# 84th Academy Awards 2012 - ongoing discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979 "2012-02-25T18:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/201 "2012-02-27T04:19:48Z")
Great, now they get to put “Starring Academy Award Winner” on this poster: > **[Oscar frontrunner in sexist scandal](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/oscar-frontrunner-in-sexist-scandal-20120203-1qw9e.html)** > > Hollywood's new darling Jean Dujardin in trouble in France after the Oscar frontrunner's face appeared on the streets of Paris between a woman's legs in a poster denounced as sexist. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/202 "2012-02-27T04:20:00Z")
I was pulling for Clooney, or even Pitt … but Dujardin was pretty darn good as well. His arched eyebrow alone probably deserves an Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/203 "2012-02-27T04:20:50Z")
Jean didn’t mention Harvey W. He’ll never work in this town again. Actually, that was probably true anyway. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/204 "2012-02-27T04:21:03Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Did Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman have any scenes together in “The Professional”? _Great_ scene when he confronts her when she comes to his office to kill him. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/205 "2012-02-27T04:21:03Z")
I have to disagree. Jean duJardin was more effective in the trailer for _The Artist_ than Brad Pitt has been in his entire career. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/206 "2012-02-27T04:21:56Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I was pulling for Clooney, or even Pitt … but Dujardin was pretty darn good as well. His arched eyebrow alone probably deserves an Oscar. For my money - would have been Pitt -given the choices/ ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/207 "2012-02-27T04:22:07Z")
Wow I actually teared up from the Better Life clip. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/208 "2012-02-27T04:22:25Z")
I think he and Demian were the best. I felt like I was watching George and Brad, not their characters. They were both better in their other movies this year. And I hated TTSS, so Oldman wasn’t cutting it for me. ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/209 "2012-02-27T04:22:31Z")
I love that guy! I’m proud that I saw (in the theater!) his previous two films with director Michel Hazanavicius, the two James Bond parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, and OSS 117: Lost In Rio. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/210 "2012-02-27T04:23:48Z")
Lots of good nominees there. Personally, I was pulling for Oldman, since he is WAY overdue, but DuJardin was just so great in that film that it was no surprise there. Best actress is another one that could go any way. Be ready to be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/211 "2012-02-27T04:23:59Z")
Is the band being led by A.R. Rahman? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/212 "2012-02-27T04:24:16Z")
Well we have a pretty good idea how Best Picture is going to go at this point. ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/213 "2012-02-27T04:26:09Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Jean didn’t mention Harvey W. He’ll never work in this town again. > > Actually, that was probably true anyway. Oh you’re so wrong. If nothing else he can [play a villain](http://jezebel.com/5883757/the-artists-jean-dujardin-to-be-cast-as-villain-in-every-movie)!! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/214 "2012-02-27T04:26:28Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Well we have a pretty good idea how Best Picture is going to go at this point. Yeah, I guess my write-in vote for _Drive Angry_ probably won’t make a difference at this point. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/215 "2012-02-27T04:28:22Z")
I must say, I kind of like this method of last year’s winner saying a little bit about each of he nominees. Better than bringing out five presenters to talk about the nominees, anyway. Colin and Meryl, remembering Mamma Mia! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/216 "2012-02-27T04:29:16Z")
YAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/217 "2012-02-27T04:29:28Z")
Go Meryl! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/218 "2012-02-27T04:29:37Z")
Yay Meryl! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/219 "2012-02-27T04:29:38Z")
Whoa! Did not see Meryl Streep winning. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/220 "2012-02-27T04:30:32Z")
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