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Post by ace on Mar 12, 2023 23:53:06 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time that I've few complaints about the winners. I think Angela Bassett is long overdue an Oscar win, but that's probably the only result I would change. Ke and Fraser getting wins is as heartwarming as it gets. If it wasn’t for Jamie Lee Curtis being an absolute horror legend I would point out that she wasn’t even the best supporting actress nominated in her own movie. But she is…so I won’t
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Mar 12, 2023 23:59:45 GMT -5
So happy for all the EEAAO folks. So many good moments at the show. Also, I think EEAAO is the only movie I saw in 2022, so I guess I know how to pick ‘em. Agreed. For me it was Ke hugging Harrison Ford
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Post by ace on Mar 13, 2023 1:17:56 GMT -5
The In Memoriam leaves out people all the time…they left Tobe Hooper out and he made a masterpiece that Hollywood won’t stop trying to recreate. Two years later Bong Joon-ho referenced a Texas Chainsaw while accepting Best Director…just to show how out of touch they can be with artists that make important impressions.
This year you’ve got Fred Ward, Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Leslie Jordan, Cindy Williams and a bunch of others…which is par for the course with them
That said…they may have managed to outdo themselves this year. The lead actress in one of THIS YEARS BEST PICTURE NOMINEES (Triangle of Sadness) died unexpectedly last August…and they didn’t deem her worthy of that three second photo. That’s got to be an all timer.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 13, 2023 1:47:55 GMT -5
The In Memoriam leaves out people all the time…they left Tobe Hooper out and he made a masterpiece that Hollywood won’t stop trying to recreate. Two years later Bong Joon-ho referenced a Texas Chainsaw while accepting Best Director…just to show how out of touch they can be with artists that make important impressions. This year you’ve got Fred Ward, Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Leslie Jordan, Cindy Williams and a bunch of others…which is par for the course with them That said…they may have managed to outdo themselves this year. The lead actress in one of THIS YEARS BEST PICTURE NOMINEES (Triangle of Sadness) died unexpectedly last August…and they didn’t deem her worthy of that three second photo. That’s got to be an all timer. They left out Gilbert Gottfried. f*** them forever.
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Post by Ryushinku on Mar 13, 2023 3:24:37 GMT -5
One of those rare nice occasions.
I really liked EEAAO. Managed to see it several months before the award buzz, so nice to know I liked it on its own terms. Really liked the cast members - Yeoh, Quan, Curtis, Hong - from first seeing and watching them in movies for decades now. Kind of a long-term investment in a way! And got to love Fraser getting an Oscar, too.
I'm not a huge Oscar guy, but I do like seeing good people get the spotlight.
Agreed on Bassett, really feel she's well overdue. I do hope she's being lined up for some great roles yet, to have another go.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 13, 2023 4:23:22 GMT -5
Does EEAAO deserve Best Picture? It had Raccacoonie in it, so of course it does! Amazing how that movie could make you care so much about a seemingly throw away joke in the middle of it. Damn right it deserved Best Picture. And what a night for comebacks with Quan and Fraser winning.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 13, 2023 5:53:35 GMT -5
This was an enjoyable watch outside of Jimmy Kimmel
He's not funny, he's never funny, he tries so hard to be funny that it's painful. Him mocking the VFX winners not getting any time straight into asking Malala the stupidest shit imaginable and you could tell how uncomfortable she was in him doing it was just god awful TV, as were most of his jokes. It's all old shit, he can't think of anything for himself it's just agony
The winners outside of a few nitpicks were also all good. Everything Everywhere All At Once deserved their wins, and I am absolutely thrilled for Brandan Fraser, dude's earned this and more.
Harrison and Quan hugging at the end of the show was also very emotional. This Oscar was really the year of the sequels and comebacks, and also very glad Pinocchio won and Guillermo and The Rock tried to wash out the taste of last years BS talk about animation. Loved to see it.
Just god get better hosts...
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 13, 2023 6:14:43 GMT -5
Even if the movie Brenden Fraser won for is something I don’t care much for, glad the guy (he’s one of our own!) got his flowers.
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Mar 13, 2023 8:23:58 GMT -5
The In Memoriam leaves out people all the time…they left Tobe Hooper out and he made a masterpiece that Hollywood won’t stop trying to recreate. Two years later Bong Joon-ho referenced a Texas Chainsaw while accepting Best Director…just to show how out of touch they can be with artists that make important impressions. This year you’ve got Fred Ward, Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Leslie Jordan, Cindy Williams and a bunch of others…which is par for the course with them That said…they may have managed to outdo themselves this year. The lead actress in one of THIS YEARS BEST PICTURE NOMINEES (Triangle of Sadness) died unexpectedly last August…and they didn’t deem her worthy of that three second photo. That’s got to be an all timer. Out of all the names left out, I understand Anne Heche given that she almost seriously injured bystanders and destroyed someone’s home in her accident.
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Post by thechase on Mar 13, 2023 8:47:01 GMT -5
Angela should get an Oscar nod for 'Best Supporting Actress in a David Flair Titantron' next.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 13, 2023 9:00:12 GMT -5
I felt bad for Angela Bassett because you could tell she was pissed. Other than that, feel good show. I kinda think Stephanie Hsu was more worthy of the win than JLC, but I feel like this stuff is often based on who you know.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 13, 2023 9:53:36 GMT -5
I don't have much to contribute about the Oscar discourse as much as others do (but yay for the EEAAO winners) but I wanted to throw in something funny from last night;
I went to an improv show that was a fundraiser for someone's Edinburgh Fringe show (Coffee Kid, held at the Underbelly Stage for those in the area, a lot of the picks themed around the concept of the show, as you will see) and the theme was groups doing Best Picture nominees and, whilst I didn't have context for a lot of them, some of the ways some of the films ended up going was the funniest;
Elvis became a one-woman show that was also had vocalized SFX, Tar only had "Coffee" being said as a word and it being descriptive and artistic, Top Gun: Maverick was a musical in a Starbucks and EEAAO revolved around AI George Clooneys.
The Fablemans, though, was my favourite because the idea was that everybody had to die so it was basically Speilberg's dad killing all his friends so I'm going to be bitterly disappointed if that's not what the actual film involves.
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Post by salz4life on Mar 13, 2023 13:28:57 GMT -5
Was really pulling for Bassett and Fraser, so I was 1 for 2.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 13, 2023 17:28:38 GMT -5
Brendan Fraser won, so I'm happy.
Short Round winning an Oscar was the icing on the cake.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 13, 2023 17:43:32 GMT -5
Perfection.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 13, 2023 17:47:29 GMT -5
Overall a great show and most of the winners were either the ones I were pulling for or at least an, “You know what? That’s fair” winner. Only real ? for me was Jamie Lee Curtis’ win. Her performance in EEAAO was solid, but nothing earth shattering to me. If I had to rank the nominees for that award she would have been dead last, and it was still a good performance. Most likely her “this is your lifetime achievement win” Oscar cause they were never gonna award her for her stellar work in horror, sadly.
Only things that could have elevated this more for me was The Northman receiving some technical Oscar noms, didn’t even need them to win anything, just get nominated to at least acknowledge the insane work Robert Eggers and his team did to accurately recreate Viking era locations and costumes.
Oh and James Hong deserved to get either a lifetime achievement Oscar or honorary Oscar this year. His first ever time invited to the Oscars would have been made even extra special if he got hardware himself, imo.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Mar 13, 2023 17:54:26 GMT -5
Oh, these happened already?
I haven't noticed in years.
I guess the one good thing about Will Smith slap was that I realised the Oscar's happened last year.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 13, 2023 17:57:49 GMT -5
Oh and James Hong deserved to get either a lifetime achievement Oscar or honorary Oscar this year. His first ever time invited to the Oscars would have been made even extra special if he got hardware himself, imo. Wait, what? I saw a half-dozen YouTube/Instagram "stars" pictured on the red carpet last night and a genuine legend like Hong took 70 f***ing years to get an invite? Jesus Christ.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2023 17:58:54 GMT -5
Glad my movie of the year cleaned the hell up and Brendan won and his speech was fantastic.
The only one I feel should have went to someone else and nothing against Jamie Lee Curtis but IMO Stephanie should have absoloutley won that she put on a hell of a performance that sadly isn't spoken about enough from EEAAO.
All in this all this was the most agreeable oscars in a long f***ing time for me.
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Post by fw91 on Mar 13, 2023 18:07:11 GMT -5
Perfection. Come on Paulie. Complete the trifecta
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