Now I regret his win even more. He was not my number one choice even before I read this. IMO Timmy and the two Daniels were more deserving, and I didn't see Denzel!s movie,
2018 Academy Awards Red Carpet & Ceremony
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Now I regret his win even more. He was not my number one choice even before I read this. IMO Timmy and the two Daniels were more deserving, and I didn't see Denzel!s movie,
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Agree the oscars were too long and boring. I understand it is the nature of award ceremonies to be somewhat masturbatory but they don’t need to air all of that. Reorganize it and let it wrap up by 11 for tv. But since the directors and producers are part of that biz, they obviously can’t make unbiased calls.
Glad Rockwell won for supporting actor. Glad something positive and magical won for best picture.
Glad Rockwell won for supporting actor. Glad something positive and magical won for best picture.
ETA (it won't let me edit my text, so I had to quote myself)-
I didn't mean that Oldman's performance was the worst. It is just that he dominated the award season and I didn't feel that it was That great. Any of the others would have deserved the Oscar for best actor.
To me, a truly great performance was Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln ( from the past). Oldman's Churchill was good but not great.
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I haven't seen Dunkirk, but did think that Oldman was brilliant in "Tinker, Tailor. . .".
Given that the Oscars are already political, I don't really have a problem with an actor not getting a nomination because he has a history of domestic violence or sexual assault.
The question is, how many nominees would that eliminate? If quite a few, that could mean that the films which were actually the best of the year got overlooked. . .but wait, that already happens all the time.
In any case, I really liked Frances McDoramand's speech, and all the women standing up in solidarity.
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I teared up a little bit.
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Each and every nominee that deserves to lose his nomination. And hopefully also lose any other platform that would allow abusers like him to acquire fame and wealth. And in their place, lesser known actors living lives where they treat woman appropriately will get their turn.
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I cringed at Frances Mcdormand actually.
She also looked like she needed a bath.
She also looked like she needed a bath.
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Random comments:
1. My husband saw the feck-a-fish movie without me. I lucked out on that one, according to him.
2. I never thought the Spielberg-Capshaw marriage would last and I think they're past 30 years.
3. Allison Janney looks amazing. I've floved her since CJ.
4. Zendaya, Lupita, Tariji, the lady who played the general in Black Panther...the WOC are ruling the red carpet this year.
But Salma looks weird again. How can such a beautiful woman choose these clothes?
5. Nicole Kidman, just no. And she's way too skinny.
6. The Zac Posen dress on Andra Day would score a ZERO on Project Runway. He should lose his job just for this wretched dress.
7. Mirai looks gorgeous. I hope she and Adam enjoyed their moment.
8. I'm finally downloading Get Out despite my fear of horror movies.
That is all.
1. My husband saw the feck-a-fish movie without me. I lucked out on that one, according to him.
2. I never thought the Spielberg-Capshaw marriage would last and I think they're past 30 years.
3. Allison Janney looks amazing. I've floved her since CJ.
4. Zendaya, Lupita, Tariji, the lady who played the general in Black Panther...the WOC are ruling the red carpet this year.
But Salma looks weird again. How can such a beautiful woman choose these clothes?5. Nicole Kidman, just no. And she's way too skinny.
6. The Zac Posen dress on Andra Day would score a ZERO on Project Runway. He should lose his job just for this wretched dress.
7. Mirai looks gorgeous. I hope she and Adam enjoyed their moment.
8. I'm finally downloading Get Out despite my fear of horror movies.
That is all.
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Shouldn't the same be true in all fields, though, not only the movies? Awards are given for excellence in business and journalism, for example.
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Coco deservedly won Best Animated Feature, but Remember Me winning Original Song? Meh...the lyrics and melody are as basic as they come. This Is Me should've won.
Also, I dry heaved when they showed promos for American Idol. I thought we were done with that foolishness.
Also, I dry heaved when they showed promos for American Idol. I thought we were done with that foolishness.
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I thought Mirai and Adam looked great last night! Although I agree that Mirai's slip/dress liner could have been longer. The pale blue color was unusual and very flattering on Mirai. Good hairstyle for her, too.
I really liked Emma Stone's trouser look. Possibly my fave outfit of the night. A refreshing change from the fancy gowns, which can sometimes look a bit stiff and none too comfortable.
I thought Viola Davis looked amazing. Love the bright pink color she chose & it looked great on her
Paz Vega's dress was quite interesting.
I thought Saoirse Ronan's dress was a bit sassy and fun. The intentional girliness of the pink dress was offset by the severely simple hairstyle.
I thought Jennifer Garner didn't look quite like herself, and appeared to have used too much self-tanner.
Nicole Kidman's look was a huge miss. She needs a new stylist, I feel like many of her clothes are simply unflattering at this point.
I really liked Emma Stone's trouser look. Possibly my fave outfit of the night. A refreshing change from the fancy gowns, which can sometimes look a bit stiff and none too comfortable.
I thought Viola Davis looked amazing. Love the bright pink color she chose & it looked great on her
Paz Vega's dress was quite interesting.
I thought Saoirse Ronan's dress was a bit sassy and fun. The intentional girliness of the pink dress was offset by the severely simple hairstyle.
I thought Jennifer Garner didn't look quite like herself, and appeared to have used too much self-tanner.
Nicole Kidman's look was a huge miss. She needs a new stylist, I feel like many of her clothes are simply unflattering at this point.
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His first Oscar was for The Grand Budapest Hotel, which was such a fantastic score. I'll have to listen to TSOW.
Someday I'd like to see Thomas Newman win - he's lost 14 Oscars. Unfortunately (IMO) his most creative scores were from the 90s.
Now that Gary Oldman has won, can we get on with Ralph Fiennes' long overdue Oscar?
So we got Casey Afflec last year. This year Gary Oldman. Both with questinable characters regarding women. Kobe Bryant won an Oscar last night, after being accused of raping a woman in his hotel room, over a decade ago. Kevin Spacey already has an Oscar. Nobody can take it away from him, though he did lose a part in a movie. James Franco was not nominated due to questionable behavior. Did the academy ask Casey Afflec not to show up to present the lead actress award?
Why did Emma Stone present the Director Oscar and not the Lead actor?
I am ok with a reduced pool of actors to choose from. This sends a message to others. Weinstein is undergoing therapy. All these men had gotten away with bad behavior until recently. This year Franco and Spacey did not get away but some others did.
The only positive is that we are talking about it. It could be decades before the problem gets resolved and women are treated with respect.
I like Frances McDormand. She is an intelligent actress. She is outspoken, which also i admire. However, i thought she went too far in asking the women nominees to stand up. It was almost embarrassing to me. If i was one of those women, i would not have stood up.
BTW when there are multiple winners for an Oscar, shouldn't they allow a little more time for their acceptance speeches, or only the 'stars' are allowed to thank every person in the universe?
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I felt like I was the only one in the universe who felt 
and ? and with the virtual signaling they did about #MeToo, they had Kobe Bryant, given the credible allegations against him, nominated and win an Oscar?!
and ? and with the virtual signaling they did about #MeToo, they had Kobe Bryant, given the credible allegations against him, nominated and win an Oscar?!
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I was doing laundry and surfing the net with the Oscars on in the background - how/why/what/huh? Kobe Bryant has an Oscar??
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A part of me wished Casey Affleck had presented just to see what Frances McDormand would have done.
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I felt like I was the only one in the universe who felt
You weren't. I've seen a lot of people expressing surprise/distaste.
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Because she doesn't care what you, or anyone else, thinks about her appearance. Frances McDormand does what she wants.
Asking other women nominees to stand up wasn't a silly stunt, it was a powerful statement and a way to make sure that her fellow nominees in all categories would be seen - and to increase the likelihood that their voices and ideas will now be heard.
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There was a lot of ugly dresses this year, much more than in previous years. I was really disappointed
You have your opinion. I have mine.
I did not like her dress, just like i did not like some of the others. You seem to take any criticism of her way too personally.
I absolutely hate it when a speaker makes me (audience) stand up. The speech alone would have been enough to send the message.
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Funny thing was when they all wore black (at Golden globes?), there were many beautiful dresses.
I am having a tough time coming up with a really beautiful dress worn last night. I liked Jennifer Garner's blue dress. Allison Janney's red dress was good but it loojed very similar to Meryl's (front only). Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren looked good in what they wore.
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The stage sets looked like something from a brothel.
Helen Mitten looked like a million dollars but then she usually does.
Helen Mitten looked like a million dollars but then she usually does.
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Helen MIRREN .........oops.
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Unless they started later, the length hasn't really changed for the past four years. But they always end some time close to six in the morning in Germany.
Fewer commercial breaks would be nice
I actually really enjoyed this show.
The speeches are always boring because they're basically just a list of "Thank Yous" but I thought it was bearable this year and I really enjoyed the "in between". Maybe, for the sake of shortening the whole show, they could have cut them but I liked the messaging. They addressed a lot of issues that people need to be made aware of and a lot of issues that many don't want to hear and prefer to pretend they don't exist (not talking about you but generally) But they need to hear it and the Oscars give the actors the platform to do that. Maybe it'll inspire TPTB to hire actors who don't have a history of assault?
Someone has to start and someone has to lead. It might as well be Hollywood.
Why? I think she wanted to honor every woman and recognize that they have to work twice as hard as their male counterpart to be where they are today. I don't think it was her intention to show how few of them there are but she did so, too, and I think that was very important to see.
We live in a world that likes to make us believe that sexism doesn't exist anymore. That men and women are equal. That is not the case and I think the only way that this can change is if people are shown over and over that it's not.
One of the reasons I loved "The Post" and wish Spielberg had been nominated for Best Director (and gotten it) is because he managed to show through his directing what position Katharine Graham was in. Those scenes when she walks towards a door and then the door opens and she is faced with a room full of old men in suits are brilliant. They show exactly what it's like for her and I think they are much more than history. I think this movie is eerily timely on more than just the 1st amendment issue and I don't think it got the recognition it deserved for it.
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This.
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So happy for Allison Janney. She is a good friend of my ex-roommate so I knew her quite well back in the 80s in NY, well enough that she used to come to the restaurant where I worked, and she invited me to come stay for a visit when she moved to LA. Unfortunately, we didn't maintain contact. I saw her early stage appearances (when she was in Joanne Woodward's theatre company) and I always loved her style. If you think she's good on film, go see her on stage -- she has "it." What a nice person and a wonderful actress.
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The Lonely Island (Adam Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) posted their Oscar song "submission":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DssfaYi5w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DssfaYi5w
Unless they started later, the length hasn't really changed for the past four years. But they always end some time close to six in the morning in Germany.
Fewer commercial breaks would be nice
I actually really enjoyed this show.
Maybe it'll inspire TPTB to hire actors who don't have a history of assault?
Someone has to start and someone has to lead. It might as well be Hollywood.
Why? I think she wanted to honor every woman and recognize that they have to work twice as hard as their male counterpart to be where they are today. I don't think it was her intention to show how few of them there are but she did so, too, and I think that was very important to see.
We live in a world that likes to make us believe that sexism doesn't exist anymore. That men and women are equal. That is not the case and I think the only way that this can change is if people are shown over and over that it's not.
One of the reasons I loved "The Post" and wish Spielberg had been nominated for Best Director (and gotten it) is because he managed to show through his directing what position Katharine Graham was in. Those scenes when she walks towards a door and then the door opens and she is faced with a room full of old men in suits are brilliant. They show exactly what it's like for her and I think they are much more than history. I think this movie is eerily timely on more than just the 1st amendment issue and I don't think it got the recognition it deserved for it.
Where did I say sexism doesn't exist? Making every woman stand up is not going to make it go away. We got the message from her speech and other speeches. This 'in your face' was unnecessary, Making everyone stand up is like a high school "everybody stand up"- yikes! I hate being told by a speaker to stand up, while i am politely listening to the speech- good or bad.
I liked The Post a lot- It was history and because how a self doubting woman (Katherine) developed and became a confident person, as the first woman president of a newspaper. Meryl was great in that role. As usual, she and the movie were slammed by majority of fsuers. I was disappointed that Spielberg didn't even get a nomination for directing it. This was such an important movie in today's climate! That movie didn't receive a single Oscar. That's a shame.
The in betweens were entertaining but there were too many of those. I could have done without the group of actors making a surprise visit to the theatre. I remember when the show used to end in 3.5 hours, then it grew longer and longer.
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