# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/121 "2009-02-23T03:22:06Z")
What exactly was _ **The Betrayal** _ about? That producer’s malpractice lawsuit against his dentist? 😃 (I’m just kidding, really!) ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/122 "2009-02-23T03:22:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **I am a bad, bad man.** But my first thought was Olive Oyl! Sorry Megan Mylan. Yes you are- but you are so right! knew she reminded me of somebody:smack: ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/123 "2009-02-23T03:22:46Z")
I thought Ledger’s performance was the best. Had a bit of The Emperor’s New Clothes thing going on about the actual movie but he was great. ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/124 "2009-02-23T03:22:46Z")
> [@What Exit](#): > > I don’t think he even should have been nominated but I disliked his performance. Well, I think you’re in an extreme minority on this one. ---
**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, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/125 "2009-02-23T03:23:13Z")
Biggest laugh of the night: Tom Cruise saying “I don’t have a cat” in the Jimmy Kimmel ad. ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/126 "2009-02-23T03:26:19Z")
Nice montage 🙂 Damn but Wanted was a pretty movie. ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/127 "2009-02-23T03:26:49Z")
> [@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? I thought Josh Brolin should have easily won. His performance in Milk was astounding. I’m one of the rare people who prefers the Nicholson Joker. In fact, I like all of those cartoonish Batman movies better than the new, serious ones. ---
**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, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/128 "2009-02-23T03:27:36Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Well, I think you’re in an extreme minority on this one. I acknowledge that, that appears to be true. It gets worse I thought \*Hancock \*was better done than _The Dark Knight_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/129 "2009-02-23T03:27:48Z")
Fuck Benjamin Button. Make-up? Yes, it deserved that. But not visual effects, that should have gone to Dark Knight or Iron Man. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/130 "2009-02-23T03:27:49Z")
How the heck does Benjamin Button win best visual effects over Iron Man or Dark Knight? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/131 "2009-02-23T03:28:51Z")
Also, if this presages a surprise Brad Pitt win for BB, I’m gonna start throwing things. ---
**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, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/132 "2009-02-23T03:30:35Z")
It seems to be a Benjamin Button kind of evening. ---
**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 23, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/133 "2009-02-23T03:31:11Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Fuck Benjamin Button. Make-up? Yes, it deserved that. But not visual effects, that should have gone to Dark Knight or Iron Man. Disagree. The CGI aging effect of Brad Pitt was seamless. When I saw the film I couldn’t even tell how it was done, it did not look CGI. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/134 "2009-02-23T03:31:57Z")
Man, double shaft on Iron Man. Gnight folks, I’m done. ---
**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, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/135 "2009-02-23T03:31:58Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > Also, if this presages a surprise Brad Pitt win for BB, I’m gonna start throwing things. I will have a shit fit if that happens. Mickey Rourke should easily take Best Actor. No one else even comes close, even though I loved Milk. ---
**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 23, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/136 "2009-02-23T03:32:43Z")
And there’s another one for Slumdog. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/137 "2009-02-23T03:33:28Z")
Serious question: What’s the difference between sound editing and sound mixing? ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/138 "2009-02-23T03:34:04Z")
I love when they show people in the audience who are genuinely thrilled for the person winning/speechifying. ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/139 "2009-02-23T03:34:20Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > And there’s another one for Slumdog. Which I never get tired of, unlike Benjamin Button. They deserve their awards, and they are sincerely humble about it. ---
**Author:** ![Between\_the\_Bars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Between\_the\_Bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Between_the_Bars)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/140 "2009-02-23T03:34:42Z")
Will Smith is funny! So charismatic, sigh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=8)