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Posted on 02/27/2011 3:11:48 AM PST by DollyCali
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It was so bad, went to bed,heard the final wins (best actress,actor,film) from my bed,didn't even turn my head to watch it....Just listened.
I liked The Kings Speech....good choice as winner.
omg I missed this franco in a dress moment
Prayers for Josy! :)=^..^=
The appearance of Obama really was a big turnoff for me. Obama it seems has to get his “face” into everything. :(
Seriously, they’re going nuts with the feather bit.
These ain’t chicken feathers..too soft and ornate.
‘The Hurt Locker’ was very popular with conservatives and (from what I heard) the military.
Not much sleep last night. Josy NOT out of woods with “the issue” but on the surface seems better. (Josy is my rescue, 5 year old female German Shepherd)
Had a “stick accident” yesterday late morning. Some how a piece broke off & wedged her mouth OPEN & penetrated both the upper roof of the mouth & lower jaw & cut through the tongue. We were out in back yard & she was writhing in pain trying to the stick out, which she finally did. It was about 4” long & 1/2 in diameter.
There was blood all over the snow which was about a foot deep. It appeared something had been slaughtered on the spot.
She gagged pretty strongly for about 10 minutes, coughing up blood, mucus etc & then got some snow several times as if she was washing out her mouth.
In about 4 more minutes she was banging my leg with a stick in her mouth for me to throw but putting it down to gag. Her play instinct I guess is much stronger than her survival instinct
ER Vet indicated this is not a rare occurrence & there is little to be done (much like the paw pad cuts) other than let it heal. They don't do stitches & let the draining go naturally. She will gag a lot until the rather large wounds heal up.
Once the awards started she plopped down next to me (rarely does this when I am watching TV/movies) & stayed there. I could not get either dogs outside after awards as it was a very severe electrical storm for several hours with heavy rain & wonderful boom booms came through NE Ohio. We went out about 10 feet & they went back to door, pulling on leash to get in .
Glad to hear she’s doing better. What an unexpected thing to happen...
Sorry I could not participate on the thread , I did watch the awards. Thank you for the comments & prayers for my fur girl. Thank you also for all the great graphics, input, memory joggers and participation in general
I liked watching the awards mostly as I see most of the movies. The only one I did not see was The Kids are Alright.
Thinking that the two youthful hosts would have done much better with a better script. The material was awful IMHO. The older seasoned performers can ad-lib their way out of bad script/lines but these two did not do well with that.
I had seen a couple of the foreign movies & Javier Bardem’s flick was good but like Black Swan, difficult to watch showing a tortured person functioning in a dysfunctional situation.
The King's speech to me was a great movie but also was The Fighter, Black Swan, 127 hours, True Grit, Social Networking and I positivity loved Inception BUT realize it is not a one showing flick & most will turn it off as confusing, bad because of its complexity. I own the BluRay & saw it at theater 9 times & at my brothers in BluRay twice. I still am gleaning more depth from it. Nolan did a remarkable job.
There were several movies such as Winter Bone or The Town which were excellent but not the feel good type that many like. It is a look at a corner of our society/country that is not appealing to most of us.
Predict some awards NEXT year for Harry Potter just as in the Last LOTR flick Peter Jackson found a little gold for his efforts. The Special effect movies by in large don't do as well as the story line when it comes to awards
Last year I thought it was criminal that Hurt Locker won over Avatar or even any other movie. Yes, it was an interesting movie but there is no way to compare them.
The box office is the bottom line of review & check out the difference between Footlocker & Avatar for last year. This is who the REAL winner is but it is good to be honored & recognized by your peers in the industry. Unfortunately their is a lot of politics & black balling. Cameron is not liked nor are the Coen brothers particularly. There are others. I like their work .. yes I know Cameron is a jerk. Tim Burton's things always are great.
I guess I am partial to the big special effects, fantasy, type of movies. I do like adventure, (Salt, Unknown, Unstoppable types) but what I buy I suppose is the tell reflection of my genre favorites. It is overwhelming in my collections of the Harry Potter, LOTR, Narnia, Pirates Caribbean, Alice Wonderland, Avatar, Inception, etc.
I always enjoy the fashion and the hair (man many of the women really outdid in UGLY.). what was with the pony tails this year? Not even fashionable pony tail.. just like what I did with long hair when I was working in yard. Fun to see what the men do with dress, head & facial hair.
If you are getting this, You are NOT on our Cinema ping list
It is NOT a heavy duty ping list & covers new releases, FUTURE releases (like Atlas Shrugged); events (death, major issues) in celebrity lives; and old classics as well as contemporary
I will also contact Pedro who does pinging to various things and give him the finalized list.
We had a huge list several years ago, but the numbers have thinned at FR.. people leaving or being banned. We know there are a lot of people who HATE everything Hollywood at FR -- BUT there are a lot of us who enjoy it & like to chat.
Pedro BTW is Perdogg(doncha love spell check)
I think having Hallie Steinfeld in the “supporting” actress category was a mistake. She was clearly a lead actress, and was excellent.
Best Picture: The King’s Speech
Best Director: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Best Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara, Alice in Wonderland
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception
Best Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick, Inception
Best Sound Editing: Richard King, Inception
Best Makeup: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, The Wolfman
Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Best Visual Effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb, Inception
Best Original Song: “We Belong Together,” Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World
Best Documentary: Inside Job
Best Documentary Short Subject: Strangers No More
Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love
Best Animated Short: The Lost Thing
BY FILM
Four: The King’s Speech, Inception
Three: The Social Network
Two: The Fighter, Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland
One: Black Swan, Inside Job, The Wolfman, In a Better World, Strangers No More, God of Love, The Lost Thing
The King's Speech swept the top honours at the 83rd Academy Awards with four trophies (Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a Lead Role).
In the Best Motion Picture Category, The King's Speech left behind Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone.
Director Tom Hooper and lead actor Colin Firth also bagged the prestigious Best Director and Best Actor (Male) respectively for The King's Speech.
The film also bagged the award for the Best Original Screenplay.
The other top winners of the evening were Inception with 4 trophies (Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Sound Mixing, Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Visual Effects), The Social Network with 3 trophies (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Achievement in Film Editing).
Two times Academy Award winner AR Rahman, who was nominated for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, lost out on both the trophies.
yes. I wished she had won something.
Maybe an award for best new lead or supporting performer added?. One category for men & women - up to 6 to be considered
Actually I think the competition was tighter in lead than support actress this year
Studios will campaign for a Supporting spot when they feel the performer has no chance of winning in the leading category. And that was clearly the caes with Steinfeld.
Which is why Bill Murray is right when he says that “Best Supporting Actor and Actress??? Who really cares?”
I felt like I needed to take a shower after watching THE SOCIAL NETWORK.
I felt like I needed to take a shower after watching THE SOCIAL NETWORK.
Considering their politics, they should have called it, “The Socialist Network.”
did not realize that - thanks
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