The 2014 Oscars

[The Ü™]

What a surprise, a French person won...

 

[The Ü™]

Christ i'm so fucking tired of these speeches that go something like "blah blah blah What it means to be human and blah blah blah...."

 

[The Ü™]

Why is Hermione next to the kid from Angels in the Outfield?

 

[Poindexter Arachnid]

Gravity will win Best VFX,

Apparently.

 

[The Ü™]

Well, at least The Lone Ranger won the VES Award for Best VFX in a Supporting Role.

And you know what song should've been nominated? The one in Oblivion.

 

[Poindexter Arachnid]

Well, at least The Lone Ranger won the VES Award for Best VFX in a Supporting Role.

And you know what song should've been nominated? The one in Oblivion.

Agreed. And what about VFX? Snub.

 

[The Ü™]

Grace Jones got an Oscar!

 

[The Ü™]

What's with all the Wizard of Oz shit?

 

[Southern Kross]

 

[The Ü™]

Thank you, Hal Needham.

Thank you, Ray Harryhausen.

And thank you, Roger Ebert...for finally dying.

 

[Southern Kross]

 

[The Ü™]

Why does John Travolta get to present but not Nicolas Cage?

 

[Totenkindly]

It's the "burden of representation". If there were more transgender characters on film, each one could just be their own person and not need to tick all the boxes.

Yeah, I think that's part of it. I think one issue is that they muddied definitions between transwoman and transvestite/queen and it doesn't go over well.

I also saw one of them busting on Chloe Sevigny on FB for referring to "trannies" , even though Sevigny's portrayal of a transwoman in "Hit & Miss" I thought was pretty damned good -- and there was an interview where she said she cried every time they glued on the prosthesis... which is pretty spot on.

... anyway, wtf, it's almost midnight EST and they're still not done??

Looks like Gravity is teh shit, it locked up a number of awards this year. No big surprise.

EDIT: Well, look at that: Cate Blanchett. Good for her.

EDIT2: and now the McConaughssance....

EDIT3: BTW, are we sure they didn't get Spike Jonze' scripts confused and meant to select "Bad Grandpa" as the Oscar winner this year? That screenplay was gold.

 

[ndovjtjcaqidthi]

I liked Matthew Mcconaughey's speech.

 

[The Ü™]

Will Smith didn't apologize for After Earth? Unforgivable.

 

[highlander]

Blue Jasmine was a really good movie. Saw that last weekend.

 

[HongDou]

Leo didn't win.

And so the world remains in balance.

 

[Magic Poriferan]

I'm gunning for Dicaprio to be the next Peter O'Toole.

 

[Totenkindly]

Best Performance at the 2014 Oscars goes to ... the Cumberbatch!

 

[The Ü™]

How did Grace Jones get into the tuxedo and back into the dress with her exposed ribs so fast?