# The Academy Awards thread for 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 4, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392 "2021-04-04T17:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/21 "2021-04-26T00:40:41Z")
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are going to sing Husavik tonight, right? I hope Anthony Hopkins wins and I hope The Father wins best picture. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/22 "2021-04-26T00:43:00Z")
It was used in _The Dark Knight Rises_, _Blade Runner_, _Catch Me If You Can_, _Seabiscuit_, _Pearl Harbor_, _Hail, Caesar!_, and _Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle_. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/23 "2021-04-26T01:29:06Z")
I’m enjoying this show. No skits, no “tribute” song and dance, no uncomfortable scripted back and forth between presenters. The presenter’s scripted remarks are focused on the nominees for once. And they seem to be giving the winners enough time to say something coherent. So far, based on my copy of The Envelope ballot, the winners have mostly been the favorites (except for Adapted Screenplay). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/24 "2021-04-26T01:33:15Z")
I am also enjoying this year’s Academy Awards presentation. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/25 "2021-04-26T01:35:46Z")
I wish they would do it this way every year. Intimate, moving smoothly and quickly, no overblown production numbers dragging the show out. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/26 "2021-04-26T01:52:42Z")
I wish they would show more clips for the nominees. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/27 "2021-04-26T01:54:28Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I wish they would do it this way every year. Intimate, moving smoothly and quickly, no overblown production numbers dragging the show out. Apparently they showed the performances of the nominated songs during the red carpet program before the actual awards ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/28 "2021-04-26T02:06:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Apparently they showed the performances of the nominated songs during the red carpet program before the actual awards ceremony Looks like the pre-show Best Song performances are on ABC’s YouTube channel (but I only see 3, did they do all of them?). ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/29 "2021-04-26T03:07:02Z")
Why isn’t Frances smiling? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/30 "2021-04-26T03:09:16Z")
Best Picture already? Why the change in the usual order? ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/31 "2021-04-26T03:09:44Z")
Weirdly, they announced Best Picture _before_ Best Actor/Actress. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/32 "2021-04-26T03:10:12Z")
I was wondering that, too. Just a different kind of Oscars this year. And they still managed to run long. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/33 "2021-04-26T03:11:37Z")
I suspect it’s because if Chadwick Boseman wins Best Actor (and he’s the heavy favorite), the Best Picture/Actress following would be like following Jimi at Woodstock… ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/34 "2021-04-26T03:12:06Z")
I assumed they were running early, which was why they did that stupid game involving whether the song won or was nominated. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/35 "2021-04-26T03:13:50Z")
Nm nm nm ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/36 "2021-04-26T03:16:16Z")
They switched up the presenters for best actor/actress, too. Maybe trying out new stuff since expectations are so low anyway. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/37 "2021-04-26T03:16:20Z")
Well that was pretty anti-climactic. They should have stayed with the usual order. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/38 "2021-04-26T03:16:51Z")
Well, that was the biggest upset of the evening. I agree that they didn’t know who was going to win, but they may have just decided that if Boseman won, it would be the perfect capper, and if someone else won, it would just be shaking things up a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/39 "2021-04-26T03:19:14Z")
Just watch this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ftUGtsdSXeU/hqdefault.jpg "Anthony Hopkins Wins Best Actor | 64th Oscars (1992)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUGtsdSXeU) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/40 "2021-04-26T03:19:35Z")
I deleted the post because I misread yours: I missed the “if”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392.md?page=3)