# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 25, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/141 "2013-02-25T03:00:59Z")
No tribute to musicals is complete without Russell Crowe! ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/142 "2013-02-25T03:01:34Z")
So. A skinny girl CAN sing that “You’re gonna love me” song. Huh. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/143 "2013-02-25T03:02:24Z")
> [@ems](#): > > I missed the intro…why is Catharine Zeta Jones miming to a song from Chicago? because she was in it? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/144 "2013-02-25T03:02:30Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > So. A skinny girl CAN sing that “You’re gonna love me” song. Huh. Okay, I’m not a Dreamgirls fan (the stage show that is, I haven’t seen the movie) but that was freaking awesome! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/145 "2013-02-25T03:03:05Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > So. A skinny girl CAN sing that “You’re gonna love me” song. Huh. Oh shit, I literally almost choked on my drink laughing. A+ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/146 "2013-02-25T03:03:21Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > They should have had Eddie Murphy do the musical tribute, to remind people what he should have won Supporting Actor for Dreamgirls. :rolleyes: ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/147 "2013-02-25T03:03:28Z")
wow, samantha barks looks gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/148 "2013-02-25T03:04:03Z")
I have to say, I’m very happy that the trend of Horrible High Hair on the women seems to be blessedly over. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/149 "2013-02-25T03:04:05Z")
Now would be an awesome time for Hugh Jackman to _shwing!_ his Wolverine claws. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/150 "2013-02-25T03:04:44Z")
Russel Crowe ain’t the same without his Cap’n Crunch outfit. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/151 "2013-02-25T03:05:22Z")
What a godawful mess that Les Miz number was. And Samantha Barks stole Angelina Jolie’s one-legged dress! Jim Rash, get her! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/152 "2013-02-25T03:06:49Z")
I can’t believe Colm Wilkinson wasn’t there. ☹ (That’s what happens when film people try to sing an admittedly difficult song live on stage with no retakes. Tempo, people, tempo!) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/153 "2013-02-25T03:07:35Z")
I am so excited for “Oz The Great and Powerful”. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/154 "2013-02-25T03:07:52Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Russel Crowe ain’t the same without his Cap’n Crunch outfit. This is a tribute to movie musicals, not movie cereals. Silly rabbit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/155 "2013-02-25T03:07:53Z")
I’m not sure why we were treated to numbers from old films (“Chicago” and “Dream Girls”) but at least it demonstrated the difference between someone lip synching a song and someone singing a song. The “Les Miserables” number was good. So much better than anything in the film even though it was the same people singing the same stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/156 "2013-02-25T03:08:09Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > wow, samantha barks looks gorgeous. Indeed. One of my complaints (and there were several) of Les Miz is that Samantha Barks’ character was orders of magnitude more appealing than Cosette in just about every way. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/157 "2013-02-25T03:08:37Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > (That’s what happens when film people try to sing an admittedly difficult song live on stage with no retakes. Tempo, people, tempo!) Might help if the orchestra wasn’t blocks away. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/158 "2013-02-25T03:09:16Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Ah, the tribute to musicals/snack/bathroom break. I brushed my teeth and shaved! Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/159 "2013-02-25T03:09:45Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > because she was in it? I know she was in it and i knew it was nominated years ago but I was wondering why it ws included today as I missed the intro into what the segment was. It wasn’t snark it was confusion as to what was happening…I now know it was the ‘musicals’ tribute section. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/160 "2013-02-25T03:10:09Z")
Wtf? Couldn’t they have played the theme to the original Star Trek, or at least Giachinno’s version? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=9)