Oscars 2015

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I don't have to back anything up. The information is all out there and being discussed at the moment. Educate yourself and then we can have this conversation.

Um no. You do have to back up claims.
As for "educating myself"- believe me you might do better in to taking your own advice before doling it out

Amazingfun wrote: »

See your hysterical response? First I didn't say " white people who marry black people are always biased". Nor anything else you imply here. He is claiming there is some kind of conspiracy here and I am pointing out his own situation through which he maybe viewing this.

So, basically your point is: George Lucas is married to a (gasp!)...black woman. Yeah, great stuff there. Thanks for pointing that one out.

Hey, Robert De Niro better not start mouthing off about these issues either, because you know, he too, went and married a (you guessed it), black woman. The fecker.

lucas complaining in completely invalid due to the fact hes not an academy member, therefore he doesn't get to crib, just like i don't listen to people when they complain about the government, when it turns out they didn't vote, all these people complain that this didn't happen and that didn't happen,

there are about 6000 members of the academy of motion picture arts and science, they didnt all get togerther in one cinema, come out and decide to vote for all the films that contained 80% white people, they all watched the films in the comfort of their own homes, with their families, thus all the leaked copies of films that get released every year around this time, and then they all passed in their votes separately, some of them might have talked to each other, but i dont think 6000 people got together and decided to do this,

people can complain all they want, there is an unbelievable amount of films made every year, representing more or less every single race on this planet, you wanna be in the game, then you have to apply like everyone else, the reason one thing or another dont get in im simply cause it wasnt demed good enough by the academy, and if people in the industry want to change things then they should become members,

think, tyler perry has directed 38 different things, films/series, so he has probably worked with a few hundred different actors down through the years, think if he got all of them to register to become academy members, then he could probably skewer the vote so that one of his films gets some academy recognition, its called democracy, so the americans should be the last people to complain about how they didn't get their way,

Has anyone seen The Tale of Princess Kaguya? I got to see it a few nights ago and I really enjoyed it.

not oscars but the SAGs awards ceremonies in general http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/sag-awards-slipup-reveals-hollow-lie-behind-award-ceremonies--gk8kpgxdse

fake clapping?

Irish Aris wrote: »

Looks like Birdman is gathering momentum.
It will be very interesting.

Alejandro G. Inarritu has been named 2014’s best director by the Directors Guild of America

dark crystal wrote: »

Main BAFTA Awards:

Best Film: Boyhood

Best Director: Richard Linklater

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress: Julianne Moore

Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Theory of Everything

Best Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Did Still Alice get a UK release or festival release as how was Moore eligible?

Irish Aris wrote: »

Looks like Birdman is gathering momentum.
It will be very interesting.

I wonder will Redmayne take the Best Actor Oscar ahead of Keaton, this seems to be the only main award hard to pick the sure winner


Cooper is 25 to 1 in some bookies and his reviews for AS is good and the film did very well at the US box office, might be worth a small sneaky bet

Irish Aris wrote: »

Have to say, I would be very surprised if Bradley Cooper won this.
The Redmayne/Keaton dilemma for me is down to the fact that these are completely different performances.
I thought Redmayne was brilliant, felt like I was seeing professor Hawking at times.
Keaton's performance grew on me a lot since I saw the film. And it might be the last chance for an Oscar (although this card didn't play out for Bill Murray or Mickey Rourke).

Do you reckon it might depend on what else Birdman wins? Say if it sweeps best picture and best director, this may increase Keaton's chance?

I think Boyhood is taking best film and director for Linklater

crazygeryy wrote: »

can the oscars be watched on tv live anywhere tonight?

1am Sky Oscars (one of the Sky Movies channels)

It took 12 years of patience and dedication to film Boyhood. That's nothing compared to the 227 days I've been sitting waiting on this Betslip for it to win Best Film.

Fully confident Birdman's gonna spoil the party though.