# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/101 "2009-02-23T03:05:28Z")
Well, we just got so bored we turned it off. ---
**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, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/102 "2009-02-23T03:07:54Z")
Jesus Kevin Klein looks old! And Ledger took it. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/103 "2009-02-23T03:08:15Z")
Is that an empty seat for Heath? ---
**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, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/104 "2009-02-23T03:08:44Z")
Joker FTW! That’s probably the least shocking win ever. ---
**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, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/105 "2009-02-23T03:09:33Z")
Well I guess that was preordained. I still don’t think he deserves it. ---
**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, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/106 "2009-02-23T03:10:22Z")
They’re running over their 45 seconds. \ ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/107 "2009-02-23T03:10:31Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well I guess that was preordained. I still don’t think he deserves it. Really? I couldn’t make my eyes off him. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/108 "2009-02-23T03:12:07Z")
Brad Pitt and Adrien Brody’s eyes looked wet. Were they crying? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Heath Ledger’s death was sad. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/109 "2009-02-23T03:13:10Z")
Who knew Thasvisouk Phrasavath was English? ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/110 "2009-02-23T03:14:02Z")
I noticed that too Dewey. Not sure if they were crying but they both looked awfully solemn. FTR I think Heath earned it. ---
**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, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/111 "2009-02-23T03:14:31Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Really? I couldn’t make my eyes off him. Don’t worry, I am in the minority but his hamming it up was far worse than Jack’s hamming it up as the Joker IMHO. Actually I thought Oldman was the only good part of the movie. I didn’t even know it was him until the credits. ---
**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, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/112 "2009-02-23T03:14:34Z")
Oh my. That be a leather suit. Guess who is headlining the “worst dressed” list? ETA: (Bill Mahr) ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/113 "2009-02-23T03:14:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Brad Pitt and Adrien Brody’s eyes looked wet. Were they crying? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Heath Ledger’s death was sad. Yeah, most of the people they scanned over looked teary eyed, but bear in mind, they are actors.🙂 (I did cry though, so I’m not completely cynical.) Did I just hear the Maysles get mentioned? Wow. That’s great. ---
**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, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/114 "2009-02-23T03:14:35Z")
I’m with **Dan** on this, Joker was great. Ledger put in some great work in a short space of time and I believe he would have had a fair few excellent roles in him. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/115 "2009-02-23T03:14:53Z")
As soon as I noticed the change in the format, getting individual actors to praise each nominee profusely, was then that I realized that Heath Ledger was going to win. Easier to swallow then that one lost to a guy who is no longer with us when there is a long recognition from your peers for just being nominated. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/116 "2009-02-23T03:15:07Z")
Is that a neoprene suit? Very weird and shiney. ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/117 "2009-02-23T03:17:05Z")
I wish they would have told us what the docus were actually about. What a funny little man… ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/118 "2009-02-23T03:18:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well I guess that was preordained. I still don’t think he deserves it. I’ve seen every nominated performance and his was the best of all of them, IMO. Who do you think should have won instead? ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/119 "2009-02-23T03:18:55Z")
I am a bad, bad man. But my first thought was Olive Oyl! Sorry Megan Mylan. ---
**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, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/120 "2009-02-23T03:19:56Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’ve seen every nominated performance and his was the best of all of them, IMO. Who do you think should have won instead? See above. I don’t think he even should have been nominated but I disliked his performance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=7)