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And Frozen won. That was predictable.

Anyway, I saw Wind Rises yesterday and…I dunno. I still think Monsters University was the best animated film I saw in 2013.

I liked Monsters University too. Thought it was underappreciated. I'm curious though, did you like it so much because it brought back characters you knew and loved and it kinda had that nostalgic feeling? Was it the story, heart, comedy? Was it all of the above? I'm curious because it was up against two original films and maybe the nostalgia gave Monsters University that extra edge for you.

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Unrelated The Great Beauty wins Best Foreign Language Film.

Nobodyman

I liked Monsters University too. Thought it was underappreciated. I'm curious though, did you like it so much because it brought back characters you knew and loved and it kinda had that nostalgic feeling? Was it the story, heart, comedy? Was it all of the above? I'm curious because it was up against two original films and maybe the nostalgia gave Monsters University that extra edge for you.

All of the above, pretty much. I just think it was a very well told story that had a lot of heart to it, a nice message, and I think it may have been even better than the original.

Frozen and The Wind Rises on the other hand, while good, I felt had some noticeable structural problems.

Ubiq

Mr. Hublot wins for short animated feauture.

Room on the Broom was my favorite but I can definitely see why Mr. Hublot won; it's a sweet little film with a unique art style and memorable characters. It's quirky in the good way.

Best animated feauture film goes to…FROZEN!!!

First one I got right!

I'm surprised The Wind Rises didn't win just because it's Miyazaki's "last" film. Good for Frozen though and it'll be interesting to see if this can push it past Shrek 2 and Toy Story 3 at the box office.

LA Woman

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Outerspec

All of the above, pretty much. I just think it was a very well told story that had a lot of heart to it, a nice message, and I think it may have been even better than the original.

Frozen and The Wind Rises on the other hand, while good, I felt had some noticeable structural problems.

Ah ok, I still have to finish The Wind Rises.

@Ubiq:

Room on the Broom was my favorite but I can definitely see why Mr. Hublot won; it's a sweet little film with a unique art style and memorable characters. It's quirky in the good way.

This just makes me want to see these movies even more, so I must.

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Gravity gets its second and third awards tonight for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing respectively.

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Best Supporting actress goes to LUPITA!!! I'm so happy!!! You go girl!

Kaiolino

WolfWood37

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhxWutnCEAAtEQ6.jpg

Kevin Spacey is awesome and he knows it.

Nobodyman

Ah ok, I still have to finish The Wind Rises.

To clarify, I also saw Despicable Me 2 and The Croods, but, yeah no, I'm not even considering those. Haven't seen Ernest and Celestine.

Anyway, still haven't seen 12 Years a Slave, but good for Lupita for winning.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhxWutnCEAAtEQ6.jpg

LOL. Poor Jared Leto is barely in the shot, after I saw him trying so hard to get in.

MiyamotoMusashi

Yeah, definitely ok with Lupita winning, would have preferred June or Sally though, as long as Lawrence does not win.

LinkG07

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhxWutnCEAAtEQ6.jpg

Dear God, Kevin Spacey is a magnificent bastard.

Ubiq

I haven't seen The Wind Rises yet and Ernest & Celestine doesn't come out anywhere near here until the 14th. I'll definitely see both of them though; E&C is the one I'm looking forward to more though.

CosmicDebris

I think Ellen broke Twitter.

Nobodyman

Aww. Harold Ramis shout out from Bill Murray.

Well, looks like Inside Llewyn Davis ain't bringin' home any Oscars. Good for Gravity though.

Outerspec

@LA:

He didn't actually mention the "LGBT community", what he said was "to those of you who have ever felt injustice because of who you are and who you love, I stand here in front of the world with you and for you." Which again kind of shifts the focus to sexual orientation more than anything, and might also conflate his role with gayness even further. While that may be understandable considering the movie was about AIDs, which predominantly affected gay folks (though also a lot of trans folks), it's not understandable for him to neglect mentioning trans women or trans people in any capacity, at least in my opinion. I don't think that our conversation with him really affected him all that much, TBQH.

Truth be told you're right. He didn't specifically mention the LGBT community but because of what he said and what his movie was about I just assumed (yeah I know what thyg say about "assume") that he was talking about the LGBT community. Also, that it could.be generalized to fit all minorities who were ever oppressed.

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Unrelated, Gravity wins yet again for Cinemetography. At this rate...it might win best Director.

Good grief Gravity just won another one.

Nobodyman

Unrelated, Gravity wins yet again for Cinemetography. At this rate…it might win best Director.

Usually there's one film that sweeps all the technical awards and gets maybe one or two of the big ones. 12 Years a Slave will probably get most of the big ones.

LinkG07

Usually there's one film that sweeps all the technical awards and gets maybe one or two of the big ones. 12 Years a Slave will probably get most of the big ones.

Pretty much this. Literally everyone saw this outcome coming. Still, Ellen's antics have been funny so far.

MiyamotoMusashi

@LinkG07:

Pretty much this. Literally everyone saw this outcome coming. Still, Ellen's antics have been funny so far.

You think so? For me, it is completely unnecessary and unfunny.

Outerspec

The Great Gatsby just took another award for Production Design (I think that's what it was).

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R.I.P. to all the talented people lost this year. Special mention to James Avery (best known for his role as Uncle Phil in 'Fresh Prince').

Unfortunately, I didn't know James Galdolfini passed away until just now which I feel pretty awful about.

Kaiolino

Assholes forgot James Avery in the In Memorian bit.

Nobodyman

@CosmicDebris:

I think Ellen broke Twitter.

Holy crap. She actually did.

Outerspec

Assholes forgot James Avery in the In Memorian bit.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Maybe they don't include tv stars buuut…I'm pretty sure they have before and they still do..

WolfWood37

Make that 6 now…

Kaiolino

John Travolta is an ass.

Rogues' Gallery

@Ubiq:

I'm surprised The Wind Rises didn't win just because it's Miyazaki's "last" film.

Outerspec

Gravity takes home its 6th award with Original Score.

Frozen takes home its 2nd award with Original Song.

Rogues' Gallery

John Travolta is an ass.

Why?

(not watching the Oscars right now)

Outerspec

12 Years A Slave wins an oscar for Adaptive Screenplay!

Her wins an oscar for Original Screenplay!

I think both movies are very well deserved as well as the people who wrote the screenplays of course. John Ridley and Spike Jonzes.

MiyamotoMusashi

12 Years a Slave winning was pretty obvious, still would have liked to see Before Midnight winning.

Nobodyman

Unrelated, Gravity wins yet again for Cinemetography. At this rate…it might win best Director.

Huh. You called it.

Outerspec

@MiyamotoMusashi:

12 Years a Slave winning was pretty obvious, still would have liked to see Before Midnight winning.

I've kept away from Before Midnight because I hear it's the 3rd part in a trilogy and so I need to see the first 2 movies.

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Annnnnnnnd Gravity takes the Best Director oscar.

MiyamotoMusashi

Cuaron over McQueen, that is somewhat surprising to me

WolfWood37

That should be the only big one Gravity takes….but then again you never know.

Outerspec

Huh. You called it.

Yeah, they were making it kind of obvious even for me.

MiyamotoMusashi

Nice, Cate Blanchette really deserves it

Outerspec

Cate Blanchett takes the oscar for Best Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine. It was a really good movie.

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Sorry Leo I know you're not going to win this, lol, so I'm typing this even before they announce it.

And the winner for Best Actor goes to....

Matthew Mc-WHAT?

I'm sorry, ummm...Matthew McConaughey.

Kaiolino

I hate Matthew McConahickshit

MiyamotoMusashi

Matt really upped his game in the last 2-3 years, so i can definitely live with him winning. Besides Bale, the others would have deserved it as well though.

Nobodyman

How ironic that Will Smith is presenting the award for Best Picture.

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And, to absolutely no one's surprise, 12 Years a Slave wins

Outerspec

I honestly like Matthew but…eh, whatever. Like I said before I haven't even seen Dallas Buyers so I can't really judge.

Best Picture goes to 12 YEARS A SLAVE!!!!

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How ironic that Will Smith is presenting the award for Best Picture.

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And, to absolutely no one's surprise, 12 Years a Slave wins

Lol, true on all accounts.

WolfWood37

Good for 12 years.

Also about Best Actor, every single one of them nominated were great enough to win.

MiyamotoMusashi

I think American Hustle at least won something, the movie with the most Oscar nominations without actually getting one

Edit: Seems like not even that, Turning Point and Color Purple were each nominated 11 times but did not win in any category

Kaiolino

@MiyamotoMusashi:

I think American Hustle at least won something, the movie with the most Oscar nominations without actually getting one

Edit: Seems like not even that, Turning Point and Color Purple were each nominated 11 times but did not win in any category

True Grit too, right?

Outerspec

Well, that's that. Ellen did ok by my book. She wasn't over the top and she wasn't boring. She kept the whole evening comfortably down the middle. She had her bright spots like that pizza gag and twitter pic. The monolouges…ehh, not so much.

Congrats to all the winners and for the most part I think I got my predictions correct. I'll update my first post to see how I did. It's past 12 here. Goodnight.

Also, was it just me or does anyone else think 'Let It Go' was butchered?

MiyamotoMusashi

True Grit too, right?

Yeah, seems like TG also had 10 nominations without any win

MasterKingJC