# 84th Academy Awards 2012 - ongoing discussion thread

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/301 "2012-02-28T07:58:45Z")

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If you live near certain big cities, there will be one theater that shows the live-action shorts, the animated shorts, and the documentary shorts on one screen for a couple of weeks around Oscar time. If you don’t live near those cities, you’re out of luck. Some might eventually show up on DVD. Some might eventually show up on YouTube.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/302 "2012-02-29T18:01:47Z")

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Unless I missed it buried in this thread, no talk about Viola Davis losing? I know The Artist won Best Picture, but I thought after the number of awards Hugo got that Scorsese may have gotten Best Director. Might have made up for the times his Best Pictures didn’t garner him a Best Director award.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84th-academy-awards-2012-ongoing-discussion-thread/613979/303 "2012-03-01T03:01:58Z")

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No, it was fairly clear that _Hugo_ wasn’t being given the major awards. Look at the winners in each category:

> **[84th Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84th_Academy_Awards)**
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> The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre\[a\] in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United S...

_Hugo_ won the lesser awards - Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. _The Artist_ won two of the lesser awards - Best Original Score and Best Costume Design. It won three of the big awards - Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. It was obvious that the Academy was saying that while _Hugo_ was better in its technical aspects, they preferred _The Artist_ overall. This is actually fairly common for the Oscars. They will favor one film for technical awards but another for major awards. NOTE: I am NOT saying I agree with the Academy about the respective merits of the films. I am only saying that I see what they’re saying about the two films.

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