2013 Academy Award Nominations

ethanm · Jan 16, 2013

People always talk about artistic license, where is the artistic restraint?

lefty · Jan 16, 2013

It died with Barnett Newman.

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lefty · Feb 25, 2013

Well, that was a bloody mess. McFarlane auditioning for his own variety show.

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Rambo · Feb 25, 2013

you KNOW you're gay when George Takei calls you out as being too gay...

tullytra · Feb 25, 2013

I wasn't quite sure whether Tarantino was insulting his actors or giving backhanded compliments when he started talking about the characters he created. Then it all came together when he said how well he'd chosen the cast for the characters. Jamie Foxx looked a bit unsure of where the speech was heading when they showed him.

Pennglock · Feb 25, 2013

Seth MacFarlane: meanspirited, yet completely unfunny.

Lame jokes and even worse sense of timing...

The vaguely sociopathic vibe Ive always gotten from Family Guy becomes wholly explicit when seeing this guy in person.

This guy is the antichrist and the continuing popularity of his projects is evidence that Mike Judge's Idiocrity is closer than we think.

lefty · Feb 25, 2013

^ It was noticeable how off his timing was. Nerves perhaps. To me SM comes across as a smug asshole.

lefty

whiteslashasian · Feb 25, 2013

lefty said:
^ It was noticeable how off his timing was. Nerves perhaps. To me SM comes across as a smug asshole.

lefty

It's because he IS a smug asshole.

Reggs · Feb 25, 2013

Seth MacFarlane seems so cynical that I would not expect him to have any close friends, or fall in love. That said, I enjoyed his hosting more than I thought I would because of the awkwardness.

Ben Affleck's comment about his marriage being a lot of work was strange.

As soon as the Ted skit started, I told my fiancee that the ADL would get it's panties in a bunch. Sure enough...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/02/2...ollywood-sketch-from-academy-awards-ceremony/

Lionheart Biker · Feb 25, 2013

Mcfarlane was better than previous years hosts, but he did seem a bit awkward and I agree about the timing. Odd pauses and transitioning from one joke to the other. Capt Kirk sorta saved the opening act.

Re Ben affleck´s speech, that was one hell of a mess. He could barely get a word out and it was painfully obvious he was damn mad at the Academy for not getting a Director´s nomination.

edinatlanta · Feb 25, 2013

So how do they determine best editing, sound editing and sound mixing? Its so technical that to laymen (or it could just be I'm an idiot) that they're all the same. I know they aren't...

lefty · Feb 25, 2013

Each branch nominates within their own category: directors nominate directors, editors nominate editors, etc. They vote for 5 in order of preference and these are used to determine the official nominations in a preferential voting system (look it up). Once that's done every member of the academy votes for a winner in each category.

So to answer your question - professionals nominate the best achievements in their technical category, say cinematography; then amateurs vote for the best cinematography based on, "I thought the colours were pretty."

lefty

in stitches · Feb 25, 2013

lefty said:
That's a different discussion and valid only if the film claims to be the truth. It doesn't. "Because we say it's based on a true story, rather than this is a true story, we're allowed to take some dramatic license." Ben Affleck Trust me, I'm Canadian and didn't appreciate the slight it paid the Canadians who risked their lives and had the direct hand in saving those six people. I found it funny that Affleck had to change the end title card after a near revolt at TIFF. But when I judge a film for an Academy Award I put all that aside and ask a few simple questions - does the film tell a compelling story? Did it achieve what it set out to do? In this case it does. I don't particularly give a **** what the story is. That's the point of a Best Picture award. lefty

this is damn well said.

whiteslashasian said:
It's because he IS a smug asshole.

id like to hope that if i ever that much money, i can hold back from being a smug asshole. -- im just glad walz won. i love that dude.

in stitches · Feb 25, 2013

lefty said:
Each branch nominates within their own category: directors nominate directors, editors nominate editors, etc. They vote for 5 in order of preference and these are used to determine the official nominations in a preferential voting system (look it up). Once that's done every member of the academy votes for a winner in each category.

So to answer your question - professionals nominate the best achievements in their technical category, say cinematography; then amateurs vote for the best cinematography based on, "I thought the colours were pretty."

lefty

lefty, your posts here are both highly informative, and very funny. bravo.

edinatlanta · Feb 25, 2013

So it is as esoteric as I thought. I can't imagine how one could find superior sound editing. And shouldn't an editor and their work NOT be noticed?

+1 on the lefty love. He's the one poster I have an sf crush on. You know its real because it didn't abate when I learned of his canadianism.

Another question. I imagine that within the academy there are like everywhere else there are factions with their own preferences and biases. Can you say roughly and generally what exists now and if one bloc has significant sway? basically give me some clues so I can make money betting on the Oscars next year.

lefty said:
Each branch nominates within their own category: directors nominate directors, editors nominate editors, etc. They vote for 5 in order of preference and these are used to determine the official nominations in a preferential voting system (look it up). Once that's done every member of the academy votes for a winner in each category.

So to answer your question - professionals nominate the best achievements in their technical category, say cinematography; then amateurs vote for the best cinematography based on, "I thought the colours were pretty."

lefty

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