The Oscars - 2011

[Hookey]

How does a thread about the Oscars manage to mention SA?

 

It's like those games footballers use to play when being interviewed, e.g. they use to see how many Beatles song titles they could get in.

[Rhodes]

How does a thread about the Oscars manage to mention SA?

Hookey - Well easily because Loosely is in the habit of making everything his business when he hasn't got a clue what he is talking about half the time

[Loose]

How does a thread about the Oscars manage to mention SA?

 

It's like those games footballers use to play when being interviewed, e.g. they use to see how many Beatles song titles they could get in.

 

Can't say Hookey but possibly a recent tactic of Rhodes to divert attention away from him being found out not having a logical argument. Shame though as we all know that once Rhodes starts going on about his unbalanced issues with SA a decent thread soon gets closed.

 

Hopefully we can stick to the Oscars although it always bemuses me that Rhodes opens these threads and then abuses anyone with an opinion that differs with his.

[Rhodes]

How about the Oscars later tonight, what category will you be most interested in as there is far more to the prestigious ceremony than just the big six awards

[Rhodes]

Best Actor

Javier Bardem, 'Biutiful'

Jeff Bridges, 'True Grit'

Jesse Eisenberg, 'The Social Network'

Colin Firth, 'The King's Speech'

James Franco, '127 Hours'

No problem for Colin Firth last night then, it was always going to be a one horse race

[Rhodes]

All the results from last night's ceremony, unsurprisingly, and as predicted, the Social Network won nothing:

 

Completed List Of 2011 Oscar Winners

 

 

Best Picture Nominees

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone:

 

 

Best Director Nominees

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

David O. Russell for The Fighter:

Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

David Fincher for The Social Network

The Coen Brothers for True Grit

 

 

Best Actor Nominees

Javier Bardem for Biutiful

Jeff Bridges for True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network

Colin Firth for The King's Speech

James Franco for 127 Hours

 

 

Best Actress Nominees

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

 

 

Best Supporting Actor Nominees

Christian Bale for The Fighter:

John Hawkes for Winter's Bone

Jeremy Renner for The Town

Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech

 

 

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Amy Adams for The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech

Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit

Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

 

 

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

 

 

Best Original Screenplay

Another Year

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone

 

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful, Mexico

Dogtooth, Greece

In A Better World, Denmark

Incendies, Canada

Outside the Law, Algeria

 

 

Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Inception

The King's Speech

True Grit

 

 

Cinematography

Black Swan

Inception

The King's Speech

The Social Network

True Grit

 

 

Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland

I Am Love

The King's Speech

The Tempest

True Grit

 

 

Documentary Feature

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Gasland

Inside Job

Restrepo

Waste Land

 

 

Film Editing

Black Swan

The Fighter

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

 

Makeup

The Way Back

Barney's Version

The Wolfman

 

Original Score

How to Train Your Dragon

Inception

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

 

Original Song

"Coming Home" from Country Strong

"I See the Light" from Tangled

"If I Rise" from 127 Hours

"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3

 

 

Animated Short

Day & Night

The Gruffalo

Let's Pollute

The Lost Thing

Madagascar, A Journey Diary

 

 

Live Action Short

The Confession

The Crush

God of Love

Na Wewe

Wish 143

 

 

Sound Editing

Inception

Toy Story 3

Tron: Legacy

True Grit

Unstoppable

 

 

Sound Mixing

Inception

The King's Speech

Salt

The Social Network

True Grit

 

 

Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Hereafter

Inception

Iron Man 2

 

 

Short Documentary

Strangers No More

[sjj2112]

All the results from last night's ceremony, unsurprisingly, and as predicted, the Social Network won nothing:

 

Completed List Of 2011 Oscar Winners

 

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone

 

Film Editing

Black Swan

The Fighter

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

 

Original Score

How to Train Your Dragon

Inception

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

 

Apart from these three.........

 

Do you ever read what you've cut and pasted before you actually post it?

[Rhodes]

Sjj2112 - Yes but who is interested in Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Original Score whatever the latter is supposed to be

[sjj2112]

Sjj2112 - Yes but who is interested in Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Original Score whatever the latter is supposed to be

 

That's irrelevant. You stated that the film had won NO Oscars when it had clearly won 3.

 

If you are discounting Best Adapted Screenplay, then presumably you feel the same about Best Original Screenplay which would mean that in Rhodesworld The King's Speech only picked up 3 Oscars.

[missunderstood]

Sjj2112 - Yes but who is interested in Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Original Score whatever the latter is supposed to be

 

That's irrelevant. You stated that the film had won NO Oscars when it had clearly won 3.

 

If you are discounting Best Adapted Screenplay, then presumably you feel the same about Best Original Screenplay which would mean that in Rhodesworld The King's Speech only picked up 3 Oscars.

 

 

The Original Score is I believe the music that accompanies the film, which if true is a very worthwhile award to win, as in my opinion many very ordinary films have become memorable classics because of the music.

 

Returning to this years Oscars, I would imagine that Geoffrey Rush must feel devastated about missing out, as he gave the performance of his life in The Kings Speech.

[Rhodes]

Missunderstood - Yes, Geoffrey Rush was robbed blind particularly being beaten by Christian Bale for his 'performance', if you can call it that, in The Fighter

[Lato]

Missunderstood - Yes, Geoffrey Rush was robbed blind particularly being beaten by Christian Bale for his 'performance', if you can call it that, in The Fighter

 

Have you actually seen both films to be able to give that assessment

[Rhodes]

LATO - Welcome back to the fold, going by your post I get the impression you have seen The Fighter and believe that Christian Bale deserved his Best Supporting Actor award, I'm just disagreeing with you that's all.

[Horace]

LATO - Welcome back to the fold, going by your post I get the impression you have seen The Fighter and believe that Christian Bale deserved his Best Supporting Actor award, I'm just disagreeing with you that's all.

 

Nice sidestep Rhodes!

 

 

 

[Rhodes]

Horace - It's nice to see LATO posting again isn't it

[Loose]

Rhodes hasn't seen any of the films, his opinions are based on.... what?

[Rhodes]

Loosely - My days of fumbling around with bra straps in the back row of the local flea pit are over I'm afraid, I haven't been to the cinema in donkeys years but still read all the film reviews

[Loose]

Loosely - My days of fumbling around with bra straps in the back row of the local flea pit are over I'm afraid, I haven't been to the cinema in donkeys years but still read all the film reviews

 

You used to wear a bra to the cinema?

 

No, I can't see you actually going to a cinema, some people are old before their time but to hold forth on who gave which particular bravura performance from reading reviews says it all. To use a Rhodesism, "I rest my case".

[Rhodes]

some people are old before their time

Loosely - Talk about pot calling the kettle black, from what I heard you just lay on the sofa at home all day long with your laptop

[Lato]

Loosely - My days of fumbling around with bra straps in the back row of the local flea pit are over I'm afraid, I haven't been to the cinema in donkeys years but still read all the film reviews

 

So I take that as a long winded no as answer to my question then. Actually I haven't seen either film just curious to see if you had and would be able to say so succinctly (some hope I guess!). So you are basing YOUR opinions upon the view of someone else then and are consequently maybe unfairly criticising Christian Bale. Hmm good to see nothing has changed then!!

 

For your info the last film I saw at the cinema was A Prophet. (check your review magazines for that one!)

Edited March 4, 2011 by Lato