The Oscars 2017 on ABC | 89th Academy Awards | Discuss It Live Here | Super Sale to Honor the Steve Harvey moment! (p124)

[CoolioD1]

honestly the fact that la la land lost in the most embarrassing fucking way imaginable is probably best case scenario for it. no backlash every one just feels sorry for them now.

[franfar]

Just now, CoolioD1 said:

interesting to see which members are more uncomfortable with the gay stuff and which are more uncomfortable with the black stuff. fun!

This is just like election night. It's easy to weed out the bigots

 

Like look at all this salt, and I don't even have a dog in this fight

[filmlover]

I just made a mental note to pick up both Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea this week. Looking forward to getting them.

[4815162342]

#ethicsinenvelopes

[Ezen Baklattan]

6 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

LLL should've won. Why did they give to that gay shite? This is one of the bigger upsets I've seen.

Not okay, @FilmBuff.

[baumer]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

I swear I thought of this when it happened.

[angeldelmito]

5 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

LLL should've won. Why did they give to that gay shite? This is one of the bigger upsets I've seen.

This nasty ass comment. Take a nap.

 

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, franfar said:

Is it that hard for you to realize that sometimes, people like different types of movies? Damn

 

Only when they're not the different types of movies he likes

[Empire]

Yeah, it was a shit show, but I'm just glad the best of the nominees won. La La Land is really good, but Moonlight is a truly great movie!

[elcaballero]

This is why you freeze the envelope.

[straggler]

Feel bad for Lionsgate though. I see Oscars as blending critical acclaim with popular appeal. Film is public art after all. So you have La La Land, which has made $339 million and counting and which received the majority of the precursors losing to a film that has made $22 million WW. I have no real intense interest, but La La Land was better than Moonlight and simply more deserving. Unless a film is overwhelmingly critically better my philososphy is to go with the movie that connected with audiences. For example I thought The Revenant should have won last year. The Academy has a different view. 

Edited February 27, 2017 by straggler

[Lordmandeep]

1 minute ago, CoolioD1 said:

honestly the fact that la la land lost in the most embarrassing fucking way imaginable is probably best case scenario for it. no backlash every one just feels sorry for them now.

 

 

its hard to rail against the film now.

 

[4815162342]

La La Land just got Rooked

 

 

@MrPink

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Yeah, A24 has quickly risen to the top, no denying it. They are officially here to stay.

 

The small indies really have done well aware wise with Open Road winning Best Picture last year and A24 but it hurting the likes of Weinstein and Fox Searchlight 

 

Lionsgate despite the BP loss still had a great night with 6 wins for La La Land and Hacksaw Ridge combined. 

[That One Girl]

Hopefully it ends up like Brokeback Mountain or Social Network where it doesn't win but more people will remember it.

[Merkel]

Can you guys imagine how much more awkward it would've been if the Best Actress winner was from a movie that nobody expected to win Best Picture and somebody had to tell the underdogs off the stage?

[franfar]

 

[WrathOfHan]

Will the internet even have time to make Moonlight thinkpieces? 

[filmlover]

Just now, Merkel said:

Can you guys imagine how much more awkward it would've been if the Best Actress winner was from a movie that nobody expected to win Best Picture and somebody had to tell the underdogs off the stage?

Well, we already saw what happened at the Miss Universe show or whatever that was where Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Imagine if it was something like Hacksaw Ridge instead of Moonlight? That'd have been straight bonkers. Gibson and Co. sprinting on the stage.