# The 81st Annual Academy Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977 "2009-02-22T21:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/281 "2009-02-23T04:38:40Z")
If they’re going to do this, they should make all the previous winners do their bits as the characters they won for. Michael Douglas should be doing this as Gordon Gekko. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/282 "2009-02-23T04:39:09Z")
Ha. They said Sir Ben but not Sir Anthony. Ben said that wasn’t important to him. I wonder did he get the Sir put on? ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/283 "2009-02-23T04:39:21Z")
> [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > I was really hoping Kate would do a shout to Ricky Gervais for predicting that all she needed to do was a Holocaust film and she’d be guaranteed an Oscar. I was hoping for that as well!! ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/284 "2009-02-23T04:40:05Z")
+1 for Diogenes suggestion, I am penning my letter to the Academy as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/285 "2009-02-23T04:41:44Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Now that’s a great group of actors up there. You’d think Adrian Brody would be the odd one out for his youth, but somehow he fits better up there than Michael Douglas. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/286 "2009-02-23T04:42:07Z")
Ben Kingsley - saw him recently in “Species” - now that’s acting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/287 "2009-02-23T04:42:49Z")
Umm, did no one tell Mickey he didn’t need to show up in character? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/288 "2009-02-23T04:42:56Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > I just realized – there haven’t been many (any?) Nicholson sightings this year. Are Brad and Angelina the new Jack? Looks like Rourke is the new Nicholson. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/289 "2009-02-23T04:43:01Z")
How long has it been since Mickey Rourke washed his hair? Robin ---
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/290 "2009-02-23T04:43:02Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Ha. They said Sir Ben but not Sir Anthony. Ben said that wasn’t important to him. I wonder did he get the Sir put on? Actually it’s more likely that Hopkins insisted that the Sir wasn’t used. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/291 "2009-02-23T04:43:45Z")
Ah, I was rooting for Nate Fisher Sr. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/292 "2009-02-23T04:43:57Z")
_runs around in circles, cheering_ Hooray, Sean Penn! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/293 "2009-02-23T04:44:02Z")
Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/294 "2009-02-23T04:44:12Z")
Sean Penn?! Total bullshit. He was good but Mickey was the best. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/295 "2009-02-23T04:44:22Z")
Damn, Mickey deserved this it was so raw and believable of a performance. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/296 "2009-02-23T04:44:51Z")
Milk actually turned me around on Sean Penn. Good on him. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/297 "2009-02-23T04:44:55Z")
Best opening line of an Oscar thank-you speech ever. (Sean Penn) Wow! Happy but not expecting that. I really thought MR would win, and deservedly so, but I thought SP deserved it too. He was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/298 "2009-02-23T04:44:58Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > Umm, did no one tell Mickey he didn’t need to show up in character? :eek: Hah- that’s exactly what Mr Kitty said, right before he compared Mickey to a pimp. Yay for Sean! Count me as a commie homo-lover! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/299 "2009-02-23T04:45:02Z")
Sean Penn. Now THAT is a surprise. He was really good in _Milk_, though, so he’s not undeserving. Great speech. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/300 "2009-02-23T04:45:02Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Actually it’s more likely that Hopkins insisted that the Sir wasn’t used. **The Superhero** informs me that Anthony Hopkins gave up his knighthood to become an American citizen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=16)