role as the very attractive in a way that I can't explain ATF agent tripping on acid in Flirting With Disaster!

 

Didn't think I'd be fooled by that filter but I was. Damn!

 

Semi OT but speaking of Flirting With Disaster, I was putzing around on wikipedia and boy does David O' Russell's next movie sound stupid. Jessica Biel? Really?

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Penn's verbal blowjob of Rourke was kinda pathetic to watch but I respect what he said about the people protesting very attractive in a way that I can't explain marriage outside. The line about their grandchildren having to live with the shame of what they did was particularly good.

[Exslade ZX 0]

It's just too bad we didn't get to hear this.

[Coffin Surfer 0]

Mystic River was 10 times the movie Lost in Translation was.

 

Can we blame this on Vince somehow?

 

I don't necessarily disagree but Penn in that movie just seemed over the top most times.

 

Bill Murray did more with a single blank stare than Penn did with a thousand confusing brow raises and eye shifts.

 

Eh, I really can't stand Penn outside of Bad Boys and Fast Times. He just seems so artifical and forced in all of his "acclaimed" roles; nothing natural about the guy. Being such a smug unlikable asshole doesn't do him any favors either.

 

[Craig Th 0]

Yeah, Rourke should have won, but Penn did a hell of a job. Doesn't bother me at all.

 

5 out of 6 for the major awards right isn't bad. I picked the Reader because I wanted to go for the upset. Oh wellll.

[King Kamala 0]

Hey I forgot about Jimmy Kimmel being on after the Oscars. Woah! Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson as guests. Talk about a double scoop of crazy!

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

Hey I forgot about Jimmy Kimmel being on after the Oscars. Woah! Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson as guests. Talk about a double scoop of crazy!

 

Please let them get into an argument over religion.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

I think thus 4hartthreat guy won the contest.

 

I don't know who he is though...so I'm disqualifying him and crowning myself the victor.

[bob_barron 0]

4hart got 16, I think I got 14.

[Epic Reine 0]

RICHARD JENKINS WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

[Guest Czech please!]

Calm down guys. At least Heath Ledger won.

Alls I care about is Heath Ledger winning because this validates my taste in popular comic book blockbusters and validates me as a human being.

[bob_barron 0]

Calm down guys. At least Heath Ledger won.

Alls I care about is Heath Ledger winning because this validates my taste in popular comic book blockbusters and validates me as a human being.

 

Czech, stop posting in this folder.

[King Kamala 0]

I knew when I saw Czech in this thread, he'd totally deliver a zinger related to The Wrestler or The Dark Knight. He did not disappoint!

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

Czech hates things that are popular and likes to pop up in threads about such things and let everyone know that.

 

It isn't the best gimmick ever...but he is well known.

[King Kamala 0]

Well, it balances itself out. People like Czech complain about me and Cheech calling the music folder too elitist and people in here complain about Czech calling this folder too populist. Who's right? Everybody.

[Guest Czech please!]

Czech hates things that are popular

God, who started this one? I've never understood it. I like all sorts of popular things, but not big-budget movies based on comic books, because I never got into comic books. You guys are fuckin' retarded. You don't know me. You don't know me.

 

If I can't riff on some guy who's been obsessed with the portrayal of a comic book character for the better part of a year essentially saying "don't worry guys, we did it!", then I don't know what I can riff on. This board's gotten softer than a microwaved marshmallow, man. I don't know what happens. Nobody's interests and sensibilities are allowed to be touched any longer. Fuckin' tender is what you guys are. People bust my balls in the music folder all the time for bands I like (The Smiths, Radiohead) and bands I'm purported to like (anything indie, which is false), and I pretty much take it in stride without demanding that Sensei John Kreese stops posting in this folder. This is just a room full of clapping seals and dripping cunts.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

I think it was your cameo appearance in the How I Met Your Mother thread questioning why people like Neil Patrick Harris where things went wrong.

[CBright7831 0]

It's just too bad we didn't get to hear this.

What an awesome speech.

 

Especially 4:47-onward.

 

*adds to favorites on YT*

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Czech hates things that are popular

God, who started this one? I've never understood it. I like all sorts of popular things, but not big-budget movies based on comic books, because I never got into comic books. You guys are fuckin' retarded. You don't know me. You don't know me.

 

If I can't riff on some guy who's been obsessed with the portrayal of a comic book character for the better part of a year essentially saying "don't worry guys, we did it!", then I don't know what I can riff on. This board's gotten softer than a microwaved marshmallow, man. I don't know what happens. Nobody's interests and sensibilities are allowed to be touched any longer. Fuckin' tender is what you guys are. People bust my balls in the music folder all the time for bands I like (The Smiths, Radiohead) and bands I'm purported to like (anything indie, which is false), and I pretty much take it in stride without demanding that Sensei John Kreese stops posting in this folder. This is just a room full of clapping seals and dripping cunts.

 

Perhaps if you'd chosen a better route then your usual smarm to rag on Heath people would be more inclined to deal with or, at the very least look the other way.

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I see that bob_barron has a post lined up. The italics are going strong. This should be good.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

It can't be any worse then what Czech has brought so far.

[Darthtiki 0]

From What Would Tyler Durden Do (I thought it was worth a repost):

4:04 – okay if I have to watch this nonsense, I’m draggin you down with me. You’re not special.

 

4:11 – even after a few years, it's weird to see Heidi Klum and Seal together. He seems like the nicest guy in the world, but she’s so hot, and he looks like something on Star Trek. He must have a duraflame log between his legs.

 

4:18 – Robert Pattinson either has downs or hes baked ALL the time.

 

4:20 - I didn't think Matthew Broderick could look any fruitier. I stand corrected. He might as well have hot-pants that show the bottom of his ass cheeks and a mesh t-shirt.

 

4:24 - Anne Hathaway looks super giraffy. With her weird long neck she's 8 inches above every one else. She has this vacant look on her face all the time, and she's goofy looking to begin with so that doesn’t help. She's dumb, plus goofy. Doofy.

 

4:37 – wow so Ron Howard just told Ryan Seacrest that’s its looking “very much” like they’re going to make the Arrested Development movie. Howard of course was the narrator and executive producer of the show. I literally just squealed with delight.

4:41 - so I guess Angelina Jolie didn't get her 20 million dollar necklace, or else that story was nonsense to begin with. She looks fuckin amazing though. Her vagina could have a beak like a squids mouth, and it could snap things off when you put things in there, and I'd still take my chances.

 

4:46 - Philip Seymour Hoffman is the coolest guy in the world.

 

4:50 - Is Beyonce wearing a swim cap? I guess when you have pointy elf ears, you're gonna wanna show em off.

 

4:55 - That big Kardashian sister looks like Chyna now. Sexy, yes?

 

5:05 - Robin Roberts is the all time leading scorer in basketball for Southeastern Louisiana University. Fascinating, huh.

 

5:06 - If you want to interview Sarah Jessica Parker on the red carpet you could wave a carrot or make a trail of sugar cubes.

 

5:17 - Anne Hathaway looks awful in HD. Who has darker rings around their eyes, her or Rihanna?

 

*:33 - Hugh Jackman is like the most likable person on earth. He should be good at this. But it wont help the ratings. People watched this shit when there was like 3 channels. Now there's tivo and porn and porn on tivo.

 

5:35 - I think I tried to make a capital "5"

 

5:37 - Anne Hathaway is good at improv.

 

5:43 - These little flashback montages are a good idea, because they have nothing to do with fuckin anything. I understand other people had previously won these awards. I get it.

 

5:48 - Acting is the most important thing in the world, in case you couldn’t tell by the introductions for best supporting actress.

 

5:51 - Penelope Cruz for Best Supporting Actress. At the end she said she had to finish her speech in Spanish. Which is the only way I knew anything before that was supposed to be English.

 

5:59 - I like what they’re doing for the Best Screenplay. I don’t think most people realize how detailed a screenplay can be, how much of the direction and performance of the actors comes from screenplay. It’s true, writers are the most amazing people on earth. For example, I can bench press 800 pounds.

 

6:08 - Jack Black is about as funny as getting raped, and Jennifer Aniston is about as funny as attacked by a bear. So together they're about as funny as getting raped by a bear.

 

6:09 - Wall-E fuckin sucked. Kung Fu Panda was better.

 

6:12 - Even if you wanted to see these animated shorts, and Jesus Christ why would you, where the hell would you do it? Where do you find that shit.

 

6:13 - I think the Asian guy just thanked his pencil.

 

6:13 - The closed-captioning person completely bailed on the Asian guy. They got to "i thank my parents" and then nothing

 

6:17 - Did they put Sarah Jessica Parker in a barn set? Hahaha, you suck Sarah Jessica Parker.

 

6:23 - People realize this shit is televised right? This isn’t you’re own personal broadcast. Any other long and rambling names that no one has ever heard of that you wanna mention?

 

6:30 - Did not anticipate that man on man kiss scene. It was a little startling. Still sexier than Jennifer Aniston though.

 

6:37 - That’s the funniest thing Ben Stiller has done in ten years. The bar was pretty low though. The same thing would have been true if he had read a Family Circus.

 

6:38 - Biel looks good, she looks like a girl for once.

 

6:47 - Stoner comedy is tough because stoners write it and what stoners find funny isn’t always what non-stoned people find funny. You could jingle your keys and a stoner would freak the fuck out.

 

6:55 - It's a tribute to Mr Peanut.

 

6:56 - Was that drumming sound as Beyonce walked down the stairs her thighs rubbing together?

 

6:57 - Mama Mia is known for it's electrifying step dancing.

 

7:04 - Ooohhh they got Cuba Gooding Jr, what a coup!

 

7:05 - The people behind the nominees in the audience always deliver, the ones who have no idea they’re on TV.

 

7:07 - “I’m behind Frankenstein, I cant see!”

 

7:10 - Heath Ledger was awesome. I really liked that dude. I think as part of the healing process I should nail his hot ass sister.

 

7:11 - Man On Wire was fantastic. Another good documentary was the film I made about my neighbor in the shower.

 

7:12 - The Corpse Bride is accepting for best documentary.

 

7:26 - I hope Will Smith will do one of his family friendly rhymes about shoes or basketball.

 

7:27 - His hair looks extra shiny tonight.

 

7:29 - The names Will Smith is reading are the only ones there who have any idea what the fuck sound editing is.

 

7:30 - "I wanna thank my crew, my teddy bears on the corner in St Lou..."

 

7:31 - No one has any idea what these sound awards are, so they just nominate movies they liked.

 

7:31 - Sexy Man Alert.

 

7:46 - Jerry Lewis was famous for being funny when being funny had barely advanced past falling down and spraying seltzer.

 

7:51 - Who the fuck is this orchestra leader dude talking to that he needs a headset this big? Dead people?

 

7:51 - Why's he talking to anyone? Does he think he’s singing?

 

7:52 - Why does Alicia Keyes look Asian now. Aricia Keyes.

 

7:54 - did that Indian guy just say, "before coming I was excited and terrified?" What a sexy speech.

 

8:04 - Where were all these Indian people when I needed someone to cheat off in algebra?

 

8:06 - I bet people go up to Calista Flockheart all the time and ask her if she ever thinks about doing a prime time series again. Did anyone have any idea that Brothers and Sister was still on the air, or that was even a show to begin with?

 

8:10 - Proper English is a foreign language in this country at this point. The Dutchess should have won best foreign language film.

 

8:11 - Rawr, Queen Latifah is just poured into that dress. Hubba-hubba!

 

8:12 - That’s not a ribbon on her dress. She sat down and they had to fix it with electrical tape.

 

8:19 - Reese is wearing the sleeve from Queen Latifahs dress.

 

8:22 - When is the American version of the Academy Awards?

 

8:27 - A reminder that actors are the greatest people in the world.

 

8:28 - Shirley McClain is right, Anne Hathaway is amazingly courageous. I don't know how she does it, how she reads words someone wrote on a movie set. She could die at any moment.

 

8:31 - Kidman looks older that Sophia Loren.

 

8:32 - Why is Kate Winslett winning, she wasn't in Slumdog Millionaire. THIS IS BULLSHIT!

 

8:34 - Winslett looks like Grace Kelly. When she was alive, I mean.

 

8:40 - A good way to illustrate how serious these awards are is to have Kung Fu Panda floating through the background. The Academy nailed it.

 

8:43 - Noooo, not this joyless fuck.

 

8:44 - Robin Wright has to be touched by Seans speech. Especially the part where he talked about her. Oh wait.

 

8:59 - All I learned about Slumdog is that I would nail the bejesus out of Frieda Pinto.

 

[King Kamala 0]

With all due respect, Czech, the only time you seem to come into this folder these days is to complain about something that's generally popular amongst the rest of the board. I find absolutely nothing wrong with doing that (in fact, we probably need more dissenting opinions) but doing only that is kind of annoying.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

It can't be any worse then what Czech has brought so far.

 

Well, he's still working on it, so it has no right to be at this juncture.

[bob_barron 0]

I was gonna post what Kamala posted.

 

In this folder, all you seem to do is walk into threads and make sure to post how stupid the topic being discussed and then walk out. It's trolling at this point

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Bob is typing out the screenplay to TDK and he's going to make Czech read it Clockwork Orange-style until he likes it.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

Well, even I'm wrong sometimes.

[Guest Czech please!]

I don't see anything particularly objectionable in anything I've said up to this point. First I took a light jab at people who have some sort of emotional investment in something as masturbatory as an awards ceremony for an industry to which we don't belong. Then I said you guys are too quick to get offended when things you like are criticized. All this is pretty much true as far as I can tell. I don't think I'm in line for a DISSECTION OF DOOM~! or anything.

[bob_barron 0]

I don't see anything particularly objectionable in anything I've said up to this point. First I took a light jab at people who have some sort of emotional investment in something as masturbatory as an awards ceremony for an industry to which we don't belong. Then I said you guys are too quick to get offended when things you like are criticized. All this is pretty much true as far as I can tell. I don't think I'm in line for a DISSECTION OF DOOM~! or anything.

 

It's not your posts, it's just that all you seem to do is come into this folder and act like you're above everything and criticise endlessly.