# 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:** 4
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/61 "2007-02-26T02:17:19Z")
Might be a good omen for **Letters**. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/62 "2007-02-26T02:18:17Z")
The sound effects choir was cool. I think I saw the same group in a Honda commercial from the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/63 "2007-02-26T02:18:35Z")
Who is that with Jessica Biel? ---
**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, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/64 "2007-02-26T02:19:03Z")
Dear James McAvoy: Never stop talking. Mmmmmmmm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/65 "2007-02-26T02:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] My god, did Nicholson swallow his date whole? [/QUOTE] _:: Snerk ::_ The acceptance speeches: “Blah blah blah Mom blah blah Director blah blah My Personal Cause blah blah.” Dead sexy accent on the guy presenting the sound mxing award – who is that? I missed the name. ---
**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, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/66 "2007-02-26T02:19:35Z")
James McAvoy and Jessica Beil presenting Sound Mixing. Winner: Dreamgirls Sigh, maybe 20 is the charm for poor Kevin. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/67 "2007-02-26T02:20:08Z")
Can someone explain to me what the difference between sound editing and sound mixing is? I would think that the skill sets are effectively the same and one category would cover both. ---
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/68 "2007-02-26T02:20:14Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] I hope Kevin O’Connell wins for Sound Mixing for Apocalypto. It’s his 19th nomination without a win. [/QUOTE] He’ll have to go for the 20th now. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/69 "2007-02-26T02:20:27Z")
Thank you, **Tracy Lord**! [sub]Preview is my friend.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/70 "2007-02-26T02:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Tracy Lord] Dear James McAvoy: Never stop talking. Mmmmmmmm. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Seconded. I’ll settle for him reading me the phone book. ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/71 "2007-02-26T02:21:07Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Who is that with Jessica Biel? [/QUOTE] James Macavoy (spelling may be wrong) ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/72 "2007-02-26T02:21:35Z")
Sexy Scot with Biel: [James McAvoy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564215/), from Last King of Scotland. ---
**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, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/73 "2007-02-26T02:21:44Z")
I always feel sorry for the poor schmucks who have to wait until last to give their thank yous and then get the music. ---
**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, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/74 "2007-02-26T02:22:03Z")
McAvoy also play Macbeth in the BBC’s “Shakespeare ReTold” adaptation and a weirdly sexy Mr. Tumnus in the recent Narnia movie, if you’re looking for more of the same. 🙂 ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/75 "2007-02-26T02:23:18Z")
Rachel Weisz for Best Supporting Actor. Winner: Alan Arkin!! ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/76 "2007-02-26T02:24:07Z")
Alan Arkin! There’s a surprise. I was expecting Eddie. ---
**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, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/77 "2007-02-26T02:25:09Z")
Arkin’s speech made NO sense. ---
**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, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/78 "2007-02-26T02:25:27Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] Rachel Weisz for Best Supporting Actor. Winner: Alan Arkin!! [/QUOTE] Cool, he has always been one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/79 "2007-02-26T02:26:03Z")
“And we go into the audience to play America’s fastest-growing quiz sensation, ‘Know Your Current Events.’” Admit it, that would have been much funnier. ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/80 "2007-02-26T02:26:42Z")
Ellen talking to Mark Wahlberg and Scorses. More Interpretive dance. Time to get a drink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=5)