# Official 83rd Academy Awards thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857 "2011-02-27T23:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/281 "2011-02-28T04:11:41Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Honoring colleagues who have passed away is not supposed to be “entertaining.” What the fuck is wrong with you? If it’s people who dedicated their lives to entertainment, it’s totally appropriate to be entertaining. This is the Oscars, not their funerals - the montage should be respectful and heartening, but also entertaining and sentimental. I didn’t like the way they did it this year - they should have included clips of the movies the people worked on. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/282 "2011-02-28T04:12:11Z")
Yeah, which is also why it sort of annoys me the way that they do art direction and cinematography right at the beginning (and people erroneously shrug them off as being “technical” awards which don’t count), but then save the acting awards until right before best picture. Speaking of which… ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/283 "2011-02-28T04:12:24Z")
> [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](#): > > Man, I’m bummed. I look forward to the Oscars every year, but it seems they just keep getting worse and worse. More and more painful to watch. Sigh. I shoulda’ gone to the Drive By Truckers show instead. Nah, this one is just particularly bad. It wasn’t this bad last year. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/284 "2011-02-28T04:12:36Z")
You know, I really liked James Franco before this show, but he’s really coming across as a tool. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/285 "2011-02-28T04:13:08Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I’m not getting the hostility in the responses to my question. I didn’t say the movie sucked - I said I hadn’t seen it and the subject matter didn’t appeal to me as much as other nominated films. I actually thought I would get something more substantive in response than insults. Sheesh. Are you new here? ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/286 "2011-02-28T04:13:39Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > This is just people BSing while the show is on. Dial it back a little, please. > > Thanks, > > **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator Sorry, a little emotional there. I was a big fan of some of the people who died, especially Sally Menke. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/287 "2011-02-28T04:13:53Z")
Oh, they’re doing the pre-buttering of the actress and actor noms again this year. Don’t really like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/288 "2011-02-28T04:14:06Z")
Ok. Best Actress. This, frankly, is a very competitive category this year. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/289 "2011-02-28T04:14:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Nah, this one is just particularly bad. It wasn’t this bad last year. Don’t tease me! Don’t tempt me! Don’t give me false hope!!! (Sigh. Yeah, I’ll probably be here next year. Dammit.) ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/290 "2011-02-28T04:16:14Z")
I saw an interview with Jennifer Lawrence from Winter’s Bone and she said she was obsessed with Jeff Bridges and was most looking forward to meeting him. So, it really seemed like she had a thrill on her face when he called out “Jennifer!” That’s pretty awesome. I am hoping for Natalie Portman in this category. She was really good. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/291 "2011-02-28T04:16:17Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Are you new here? Funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/292 "2011-02-28T04:16:35Z")
Natalie Portman! YES!! ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/293 "2011-02-28T04:16:45Z")
Best Actress: Natalie Portman - Black Swan ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/294 "2011-02-28T04:17:21Z")
I would have given my next-born-child to hear Jeff say “TRON!” Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/295 "2011-02-28T04:17:26Z")
Yay Natalie!!! She earned her oscar. speaking of which, I love Bill Maher’s tweet on this - “No African American nominees? If you’re black and want to make it on Hollywood this year, you better be a swan” ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/296 "2011-02-28T04:18:35Z")
Natalie Portman?! Really? I mean, she was fine but all she had to do was look increasingly insane for two hours and flinch and scratch her back. Guess she’s getting it for dedicating a year of her life to ballet training and yet not being able to do anything interesting with her fingers fergawdsakes. ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/297 "2011-02-28T04:18:45Z")
A shoutout to Luc Besson! Too bad Anette Bening was nominated but not Julianne Moore. Too bad Michelle Williams was nominated but not Ryan Gosling. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/298 "2011-02-28T04:20:37Z")
Is Franco spending less time onstage the longer the show goes on? ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/299 "2011-02-28T04:20:40Z")
Wasn’t it just a few years ago that a big deal was made of the phrasing returning to “And the winner is …”? Now we’re back to “And the Oscar goes to …”? I keep wondering who it is that is pushing this participation-trophies-for-everyone mindset in our society. Is this all coming from California? I also noticed the “no clapping” during the death montage. If we’re going for the “young and hip” Oscars, why not have Janelle Monae sing her version of “Smile” instead of Celine Dion? The autotune was awful. It will not die. I had to mute it. It isn’t creative, and it isn’t new, and it isn’t interesting. It’s lazy. Everyone just needs to stop. This show has been boring. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/300 "2011-02-28T04:22:13Z")
OK, Sandra Bullock is cracking me up with her left-handed compliments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857.md?page=16)