*Official OSCAR BASH Thread* RIOT CONTEST WINNERS ON 1ST POST

[Patty Smyth]

Thank you all for coming to the Oscar Bash. I think it really needed some bashing tonight. Not the most entertaining one and pretty forgetable hosts.

THE WINNERS OF THE 5 ENVIES ARE:

WINNERS please contact me with your addresses.

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RIOT RIOT RIOT !!!! RAH RAH RAH!!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU RIOTING ON HERE TONIGHT WITH ME I WILL BE PICKING 5 RANDOM NUMBERS AND GIVING AWAY AN ENVIE OF COUPONS TO EACH. WHY NOT HAVE A LITTLE FUN !!!!

SUNDAY MARCH 7th !!!

Ladies and gents get ready it's time to start the countdown to the biggest night in Hollywood where CANADIANS so often sneak in under the radar and steal the show. LOL This year we have James Cameron's big, huge blue movie up for best film and a whole lot more. Post your favorite Oscar moments past, present and your predictions for this year. Of course the biggest discussion is always who is wearing what and who is on their arm. Clothes, couples, the red carpet!!! All the hooey that goes with it!!! I love a good show! Hopefully with Alec Bladwin and Steve martin we will get a few laughs too. I did like Hugh Jackman last year but then again he could just stand ther and read the back of the cereal box and I would be happy.

And the nominees are:


Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney in "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth in "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan in "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in "Nine"
Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"
Mo’Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire"

Animated Feature Film
"Coraline" Henry Selick
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" Wes Anderson
"The Princess and the Frog" John Musker and Ron Clements
"The Secret of Kells" Tomm Moore
"Up" Pete Docter

Art Direction
"Avatar" Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
"Nine" Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
"Sherlock Holmes" Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Young Victoria" Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography
"Avatar" Mauro Fiore
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Bruno Delbonnel
"The Hurt Locker" Barry Ackroyd
"Inglourious Basterds" Robert Richardson
"The White Ribbon" Christian Berger

Costume Design
"Bright Star" Janet Patterson
"Coco before Chanel" Catherine Leterrier
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Monique Prudhomme
"Nine" Colleen Atwood
"The Young Victoria" Sandy Powell

Directing
"Avatar" James Cameron
"The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow
"Inglourious Basterds" Quentin Tarantino
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" Lee Daniels
"Up in the Air" Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
"Burma VJ" Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
"The Cove" Nominees to be determined
"Food, Inc." Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
"Which Way Home" Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
"China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province" Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner" Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant" Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
"Music by Prudence" Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
"Rabbit à la Berlin" Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing
"Avatar" Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
"District 9" Julian Clarke
"The Hurt Locker" Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
"Inglourious Basterds" Sally Menke
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
"Ajami" Israel
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina
"The Milk of Sorrow" Peru
"Un Prophète" France
"The White Ribbon" Germany

Makeup
"Il Divo" Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
"Star Trek" Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
"The Young Victoria" Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
"Avatar" James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker" Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes" Hans Zimmer
"Up" Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture
"Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
"The Blind Side" Nominees to be determined
"District 9" Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
"An Education" Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
"The Hurt Locker" Nominees to be determined
"Inglourious Basterds" Lawrence Bender, Producer
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
"A Serious Man" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
"Up" Jonas Rivera, Producer
"Up in the Air" Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
"French Roast" Fabrice O. Joubert
"Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty" Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)" Javier Recio Gracia
"Logorama" Nicolas Schmerkin
"A Matter of Loaf and Death" Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)
"The Door" Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
"Instead of Abracadabra" Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
"Kavi" Gregg Helvey
"Miracle Fish" Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
"The New Tenants" Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
"Avatar" Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
"The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson
"Inglourious Basterds" Wylie Stateman
"Star Trek" Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
"Up" Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
"Avatar" Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
"The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
"Inglourious Basterds" Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
"Star Trek" Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects
"Avatar" Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
"District 9" Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
"Star Trek" Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"District 9" Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
"An Education" Screenplay by Nick Hornby
"In the Loop" Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
"Up in the Air" Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Hurt Locker" Written by Mark Boal
"Inglourious Basterds" Written by Quentin Tarantino
"The Messenger" Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
"A Serious Man" Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Up" Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

[Patty Smyth]

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[Lynn49]

Love George Clooney, but put him into a suit or tux and he still plays "George Clooney"....my vote is for Colin Firth: I would follow him anywhere!

Sandra Bullock: it's about time this comic actress was recognized for the roles she's played and the happy joy she's given so many of us..

Definitely the movie "UP"! Mr Fox never gave me any warm fuzzies, The Princess and the Frog: wow, very surprising! I wouldn't take a child to see it...even I found places scary!

Who could argue that James Cameron isn't the most innovative director around?! No one comes close to what this man brings to life: he's my choice for best director.

Which, goes along with "Avatar" for best movie! If we're going by mone-made, check! If we're going by box-office attendance: check! It has it all and should pick up quite a few Oscars! It was fantastic.

Why isn't AVATAR there for best costume?! Wow. That's surprising.

[TaraF]

Patty I was TOTALLY dissapointed when I opened this thread!! The title is:

******Official OSCAR BASH Thread*****

And here I thought it was a thread to actually bash the Oscars for those of us who find them dull and boring! lol

[Patty Smyth]

Patty I was TOTALLY dissapointed when I opened this thread!! The title is:

******Official OSCAR BASH Thread*****

And here I thought it was a thread to actually bash the Oscars for those of us who find them dull and boring! lol

Well I figured the true "bashing" would come on Sunday night. We all love to critique the gowns, the pomp, the gafs. LOL

[TaraF]

Well I figured the true "bashing" would come on Sunday night. We all love to critique the gowns, the pomp, the gafs. LOL

Okay that's fair lol It wasn't a huge dissapointment opening the thread, I mean afterall what better way to wake up than to see George Clooneys face on my screen

[Natalka]

LOL, I thought the same as Tara - that's why I clicked on!
I haven't seen any of the movies, but watch the Academy Awards anyway. Like to see the moldy oldies especially and, of course - the clothes.
Nothing could come close to matching last year's host and opening!
I think the Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin pairing is rather odd, actually... like, aren't either of them strong enough to handle it alone? ... we'll see how they do!

[curt81]

Love George Clooney, but put him into a suit or tux and he still plays "George Clooney"....my vote is for Colin Firth: I would follow him anywhere!

Sandra Bullock: it's about time this comic actress was recognized for the roles she's played and the happy joy she's given so many of us..

Definitely the movie "UP"! Mr Fox never gave me any warm fuzzies, The Princess and the Frog: wow, very surprising! I wouldn't take a child to see it...even I found places scary!

Who could argue that James Cameron isn't the most innovative director around?! No one comes close to what this man brings to life: he's my choice for best director.

Which, goes along with "Avatar" for best movie! If we're going by mone-made, check! If we're going by box-office attendance: check! It has it all and should pick up quite a few Oscars! It was fantastic.

Why isn't AVATAR there for best costume?! Wow. That's surprising.

"The Hurt Locker" will win best picture and it should. I found "Avatar" highly entertaining and was visually stunning but not best picture worthy - predictable and weak dialogue.

[Lynn49]

"The Hurt Locker" will win best picture and it should. I found "Avatar" highly entertaining and was visually stunning but not best picture worthy - predictable and weak dialogue.

Oh, yes, absolutely predictable! lol!
As for the dialogue, I'm not particularly a...what are they called...videophile? Is there such a word? But I wasn't watching it for the dialogue...it really was visually stunning, as you said, and I guess that's what catches my eye...flash and bling! That's me! I'm probably a descendant of a magpie...anything flashy, and it brings me to a screeching halt!

I didn't see "The Hurt Locker"...but it does intrigue me....I would love to see it, but I'm always afraid of movies like that with gratuitous violence...I don't mean acts of war, I mean just ugly, rotten sickening violence..know what I mean? Is there anything like that in there, Curt?
Like the stuff in "Deliverance" or was it "Goodfellas"...no...um...jeepers...I thought it had de niro in it, but maybe not...there was a part in the movie where the bad guys discovered one on them was a cop and they were in some sort of stair-well...and they had him hand-cuffed to the staircase...I had to turn it off. That's the kind of crap I can do without.....

[Sunraven]

I think I might be the only one who doesn't care for Avatar in any category!

I loves me some Clooney and I'm going to be watching the show with the hopes that Johnny Depp makes an appearance, because as much as I loves me some Clooney, I loves me some Depp even more.

[curt81]

Oh, yes, absolutely predictable! lol!
As for the dialogue, I'm not particularly a...what are they called...videophile? Is there such a word? But I wasn't watching it for the dialogue...it really was visually stunning, as you said, and I guess that's what catches my eye...flash and bling! That's me! I'm probably a descendant of a magpie...anything flashy, and it brings me to a screeching halt!

I didn't see "The Hurt Locker"...but it does intrigue me....I would love to see it, but I'm always afraid of movies like that with gratuitous violence...I don't mean acts of war, I mean just ugly, rotten sickening violence..know what I mean? Is there anything like that in there, Curt?
Like the stuff in "Deliverance" or was it "Goodfellas"...no...um...jeepers...I thought it had de niro in it, but maybe not...there was a part in the movie where the bad guys discovered one on them was a cop and they were in some sort of stair-well...and they had him hand-cuffed to the staircase...I had to turn it off. That's the kind of crap I can do without.....

It's all violence relating to war. Nothing gratuitous about it.

[Lynn49]

It's all violence relating to war. Nothing gratuitous about it.

Thanks, Curt. Then I'll definitely watch it. But so help me...if you're wrong,
I WILL haunt you for the rest of your life if I get scared by yucky violence!
Or...as long as I can't sleep without having nightmares...or whichever comes first!!!
'Night, sweetie!!

[Natalka]

I think I might be the only one who doesn't care for Avatar in any category!

I loves me some Clooney and I'm going to be watching the show with the hopes that Johnny Depp makes an appearance, because as much as I loves me some Clooney, I loves me some Depp even more.

He tops the list!