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Sutti's big hair · by **Sutti's big hair** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:00 pm

Well, the Oscars happened last night and these were the main winners:

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters (Austria)

Has anyone actually seen any of the films nominated for best picture? (No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno, Atonement, and Michael Clayton)
I'd like to see Juno but I can't say the rest appeal to me that much.

By all accounts Marion Cotillard winning best actress was a bit of an upset as most people expected Julie Christie to win for Away From Her, although I hear Cotillard's performance as Edith Piaf is pretty astonishing.

I have decided that Tilda Swinton should win more awards. Not just because she's a great actress (I'm a bit of a fan), but because her acceptance speeches are funny! :lol:

She seems to have no real plan of what to say and you have to give kudos to anyone who accepts an Oscar by saying, "Ohhhh noooo," and gets the words 'buttocks' and 'nipples' into their speech! I wonder if that was the result of a bet?

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So, were the Oscars what you expected? Who were you rooting for? Was someone robbed? Do we really care?

Jones · by **Jones** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:38 pm

I rarely see Oscar winners before they've won anything because i haven't been to the cinema in years. When i watch award shows my favourites are usually stuff I haven't seen, I'll just like the idea of the film or the people involved. My opinons are based on loyalty and goodwill. :wink:

Its very similar to how the baftas went. I'm glad Tilda Swinton won something, she makes me smile. I like her nonchalance.
Though I have to say I really wanted Cate Blanchett to win something for I'm Not There and I even haven't even seen it. I'm just overexcited at her playing Bob Dylan. She should have all the awards.

I haven't seen Juno yet but Ellen Page gets my vote in everything after Hard Candy.

Sutti's big hair · by **Sutti's big hair** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:37 am

Jones wrote:I rarely see Oscar winners before they've won anything because i haven't been to the cinema in years. When i watch award shows my favourites are usually stuff I haven't seen, I'll just like the idea of the film or the people involved. My opinons are based on loyalty and goodwill.

Same here! I'm not sure I've ever seen an Oscar nominated film before the ceremony takes place. I should make the effort to watch them all one year. Maybe I will one year when they seem a bit less depressing! :sus:

Though I have to say I really wanted Cate Blanchett to win something for I'm Not There and I even haven't even seen it. I'm just overexcited at her playing Bob Dylan. She should have all the awards.

I can't disagree with that. Cate Blanchett has been great in everything I've ever seen her in. In fact she seems a bit like an Australian version of Tilda Swinton, only with slightly better judgement when it comes to choosing films to appear in! :lol:

I'd be interested to see I'm Not There at some point. I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually!

No one film really dominated the Oscars this year. I'm not sure whether that's because there are more truly great films this year or no truly great films!

Jones · by **Jones** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:03 am

I've gradually become a Cate fan over the last year or so after I watched Little Fish. Oh and she was in a film with Glenn Close where she was a prisoner of war which I liked her in but I've forgot the title. it was a group of female prisoners who started a music group together.
And I love Todd Haynes films, so melding his direction with Cate in drag works for me. :wink:

i prefer it when no film takes all the awards. I find the award ceremonies are often boring because there's about three films that get all the attention.
i'm glad La Vie En Rose has won a lot because i root for the outsiders. I rooted for The Lives of Others and Pan's Labyrinth because I dislike Hollywood moguls congratulating each other and like the (often better) foreign and arthouse/indie films to steal their awards.

Do you find you're actually put off films for being Oscar winners? It's inverted snobbery but when films win lots of awards I tend to take them off my rental list because they've had enough attention and I'd rather pick up the smaller ignored stuff.
I never got the hype surrounding Crash. The Cronenberg film of the same title was far more interesting to me.

Sutti's big hair · by **Sutti's big hair** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:27 am

Jones wrote:I've gradually become a Cate fan over the last year or so after I watched Little Fish. Oh and she was in a film with Glenn Close where she was a prisoner of war which I liked her in but I've forgot the title. it was a group of female prisoners who started a music group together.

I think it was called something like Paradise Road. It had Pauline Collins and Frances McDormand in as well.

I don't think I'm put off films for being Oscar winners but it does make it harder for them to impress me because I start off expecting more.
I haven't seen Crash but a lot of people who have seem to feel that perhaps Brokeback Mountain woz robbed of an Oscar!

Hughesy · by **Hughesy** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:46 pm

I'm not sure quite how she managed it, but the American voiceover woman in that clip somehow managed to make the simple phrase "This is the first Academy Award and nomination for Tilda Swinton" sound both incredibly patronising and schmaltzy all at the same time! :roll:

I've not seen any of the films on that list either. I'd like to see The Counterfeiters though.

David Mitchell's Mom · by **David Mitchell's Mom** on Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:37 am

I didn't bother watching the early morning GMTV coverage this year.

The films haven't been of any interest to my for years, I've usually not seen any of the films, and, after all the hype, when I have seen one or two I've been disapointed.

For the last few years I've only tuned in to see the frocks. This year they haven't interested me either.

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