The Oscars 2012

dark_crystal · 02-26-2012, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

I am going to see "My Week with Marilyn" next weekend and I am so looking forward to it. More so now that you have mentioned Michelle's great performance.

I have Hugo next in line but I am going to see that one in a theater considering it is in 3D, which I am not too thrilled about.

The Help was hard for me to watch, but I think it is worth the trouble.

As for Iron lady, I detest Margaret but I am dying to see Maryl's performance. I saw a clip while at the movies last weekend and she seemed perfect!

So far my favorite has been The Descendants. And even though the Artist seems to have all the momentum, I wasn't really that impressed.

We saw Hugo last night and the first thing I said when it was over was "why did they do that in 3d? It added nothing and they really didn't even take advantage of it?"

The Descendants was TOO SAD

The Artist will win, less on its merits than on Hollywood's nostalgia and elitism

UofMfan · 02-26-2012, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

We saw Hugo last night and the first thing I said when it was over was "why did they do that in 3d? It added nothing and they really didn't even take advantage of it?"

The Descendants was TOO SAD

The Artist will win, less on its merits than on Hollywood's nostalgia and elitism

I have heard the same thing about Hugo, I am not sure why the did it but it seems like not many people liked that.

The Descendants was, to me, the best of the bunch. Sad, yes, but done so well.

I agree about The Artist, it seems like nostalgia will win this year, even though I was not in the least impressed. Well, except for the dog's performance.

dark_crystal · 02-26-2012, 09:05 AM

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Picture: The Descendants

Actor: George Clooney

Actress: Maryl Streep

Dark Crystal, I also think the Artist will win it and perhaps sweep because of all the hype.

Oh, and in my opinion, one of the worst/oddest of the movies nominated for Best Picture had to be The Tree of Life.

YES! We saw that over the summer because i knew it would be nominated and i was trying to prevent all of the rushing around we have done this week trying to see all the movies!

Our verdit- "that could have been 20 minutes long and lost nothing in the cut"

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

I have heard the same thing about Hugo, I am not sure why the did it but it seems like not many people liked that.

The Descendants was, to me, the best of the bunch. Sad, yes, but done so well.

I agree about The Artist, it seems like nostalgia will win this year, even though I was not in the least impressed. Well, except for the dog's performance.

Yes. Would TOTALLY support Uggie for Best Supporting Actor but not Best Picture!

Turtle · 02-26-2012, 09:29 AM

So, I have this like-dislike thing going on with the awards. There is this great part about creating art and something meaningful that helps humanity make connections and learn and grow. And often the speeches can be inspirational and some of the performances and image montages are touching...

And - especially with the recent dismissal of many categories - I experience it as "the popular white people awards." :-/

Arwen · 02-26-2012, 09:31 AM

I did a post on my blog with my predictions. It's here. It's a bit long to post here.

Tomorrow will be another post with my picks and the actual winners.

Soon · 02-26-2012, 09:34 AM

I've only seen The Help and am thinking of going to see The Descendants this afternoon.

I'm not really interested in the other nominees for Best Picture this year. (kinda odd)

Looking forward to tonight!

UofMfan · 02-26-2012, 09:45 AM

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I did a post on my blog with my predictions. It's here. It's a bit long to post here.

Tomorrow will be another post with my picks and the actual winners.

I really liked that post. Thanks for sharing it here with us.

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I've only seen The Help and am thinking of going to see The Descendants this afternoon.

I'm not really interested in the other nominees for Best Picture this year. (kinda odd)

Looking forward to tonight!

You may want to add Moneyball to the ones you want to see, unless of course you totally hate baseball.

I am looking forward to it too!

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Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I've only seen The Help and am thinking of going to see The Descendants this afternoon. I'm not really interested in the other nominees for Best Picture this year. (kinda odd) Looking forward to tonight!