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knives wrote:'Cepting DBC I don't see any of those risking the right mixture of mediocrity and squandered opportunity to knock 12 Years up. That said at its worst it's a film like Broken Arrow where you can sympathize with what it's doing historically even if the film itself doesn't match up.

Jeff wrote:

domino harvey wrote:I'm pretending Ridley won fifteen years after the fact for the bonkers U Turn instead

The Academy was making up for his Undercover Brother snub.

domino harvey wrote:...and because I was killing time before the show started by reading one of those Oscar books I picked up, I can now confirm, per our earlier debate, that according to the numerous citations within Inside Oscar 2 Braveheart was not only not pegged to win in 1995, it was actually running fourth for most predictors. Much confusion from pundits and celebs alike greeted its win. Apparently golden child Meryl Streep even mouthed something along the lines of "What the fuck" when it won, which is awesome. Anyways, back to the present....

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Did Gandolfini at least merit a mention?

domino harvey wrote:

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Did Gandolfini at least merit a mention?

He was in fact the first

DarkImbecile wrote:Domino, I haven't seen Nebraska or Philomena yet either, but I'd be stunned if you (or anyone, really) thinks Dallas Buyer's Club is better than 12 Years a Slave. DBC is basically a competent paint-by-numbers biopic boosted by some excellent performances; perhaps the story might resonate with some people more than that of 12 Years, but on basically every level the latter is superior. In fact, you could make the case that DBC shares most of 12 Years' flaws, without some of its positives.

Sonmi451 wrote: I couldn't disagree more, really. DBC has more characterization and vibrancy in its first 20 minutes than 12 Years has in its entire considerable running time.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:I missed the "In Memoriam" but is it true they left out Dennis Farina? By the way, does anyone know what song played underneath it? Someone in another forum is asking and thought maybe someone here would know it.

domino harvey wrote:If John Travolta had to pronounce everyone's name at the Oscars

Jeff wrote:

domino harvey wrote:If John Travolta had to pronounce everyone's name at the Oscars

I'm assuming "the wick-ed-ly talented, one and only Adele Dazeem" was an L. Ron Hubbard creation.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:I missed the "In Memoriam" but is it true they left out Dennis Farina?

captveg wrote:I'll say this as my final note on the night - next year needs a major upset in one of the 6 major categories (Picture, Director, Acting). These have become so easy to predict the last 6-7 years. The internet and the numerous collaboration of prognosticators has nailed each and every one it seems for a while. And in those rare instances where they've failed to predict the winners the award has gone to their runner-up prediction. We need another Marisa Tomei / My Cousin Vinny moment.