Oscars!

[Hazell B]

Crying women, smug producers and golden statuettes ... I love the Academy Awards.

Most of all I'm looking forward to pulling a face at Keira Whatsit's boney frame poking out of a dress made from gauze :s , George Clooney pretending he doesn't mind not winning (bless him and his good nature :) ) and Johnny Depp in a tux :facelick:

Everyone loves the Oscars, don't they? :p :

[A.F.F.]

I know I do :wave:

God for bid Hazell, I ws going to wait till weekend to start an annual thread for Oscars that everybody then ignores :D

I love the underdogs, go Juno !!!

[gadjo_dilo]

I've lost my last drop of respect for Oscars when I saw that one of the best movies of last year " 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days " wasn't nominated.
I have a feeling that Atonement will win. It's a sort of a brother of Titanic. :laugh:

I'd rather watch the french Cesar awards tonight.

[ioan]

I always wondered why do they continue giving those golden statues when the quality of the movies went lower and lower every year?!
What's the use of glorifying some poor movies (there are exceptions too, not to many however).

As for seeing Keira Knightley, well that is always a pleasure for those who value real beauty!

[ShiftingGears]

How many people vote for the Oscar awards?

[Camelopard]

How many people vote for the Oscar awards?

Not many, it's a very exclusive club............

http://oscars.about.com/od/historytrivia/f/oscarmem122504.htm

"Membership in the Academy normally fluctuates between 6,000 and 6,500 voting members"

"The majority of the members are from the United States of America,...."

[Daniel]

I always wondered why do they continue giving those golden statues when the quality of the movies went lower and lower every year?!
What's the use of glorifying some poor movies (there are exceptions too, not to many however).

As for seeing Keira Knightley, well that is always a pleasure for those who value real beauty!
So true. New movies bore the crap out of me mainly :)

[veeten]

Squaredly put, the Oscar for "Best Picture" will be between 'Atonement' and 'No Country for Old Men'.

Golden Globes was a good primer for the Oscars, mainly who and what would be considered the top contenders for each category. Now, it's just the matter of waiting for Sunday night to see who takes home the statues. :)

[A.F.F.]

No Country for Old Men will take the Oscar for best picture and Daniel Day Lewis for best Actor. Those are safe bets. Coen brothers get something, probably for screenplay but I hope for directing too.

[Hazell B]

No Country for Old Men will take the Oscar for best picture and Daniel Day Lewis for best Actor. Those are safe bets.

Had a look at the betting this morning and those two appear nailed on favourites.

Daniel Day Lewis is a massive 12/1 on (put twelve on to win thirteen back including stake) while second favorite is Johnny Depp as 10/1 against. Talk about an unbalanced, unfair book - that Oscar is a legal way to print money for bookies :p :

[ShiftingGears]

Not many, it's a very exclusive club............

http://oscars.about.com/od/historytrivia/f/oscarmem122504.htm

"Membership in the Academy normally fluctuates between 6,000 and 6,500 voting members"

"The majority of the members are from the United States of America,...."

There you go. Slightly surprising that so few vote for such a major award ceremony, really. Also, I hope No Country For Old Men gets an Oscar. Best picture, maybe.

[A.F.F.]

My guess is that the academy will notice "independed" movies by giving an Oscar for Juno for the best original screenplay.

[veeten]

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem for "No Country for Old Men".

[veeten]

Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton for "Michael Clayton".

[veeten]

Best Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Cohen for "No Country for Old Men".

[veeten]

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard

[veeten]

"The Bourne Ultimatum" takes best Film and Sound editing awards.

[veeten]

and now, the three biggies...

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for "There will be Blood".

Best Director: Joel & Ethan Cohen for "No Country for Old Men".

and

Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men" (told ya! :D )

[Azumanga Davo]

Crying women, smug producers and golden statuettes ...

Oh, not your bloody living room again, is it? ;)

Oh deary me, "our" Cate Blanchett didn't win anything and the media is having a cry and a whinge about it. That'll last a week now... :(

[gadjo_dilo]

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard

She collected all the awards this year. I saw "La vie en rose" , liked it but wasn't hold back by her performance.

No award for Atonement. That's a good sign.

[Azumanga Davo]

So true. New movies bore the crap out of me mainly :)

That's a good title and caption for a movie.