# The Unofficial Academy Awards Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206 "2005-02-28T00:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/181 "2005-02-28T04:30:53Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Add Dustin Hofman to the toasted category. Looked that way to me, too. Couldn’t he wait to start drinking after the awards? I was really surprised that Scorcese didn’t win. **The Aviator** seemed to be getting most of the awards early on - I figured they were leading up to the big prize for him. Guess not. ---
**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 28, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/182 "2005-02-28T04:33:37Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > Probably a stupid question - what is the MDB??? Million Dollar Baby. I meant to say “I thought THAT MDB was blah blah blah…” but I typoed “the” instead of “that.” ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/183 "2005-02-28T04:33:44Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > Probably a stupid question - what is the MDB??? My god my brain must be asleep. Please ignore my ridiculously stupid question. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/184 "2005-02-28T04:35:21Z")
Will somebody check my eyesight? Was the next-to-last clip of Brando during the tribute from “Last Tango In Paris?” ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/185 "2005-02-28T04:36:10Z")
It was the word “the” that messed me up. But still, my brain should have figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/186 "2005-02-28T04:36:57Z")
Was it just me, or did that whole little cluster up front by Leo DeCaprio NOT stand up when Jamie Foxx won? I realize Leo was up for it and everything, but I thought pretty much everyone else was standing. I thought it was kind of rude. And Gwyneth Paltrow had a lovely dress but really (IMHO) shouldn’t have worn a pastel dress. It washed her out, and she’s so pretty. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/187 "2005-02-28T04:39:59Z")
Am I the only person who didn’t get the “Talk to my accountant” joke that Chris Rock made about Penn? Was Beyonce scheduled to sing three songs? Or did somebody bow out, ala Whitney Houston? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/188 "2005-02-28T04:41:53Z")
I’m glad that MDB won, but rather surprised - Aviator is exactly the kind of movie the Academy luuuurves. A period drama _about Hollywood_? Thought it was a shoo-in. In fact, I hadn’t realized it until Ebert pointed it out in one of his columns, but of the 20 last Best Pictures before tonight, only 3 or 4 (I forget, and of course all relevant reference sources are swamped) were NOT period dramas. Which would be _Silence of the Lambs_, _American Beauty_, a couple others. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/189 "2005-02-28T04:42:25Z")
> [@kka](#): > > Am I the only person who didn’t get the “Talk to my accountant” joke that Chris Rock made about Penn? I didn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/190 "2005-02-28T04:42:54Z")
Is three hours 5 minutes a new record? Maybe giving them out in the aisle was worth it after all. Anyone else notice how the intro to the song from “Motorcycle Diaries” mentioned Ernesto Guevara. Was that how Che was called in the movie, or were they just worried they’d be locked up for honoring a Commie? ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/191 "2005-02-28T04:43:31Z")
> [@kka](#): > > Am I the only person who didn’t get the “Talk to my accountant” joke that Chris Rock made about Penn? Somwhere in the middle of the ceremony he introduced his “accountants” whom he hired in order to make sure he got his money. They were two large guys with bulging muscels you wouldn’t like to meet in a dark alley. On second thought, if you had some problems with them, you wouldn’t want to meet them in open during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/192 "2005-02-28T04:44:31Z")
Oh, also _Rain Man_. But from 1984-2004, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/193 "2005-02-28T04:47:41Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Does Renee always look like she’s smellling dog poop while sucking lemons? Yes. > [@susan\_foster](#): > > You took the words out of my mouth. Morgan Freeman always transcends the movies he’s in - and everybody knows it. He finally got to work in a movie that is almost is as good as he is. > > Susan I didn’t see this movie yet, but I agree with the statement above. I’d be happy if he won an Oscar for reading the phone book. He also seems like a very down-to-earth, classy man. > [@Zjestika](#): > > Wait, is that Antonio Banderas singing? Is there anything he _can’t_ do? Yes, have good taste in wives. > [@Biggirl](#): > > Did that guy just bitch about how he’s not a technician but an artist because he didn’t like how he got his award? I think he was defending the fact that sound editing is _not_ being a technical award. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/194 "2005-02-28T04:47:50Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Anyone else notice how the intro to the song from “Motorcycle Diaries” mentioned Ernesto Guevara. Was that how Che was called in the movie, or were they just worried they’d be locked up for honoring a Commie? At one point in the movie, both he and his friend are referred to as “Che” - apparently, it’s a reference to a difference in accent between Argentineans and other Latin Americans. Apart from that, he’s never called Che. He has another nickname, but I can’t remember what it was. And Ernesto, of course, is his given name. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/195 "2005-02-28T04:48:59Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Maybe because _he was not in the movie industry_. Because he died this year…not last year. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/196 "2005-02-28T04:49:07Z")
> [@kka](#): > > Am I the only person who didn’t get the “Talk to my accountant” joke that Chris Rock made about Penn? Earlier in the show, when Chris Rock introduced the accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers who had the vote tallies, instead of the two real guys, two huge black guys in tuxedos and shades came out and stood on either side of Rock. It was those two “accountants” that Rock was joking about to Sean Penn. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/197 "2005-02-28T04:49:59Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Anyone else notice how the intro to the song from “Motorcycle Diaries” mentioned Ernesto Guevara. Was that how Che was called in the movie, or were they just worried they’d be locked up for honoring a Commie? He wasn’t called “Che” in the movie. The movie was pre-Che. Actually, he was mostly called “Fuser”, which was the nickname his buddy gave him. What I noticed was that Prince couldn’t pronouce “_lado_” correctly. _El otro lato del rio_, is what he said… twice. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/198 "2005-02-28T04:50:17Z")
> [@Torgo ate my hamster](#): > > Somwhere in the middle of the ceremony he introduced his “accountants” Thanks. I saw the Price Waterhouse accountant bit, so don’t know how that swooshed me. ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/199 "2005-02-28T04:51:57Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Oh, also _Rain Man_. But from 1984-2004, that’s it. [big geek chiming in] Lord of the Rings: Return of the King [/ BGCI] ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/200 "2005-02-28T04:53:48Z")
I guess this is probably the only venue I’ll have for this, so I’d just like to say that Sandra Oh is super foxy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206.md?page=11)