85th Academy Awards (24/2/13) Official Thread- TONIGHT!! NOMINEES IN THE FIRST POST

[CoolioD1]

I think the only real lock is actor-we just use the term too much.

The last really big lock for BP was ROTK.

I actually remember in 2006 people were saying LMS had a great chance of beating Departed....

Why isn't supporting actress locked? Definitely is.

 

Slumdog Millionaire was also definitely a big lock for BP. Won everything and I'm pretty sure nobody predicted anything else.

[Impact]

Some did predict Ben Button.

Okay I guess supporting actress is a lock also.

The other ones are either very close or no idea.

[CoolioD1]

Some people are crazy! 13 nominations or not there was never a point where it seemed like it could win to all reasonable people.

[Impact]

Which now I like Ben Button more then Slumdog. In 2009 I liked Slumdog more but yeah.

[Impact]

LMS is more amusing though if you think about it though

[CoolioD1]

Benjamin Button is just an all-round awful movie. I actually like Slumdog more than I did when I first saw it since I didn't catch it until after it won everything and I got to be a part of the cool backlash crowd that every BP winner gets.

[Impact]

I can imagine this being an online convo in 1972:Guys its over. No way Godfather wins.

Yeah your right-it has only won 2 Oscars, Cabret has it in the bag.

 

And the winner is.....The Godfather!

 

What the heck????

[Impact]

Going through the years what I would pick:

 

2012: Lincoln (Going to see Argo though on Sunday)

2011: Hugo

2010: Either True Grit or TS3

2009: Up

2008: Ben Button

2007: Atonement

2006: LMS (never saw Departed though)

2005: Munich

2004: The Aviator

2003: ROTK

2002: Two Towers

2001: FOTR2000: Gladiator

1999: Green Mile

[CoolioD1]

LMS is more amusing though if you think about it though

lol I'm totally guilty of being one of the people who said that was gonna win.

[Impact]

Yep but still it is kind of funny though considering how many nominations it had and stuff.

Well I predicted The Fugitive would win in 1993 :PHey I was 11 or 12 during the Oscars that year so yeah

[Impact]

Someone did predict the Reader would win actually, don't know who it was though.

[CoolioD1]

Going through the years what I would pick:

 

2012: Lincoln (Going to see Argo though on Sunday)

2011: Hugo

2010: Either True Grit or TS3

2009: Up

2008: Ben Button

2007: Atonement

2006: LMS (never saw Departed though)

2005: Munich

2004: The Aviator

2003: ROTK

2002: Two Towers

2001: FOTR2000: Gladiator

1999: Green Mile

For me

2012: Django Unchained

2011: Moneyball

2010: 127 Hours

2009: Up

2008: Slumdog Millionaire

2007: There Will Be Blood

2006: The Departed

2005: Good Night and Good Luck

2004: Sideways

2003: Lord of the Rings

2002: Lord of the Rings

2001: Lord of the Rings

2000: Gladiator

1999: American Beauty

1998: Shakespeare In Love (come at me bros!)

1997: LA Confidential

1996: Fargo

1995: Babe

1994: Forrest Gump (though it's a tough choice!)

1993: The Fugitive

1992: Unforgiven

1991: JFK

1990: Goodfellas

1989: Field of Dreams

1988: Mississippi Burning

1987: Broadcast News

1986: Hannah And Her Sisters

1985: Witness

1984: Amadeus

1983: The Right Stuff

1982: Tootsie

1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark

1980: Raging Bull

 

 

etc, etc, etc.

[CoolioD1]

Jane Fonda (apparently still alive?) and Michael Douglas are presenting Best Director together.

[Impact]

Who is doing picture?

[CoolioD1]

Who is doing picture?

No idea. Looking through the list of presenters and they usually get some big respected name to present it but no one jumps out this time. Maybe Nicole Kidman? Liam Neeson? Maybe it's a secret...

[Impact]

A robot will present it!

[Michael Gary Scott]

A hologram of brando!

[Impact]

I just hope I can finally see someone drop the Oscar!

[CoolioD1]

Since it's the 85th they might bring someone special for anniversary. Joan Fontaine is still kicking, so maybe they'll wheel her old ass out.

[Impact]

Too bad Borgnine died last year.Maybe Mickey Rooney?

Edited February 21, 2013 by Impact