# 79th Annual Acadamy Awards watch along/drink along thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661 "2007-02-26T00:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/181 "2007-02-26T03:40:14Z")
Yaaay, Jennifer! I’m so glad she won. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/182 "2007-02-26T03:40:37Z")
Thanking God for winning an Oscar is like thanking God for winning the Superbowl. Kind of a :rolleyes: I notice she didn’t mention AI. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/183 "2007-02-26T03:41:43Z")
I’m glad JH won, by the way. I don’t mean to suggest she didn’t deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/184 "2007-02-26T03:43:43Z")
Scenes from Babel (Cate pronounced it babble at the Golden Globes). GAEL!! (_swoon again_) and Eva Green (one of the most beautiful women in the universe) for Documentary Short Winner: The Blood of Yingzhou District ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/185 "2007-02-26T03:45:22Z")
Has anyone seen that German film that won Best Foreign Language? I kind of want to say **Pan’s Labyrinth** got screwed but I don’t know that the German wasn’t better. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/186 "2007-02-26T03:46:46Z")
Jerry Seinfeld for Documentary Feature. (God, shut up) Winner: one of these days ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/187 "2007-02-26T03:47:07Z")
What’s the DEAL with theater trash? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/188 "2007-02-26T03:48:01Z")
Seinfeld should have hosted the entire show. I laughed more at his 30 seconds than I did at all of Ellen’s time put together. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/189 "2007-02-26T03:48:17Z")
Liberal bias! Liberal bias! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/190 "2007-02-26T03:48:19Z")
Documentary Feature Winner: An Inconvenient Truth! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/191 "2007-02-26T03:48:54Z")
ALL RIGHT MR GORE !!! no wait - Scalia overturned it - it goes to Jesus CAmp :mad: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/192 "2007-02-26T03:49:15Z")
It’d be funny if Seinfeld cut in now to announce a recount by KPMG of the votes for this category… ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/193 "2007-02-26T03:49:36Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] ALL RIGHT MR GORE !!! no wait - Scalia overturned it - it goes to Jesus CAmp :mad: [/QUOTE] _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/194 "2007-02-26T03:49:41Z")
In all seriousness, I haven’t seen the film – is it a _good_ documentary, not just a relevant one? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/195 "2007-02-26T03:49:57Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Has anyone seen that German film that won Best Foreign Language? I kind of want to say **Pan’s Labyrinth** got screwed but I don’t know that the German wasn’t better. [/QUOTE] No clue, I just know Pan’s was the best movie I saw this year and I would be shocked if “The Lives of Others” is better. Apparently \*\*Rodgers01 \*\* saw it. Al Gore finally won something, cool. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/196 "2007-02-26T03:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Seinfeld should have hosted the entire show. I laughed more at his 30 seconds than I did at all of Ellen’s time put together. [/QUOTE] Ellen’s not as funny as I had hoped (I miss Jon Stewart) but Seinfeld was just painful. Rationalizing throwing your trash on the floor indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/197 "2007-02-26T03:50:13Z")
Mrs Melissa is quite the babe, ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/198 "2007-02-26T03:50:57Z")
A lot of ass kissing of Gore, but I don’t mind. It’s a worthwhile issue. I’m glad AIC won. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/199 "2007-02-26T03:51:29Z")
Honorary Oscar for Ennio! Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/200 "2007-02-26T03:51:40Z")
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