# 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:** 11
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/201 "2010-03-08T04:50:19Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > Michael Sheen looks uncannily like Tony Blair even IRL. These intros for the nominees are really rather awkward though. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/202 "2010-03-08T04:50:28Z")
nooooooooooooooo!!! Sandra fucking Bullshit? Any of the other four would have been acceptable. ---
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/203 "2010-03-08T04:50:31Z")
And all four acting awards go exactly as everyone predicted. No surprises there. ---
**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, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/204 "2010-03-08T04:51:20Z")
You just wore us down. I’ll take the points, but she didn’t really deserve to beat either Meryl Streep or the _Precious_ girl. She was really just ok in a movie that was no better than ok. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/205 "2010-03-08T04:51:41Z")
She won for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie’s Choice. Bullock is really quite likable. She’s been doing a lot of interviews lately and she comes across as unspoiled and kinda earthy. ---
**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, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/206 "2010-03-08T04:51:47Z")
Awwww… Bullock is doing a nice job. ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/207 "2010-03-08T04:52:08Z")
I liked Bullock’s speech, too. Funny, and grateful, and appropriate tears. ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/208 "2010-03-08T04:52:25Z")
She didn’t remember to thank Michael Oher? Or the woman she was playing in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/209 "2010-03-08T04:52:30Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Did anyone else’s screen go dark for a couple of seconds right after Sandra Bullock’s name was said? Mine didn’t, but when she stood up she walked over towards Meryl Streep and when Meryl tried to give her a hug she kinda pulled away from here, it was…weird, but I can’t imagine it would have been blocked for any reason. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/210 "2010-03-08T04:53:27Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > 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 Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/211 "2010-03-08T04:55:01Z")
Fuckin’ Sandra Bullock. :mad: ---
**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, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/212 "2010-03-08T04:55:09Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > She won for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie’s Choice. > > Bullock is really quite likable. She’s been doing a lot of interviews lately and she comes across as unspoiled and kinda earthy. :smack: 2 movies I enjoyed a great deal (in different ways). I like Bullock (in 28 Days and While You Were Sleeping), but am not sure if she truly deserves it for THIS film. Why can’t Streisand walk down stairs herself? ---
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/213 "2010-03-08T04:56:24Z")
YES!!! A woman wins the goddamned Oscar for Best Director. Yes! And about time, too. ---
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/214 "2010-03-08T04:57:44Z")
Have Precious and Hurt Locker been nominated side by side on anything yet? I think it’s gonna be down to these two for best picture now. ---
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/215 "2010-03-08T04:57:46Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > She didn’t remember to thank Michael Oher? Or the woman she was playing in the movie? Yes, she did. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/216 "2010-03-08T04:58:17Z")
In your FACE James Cameron! ---
**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, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/217 "2010-03-08T04:58:46Z")
And they’re playing “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”? WTF? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/218 "2010-03-08T04:59:24Z")
I was rooting for Sandra Bullock. Not because i thought she deserved to win (i haven’t seen _The Blind Side_), but because i believe her Oscar makes her the first actor ever to win a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year (although not for the same film). ---
**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, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/219 "2010-03-08T05:00:07Z")
Why did Tom Hanks do that that way? So quick and short! Glad HL won, but I’m confused as to why the rush? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/220 "2010-03-08T05:00:30Z")
Congratulations, **Archive Guy**! Fuckin’ Sandra Bullock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674.md?page=12)