# Oscar watch-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674 "2010-03-08T00:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/181 "2010-03-08T04:33:19Z")
That was the most likeable Colin Farrell has been in his entire career to me. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/182 "2010-03-08T04:33:26Z")
The Dude abides. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/183 "2010-03-08T04:34:03Z")
THE DUDE just won an oscar!!! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/184 "2010-03-08T04:34:14Z")
The Dude abides. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/185 "2010-03-08T04:35:14Z")
Heh! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/186 "2010-03-08T04:35:34Z")
Eh, the Dude is talking too long and too much. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/187 "2010-03-08T04:35:50Z")
What an awesome speech by the dude. I mean the things he said are pretty standard, but he has such enthusiasm! Very fun. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/188 "2010-03-08T04:37:14Z")
Did I miss Best Actress? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/189 "2010-03-08T04:37:17Z")
Married 33 years. That’s like a millenium in Hollywood years. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/190 "2010-03-08T04:37:35Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > One interesting bit of trivia is that James Cameron was once married to Katheryn Bigelow. I imagine that’s going to feel pretty great to her if she can beat him out for best director. Apparently they’re now good friends. He has been quoted as saying that she is the only one he wants to win over him. He also doesn’t think he’ll win because he was “such a giant jackass last time” (his words). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/191 "2010-03-08T04:38:27Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Did I miss Best Actress? No. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/192 "2010-03-08T04:39:24Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I missed that (bathroom break), but he’s ego is huge. I didn’t like his acceptance speech after Titanic, but I do like the world he created in Avatar (the plot is more than a little weak…) I never understood the problems people had with that speech. That was the most famous line from the iconic scene of his film. Man I really don’t get all the love for The Blind Side. It seems like such a Lifetime TV movie. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/193 "2010-03-08T04:39:39Z")
Robert Duvall is a good luck charm for Best Actor. Aside from his Oscar in that category, the following actors won that award in a movie he was in: Gregory Peck John Wayne Marlon Brando Peter Finch Jeff Bridges ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/194 "2010-03-08T04:40:33Z")
That’s what I like so much about Jeff Bridges. He’s a very good actor but whenever he’s interviewed you can see he’s only about one step removed from actually _being_ The Dude. Good for him. Crazy Heart is not a great movie, but he did a very good job and he deserves the recognition. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/195 "2010-03-08T04:42:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I never understood the problems people had with that speech. That was the most famous line from the iconic scene of his film. > Man I really don’t get all the love for The Blind Side. It seems like such a Lifetime TV movie. Eh, I couldn’t stand the movie. And it didn’t resonate as a quoted line, but more as a chest thumping. Not gracious. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/196 "2010-03-08T04:43:56Z")
Jesus–Kerry Mulligan looks like Julie Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/197 "2010-03-08T04:44:25Z")
It’s critically acknowledged actor Peter Saarsgaarrdd! ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/198 "2010-03-08T04:47:20Z")
Michael Sheen looks uncannily like Tony Blair even IRL. These intros for the nominees are really rather awkward though. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/199 "2010-03-08T04:49:12Z")
No way–Sandra Bullock? Has Meryl ever won or just been nominated 16 times? I can’t recall. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/200 "2010-03-08T04:50:09Z")
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