# 87th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269 "2015-02-21T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 23, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/201 "2015-02-23T04:30:47Z")
Eddie Murphy presents Original Screenplay: Birdman > [@JohnT](#): > > I cannot believe that, **Equi**. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Considering how many movies you’ve said you see each year, that’s amazing. You guys would be shocked at some of the iconic movies I haven’t seen. For one, Schindler’s List ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/202 "2015-02-23T04:31:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No excuse. It was a crappy movie then, and it’s a crappy movie now. I hate this movie with a passion! But DAMN! Lady Gaga nailed that number. > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > You’d get along famously with **Rhiannon8404** …just don’t talk baseball. Go Giants! ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/203 "2015-02-23T04:31:49Z")
After I saw Grand Budapest, I tried several times to get my parents to watch it because I thought they’d enjoy it. My dad especially. They watched the Best Marigold Hotel instead. But they kept insisting they’d seen the Grand Budapest. Even after I convinced my mom that they were two different movies, and sent her an email with info on Grand Budapest on their cable On Demand, she still insisted she’d seen it. Mom finally did see Grand Budapest - on a girls’ weekend with her sisters because I had recommended it. Not really the best movie for a bunch of old ladies to watch on a fun weekend out (not the worst tho). I just told my dad I was watching the Oscars and he said he and mom hadn’t seen any of the movies. I said mom had seen Grand Budapest. He said “what? Isn’t that just coming out now? The sequel?” He still thinks it’s Best Marigold hotel. He really really would enjoy Grand Budapest. And so does the Academy! I don’t think he’ll ever see it. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/204 "2015-02-23T04:32:15Z")
Yay for Birdman! I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/205 "2015-02-23T04:34:35Z")
Is it the dress, or is Oprah’s ass really that big? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/206 "2015-02-23T04:35:18Z")
Oprah presents Adapted Screenplay. Too bad Gone Girl wasn’t nominated. Love that Inherent Vice was nominated (should also have gotten Picture, Director and Actor noms). The Imitation Game. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/207 "2015-02-23T04:35:28Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > Yay for Birdman! I loved it. I could see Michael Keaton tell the director of Birdman, “You got 1!” He’s nominated for director as well. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/208 "2015-02-23T04:35:51Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Lady Gaga can sing. Who knew? The Grammy Awards voters who just gave her a Grammy for her album of standards with Tony Bennett. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/209 "2015-02-23T04:36:01Z")
So happy for Graham Moore! Imitation Game rocked! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/210 "2015-02-23T04:36:50Z")
I just hope Boyhood beats Birdman for Best Picture. At this point, that’s all I care about. ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/211 "2015-02-23T04:37:31Z")
John Stamos? Was that John Stamos in the audience? Are the Beach Boys playing later, too? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/212 "2015-02-23T04:38:57Z")
That was a great speech by Moore, and he got a standing ovation! He might have saved some lives tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/213 "2015-02-23T04:39:14Z")
Graham Moore’s speech was great. Short but meaningful. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/214 "2015-02-23T04:40:43Z")
Nicole Kidman claps really strangely. She curves her fingers back, far far back, such that only the palms of her hands come together. Such a bizarre sight. ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/215 "2015-02-23T04:40:53Z")
Gay rights, women’s rights, black lives matter. Woo hoo! I’m not a fan of podium politics, but everyone has been so poignant and effective in calling out these issues. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/216 "2015-02-23T04:41:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Is it the dress, or is Oprah’s ass really that big? It’s that big. It was a good dress for her size/ body type. ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/217 "2015-02-23T04:42:21Z")
I haven’t seen Boyhood. Or Selma. Or American Sniper. Or The Theory of Everything. I liked (almost) all the nominees I did see. _Birdman_ was inventive and jazzy and really different. _The Imitation Game_ was a well-made, rather traditional-style film with great performances. _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ was delightful. _Foxcatcher_. I didn’t care much for _Foxcatcher_, especially the directing, but I thought Ruffalo and Carrell were excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/218 "2015-02-23T04:42:33Z")
Best Director: Birdman! ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/219 "2015-02-23T04:42:39Z")
Ben Affleck presents Best Director. Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269/220 "2015-02-23T04:43:43Z")
Linklater looked genuinely pleased with Birdman director. I still think Boyhood was the harder movie to direct even though I think Birdman is the better movie. Weird, but kind of true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/713269.md?page=12)