87TH ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY DISCUSSION THREAD AAAHHH! | Discuss It Live Here

[Hatebox]

Annie Hall is laughable as a winner.

 

But hey, at least a comedy won. The Academy seems pathologically opposed to that genre.

Edited February 23, 2015 by Hatebox

[CoolioD1]

But hey, at least a comedy won. The Academy seems pathologically opposed to that genre.

Birdman is a 'comedy' too apparently.

Edited February 23, 2015 by cooliod1

[Walt Disney]

 

 

btw shakespeare in love > saving private ryan. but neither of those are top 10 of the year material anyway.

 

No way. Unless you just hate war movies. But even then....just no. Saving Private Ryan is a great movie.

[Hatebox]

Birdman is a 'comedy' too apparently.

 

It has strong elements of that - I guess that's why I find a lot of the 'it's such an Oscar-type movie' accusations being leveled at it odd as it doesn't really feel like one to me.

[Alpha]

those are great movies.

btw shakespeare in love > saving private ryan. but neither of those are top 10 of the year material anyway.

Woah.

[4815162342]

All was forgiven in those last 5 min. The cue for Rise that begins after Morgan Freeman realizes Wayne is alive...Gordon seeing the Bat Symbol, the JGL Batcave poetry...fuckin Chris Pine/Matt Damon tears

We were denied Jonathan Nolan's Batman Beyond.

[CoolioD1]

No way. Unless you just hate war movies. But even then....just no. Saving Private Ryan is a great movie.

war movies are great. saving private ryan is a b-. kinda fucks itself in the ass in third act.

[Alpha]

Mention Shakespeare in Love in my house, and you get a mini-rant from my dad about how big of a mistake that was giving it BP.

[AniNate]

I don't have many issues with who the other awards went to, but the unforgivable snub of The Lego Movie in BAF is a huge stain this year.

[DAR]

I don't have many issues with who the other awards went to, but the unforgivable snub of The Lego Movie in BAF is a huge stain this year.

 

 

Great and we just got Blank to calm down.

[Alpha]

Great and we just got Blank to calm down.

Blank's still recovering.

[Avatree]

Shakespeare in Love is probably one of the worst BP winners ever. It pretty much cemented Harvey Weinstein as the God of Oscar campaigns.

I agree that it won because of Weinstein but Shakespeare in Love deserved to win. I can't think of a 1998 film that I think is better (but I haven't seen that many 1998 films)

[Alpha]

I agree that it won because of Weinstein but Shakespeare in Love deserved to win. I can't think of a 1998 film that I think is better (but I haven't seen that many 1998 films)

Saving Private Ryan?

[Walt Disney]

I thought that the best animated feature and best animated short awards were the 2 that the Academy definitely got right this year. Although, I am admittedly biased.

[Jessie]

Mention Shakespeare in Love in my house, and you get a mini-rant from my dad about how big of a mistake that was giving it BP.

Mention Shakespeare in love at my house and no-one know what it is.

[Alpha]

Mention Shakespeare in love at my house and no-one know what it is.

I bet they know a lot of blockbusters.

[John Marston]

I don't really care about what wins since the Academy has never really awarded the "Best movie of the year" anyway. I do think though many movies get snubbed in technical awards though just because they are a movie that people don't like. TF4 should have gotten a best VFX nomination for instance, regardless if it's RT score was 0%

[CoolioD1]

nominees that year

 

1. The Thin Red Line

2. Elizabeth

3. Shakespeare in Love

4. Saving Private Ryan

5. Life is Beautiful

[Avatree]

 

Saving Private Ryan?

Shakespeare in Love >>>>>> Saving Private Ryan. I love Spielberg but it's one of his weaker films imo.

 

I thought that the best animated feature and best animated short awards were the 2 that the Academy definitely got right this year. Although, I am admittedly biased.

The closest the Academy got to delivering a correct Oscar this year was Sound Mixing, for me. I don't 100% agree with it but I'm very happy that it won.

 

None of the other winners in my mind were even nominated in any category.

Edited February 23, 2015 by treeroy

[Walt Disney]

nominees that year

 

1. The Thin Red Line

2. Elizabeth

3. Shakespeare in Love

4. Saving Private Ryan

5. Life is Beautiful

 

The Truman Show should have been nominated. It was a much better movie than Shakespeare in Love.