Oscars 2009

[CharleyH]

I heard, via every news station here, that this year's Oscar celebrations are in recession. Party budgets have been cut back - Beluga caviar is being replaced with salmon eggs, truffles are being replaced with Oyster mushrooms. IT GETS WORSE! Oscar party-favours are also being cut back: no more Cartier watches, Timex is taking over, if you want to look younger, Dove will have to do this year. Let's just hope that the dresses are being cut back too! A bit of pussy is always nice on Oscar night.

Most importantly, who do YOU think will take away that gold (this year, a 99% alloy with gold leaf) FOR BEST PICTURE?

 

[Boxlicker101]

I heard, via every news station here, that this year's Oscar celebrations are in recession. Party budgets have been cut back - Beluga caviar is being replaced with salmon eggs, truffles are being replaced with Oyster mushrooms. IT GETS WORSE! Oscar party-favours are also being cut back: no more Cartier watches, Timex is taking over, if you want to look younger, Dove will have to do this year. Let's just hope that the dresses are being cut back too! A bit of pussy is always nice on Oscar night.

Most importantly, who do YOU think will take away that gold (this year, a 99% alloy with gold leaf) FOR BEST PICTURE?

You should have another choice: Don't know and don't care.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I am getting all of the Oscars tonight. Or rather, I am stealing them all

This post will inevitably make things more difficult, as they will now be on the lookout for me, but I shall only consider this more of a challenge, and will surely prevail over the forces of Hollywood

 

[cloudy]

I'll watch probably, simply because there's not much else on.

 

[wafflemtl]

... Let's just hope that the dresses are being cut back too! A bit of pussy is always nice on Oscar night.
...

Considering that a thong is more expensive than a granny culotte, or in other words : less textile = more expensive, I'm not sure the change will be to your liking

 

[3113]

Slumdog will probably win, though I'm not sure it deserves it. I think it's one of those "Forest Gump" type movies that make people think they've seen something more profound than what they've seen.

It's also ironic given how the Oscars are cutting back on the bling. A movie about a poor boy who makes good and gets the girl by winning money on a game show.

 

[DesertPirate]

Missing option: Who cares?

Won't have any effect on my life at all.
Lost any interest after the Titanic farce.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

You should have another choice: Don't know and don't care.

I'm with the Box.

 

[OzArrian]

What, no option to post 'Where's the Love Guru'?

 

[Belegon]

Slumdog will win, in my opinion... Should it? Not so sure as I have not seen it yet. But Hollywood loves an underdog story behind the scenes as much as on the screen.

What with all the motion in my life this year, I've seen less of the nominated films than usual.

I think that Milk has the best shot at scoring an upset.

ETA: BTW, I'm so sick of people acting like Titanic was a bad movie, just because it was popular. It's opposition for the Best Picture that year? L.A. Confidential, Good Will Hunting, Full Monty, As Good As It Gets.

12 years later, only Good Will Hunting has withstood the test of time as well as Titantic, although all are quality flicks. People like to cut down Leo Di Caprio based on his having been in that movie too. The man may be pretty, but he also is one hell of a fine actor. Gilbert Grape, The Departed, Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator, Blood Diamond. And Kate Winslet's body of work speaks for itself.

So the movie made money. So what. It is not like we are talking some incredible injustice. There have been some of those. I mean, I adore Shakespeare In Love. But beating Saving Private Ryan? Shouldn't have happened. Annie Hall over Star Wars? Find me five people under the age of 35 who have seen it.

Awards are subjective. And the voters sometimes make some... interesting choices.

 

[TE999]

'Slumdog' will prolly get the nod, but 'Frost/Nixon' had some damn fine acting.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

ETA: BTW, I'm so sick of people acting like Titanic was a bad movie, just because it was popular. It's opposition for the Best Picture that year? L.A. Confidential, Good Will Hunting, Full Monty, As Good As It Gets.

12 years later, only Good Will Hunting has withstood the test of time as well as Titantic, although all are quality flicks.

I don't dislike Titanic because it was popular. I dislike it because it is dumb.

And right now I still liuke all of those movies (except Full Monty, haven't seen it) better than Titanic (and quite frankly I would still rather see Full Monty have gotten that Oscar than Titanic, I have no idea why it was that popular).

 

[Belegon]

I don't dislike Titanic because it was popular. I dislike it because it is dumb.

You're entitled to your opinion. I respectfully disagree. Yes, it was predictable. Most genre movies are, and basing a movie on a historical event always leads to this. However, I prefer to view it for what it is, not for what it isn't. The movie emotionally affected millions and until it became en vogue to tear it down, was beloved by many.

I'm not accusing you of this, but the tendency people have towards celebrating something and then applying revisionist history to their thinking to say it sucked always disturbs me, whether it is someone who supported the invasion of Iraq or someone who cried at the end of Titanic.

I also have an innate desire to slap the fuck out of people who claim popular can't possibly be good. Um, how about The Beatles? They were kinda popular, at least a little.

Again, this is not meant as a rant directed at TGP, but as a way for me to express how I feel about the way people that I remember loving that movie come back a few years later and say it sucked. Never mind that they have the movie and BOTH soundtracks in their cabinet or played "My Heart Will Go On" fifty times in a row that year.

After all, how "dumb" is Star Wars, to reference another movie I talked about. I mean, who doesn't put some sheet metal over that damn hole? "We've analyzed their attack pattern and there is a danger." Tarkin's reply should have been..."Well, take one of those TIE Fighters that are swooping around and park it in front of the damn ventilation shaft, idiot."

And right now I still like all of those movies (except Full Monty, haven't seen it) better than Titanic (and quite frankly I would still rather see Full Monty have gotten that Oscar than Titanic, I have no idea why it was that popular).

I enjoyed Full Monty very much. You should see it, it's very fun.

 

[DesertPirate]

I tried to make the middle daughter take Titanic with her when she got married. She's the one who bought it. It's in a box in the attic.
No appeal now that she's not a teeny bopper anymore.

I still watch Casablanca, The Godfather, and Patton every chance I get

 

[Belegon]

I still watch Casablanca, The Godfather, and Patton every chance I get

Casablanca is my all-time favorite movie. Period.

The Godfather is up there. Patton is a great flick, but in all honesty would not make my top five. Part of that may be because my sense of balance would not want more than one war movie in the top five and Saving Private Ryan and Platoon are already battling it out for that slot.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Okay, I'm going to take a stab at this. My vote is for Slum Dog Millionaire. I don't know, call it a hunch, but if I was a betting man, especially a cheating betting man, who already knew the results, I'd bet the farm on that movie.

Any takers?

 

[Safe_Bet]

Okay, I'm going to take a stab at this. My vote is for Slum Dog Millionaire. I don't know, call it a hunch, but if I was a betting man, especially a cheating betting man, who already knew the results, I'd bet the farm on that movie.

Any takers?

I picked MILK, so that means I already lost, huh? Can I pay you in Scouries money?

 

[rengadeirishman]

I am don't care in particular for the oscars anymore, not since Chicago beat Gangs of New York.

i've seen annie hall, though i hated it.

patton and casablanca would both make my top five.