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Diane and I have seen seven of the nine movies nominated for BEST PICTURE (we have no interest in Tree of Life or Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close). I have no inside knowledge of how the Academy will vote, but here’s my best guesses:
BEST ACTOR: George Clooney
BEST ACTRESS: Viola Davis
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer
BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
BEST MOVIE: The Artist
I’d say that was a pretty savvy guess.
HUGO or THE HELP could win Best Picture and I’d be fine with that, Patti. Some “experts” like Meryl Streep for Best Actress.
I like your picks, George, but everything I’ve been reading this week seems to see THE ARTIST as the big winner – Picture, Director and Actor. We’ll see tonight.
I’m rooting for Marty.
I’m rooting for Marty, too, Jeff. HUGO is a wonderful movie. The DVD comes out on February 28.
Just wanted to say, I just saw the “Artist” it was a great film and yes i agree it will win best picture tonight. Hvae fun and stay safe in life.
Thanks, Jason! THE ARTIST is wonderful and you have to love the dog. He steals every scene!
HUGO is the DVD I’m waiting for! (That and Tintin).
HUGO comes out Tuesday and TINTIN comes out March 13, Rick.
Personally, I hope The Artist does not win BP, as I’d hate to see a rash of knock-off B&W no-talkie movies take up the studio budgets.If I were going to see just a couple of these films, it would be Hugo and The Help, both of which are in my Netflix queue, at about the 90-100 position. (sigh)
I don’t see a rush to make B&W soundless films, Rick. THE ARTIST taps into nostalgia for the Good Old Days. Hollywood wants blockbusters like TRANSFORMERS instead of art films.
I can’t think of a year where I have had less interest in the Oscars than this one.
You’re right, Stan. There are no “great” movies out there. I thought the nine nominated movies were solid choices although I have no interest in TREE OF LIFE and that 911 movie.
What Stan said.
I’ll watch a bit of the OSCARS tonight, but I’m not staying up to midnight, Randy.
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Stan & Randy, I said the exact same thing a few days ago.
Rick, George is right – Hollywood wants big blockbusters that make zillions and don’t care if they have good qualities or not. You’re more likely to see a couple more Pirates of the Caribbean/Mission: Impossible/Transformers/Twilight movies than another Artist.
We’ve been renting movies from redbox.com since we’ve been here for $1.27 each (including The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes) so if you can’t wait for Netflix, Rick, you might try them. I’d really recommend you see Hugo on the big screen in 3D if it is still playing up there, however.
You’re right about HUGO in 3D, Jeff. Just amazing!
George, I know how you feel but I nearly always stick out the Oscars show to the bitter end. The logest was 10 years ago when A Beautiful Mind won – an incredible 4 hours and 23 minutes. In 1959 (Gigi) it came in 20 minutes short at an hour and 40 minutes and co-host Jerry Lewis had to mug improvise.
I read that this morning.
It’s not that I have to wait that long, Jeff, it’s that I have so doggone many other things sitting there. The even bigger problem is that we’ve been letting Netflix movies sit here for several weeks before watching them. We waited two months before watching one, then turned it off halfway through because we didn’t like it. Before we moved, I used to watch the movies within a day or two. Something has changed, not sure what, but I suspect it has to do with Barbara working at home, now retired and being here most of the time… Oh well.
NetFlix gambles on people “delaying” to watch their movies, Rick. We usually watch our NetFlix movies within a few days of arrival.
Well George, you got the Supporting and Best Movie right. I was surprised by the director choice. After an early run by HUGO, I thought maybe that film would take more, but then the B&W “unusual” film took most of the big ones. I was most surprised by Best Actress pick.
I should have remembered that the Academy likes to award the BEST DIRECTOR Oscar to the director of the BEST PICTURE, Rick. But I agree with Meryl Streep: she’ll never be on that stage winning another Oscar (other than “Life-time Achievement”) again.
The only real surprise was Meryl Streep winning over Viola Davis. I liked the fact that the show came in at 3 hours–when you’re giving out that many awards, you can’t really streamline much beyond that.
I could have done without that Cirque du Soleil performance, Deb. And that “focus group” skit.
I could have done without Billy Crystal, period. He was DREADFUL! The “jokes” either fell with a dull thud or were offensive and still hit the floor. I sincerely hope they never, ever, invite him back. The broadcast was stretched out in a few other ways, too. I think they can get it ti 2.5 hours if they play it straight. At least there weren’t too many extra long thank you to my aunt and al of the family and the lunch truck guy and… type speeches
You’re right about the Oscars cutting down on the long-winded acceptance speeches, Rick. I’d like to see the ceremony shrink to 3 hours. That’s more than enough.
By the way, I never did hear where it was held this year.
The ceremony took place at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California, Rick.
It looked like a gorgeous old theater.
It was the classic KODAK THEATER, Rick. That’s why Billy Crystal made those Chapter 11 and Bankruptcy remarks.
BTW, is Sandra Bullock getting “Joan Rivers face”? It looked like she’d had a LOT of work done.
/Meow!
I saw signs of Botox-overdose all through the Oscars, Deb. Sandra Bullock was just one extreme example.