elizium Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I'm sure Spotlight is great, but it was just so weird after how that night went. Does it have the best directing, acting, costumes, production, editing, sound or effects? Apparently not, but it's the best picture. *mildly amused shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Spotlight joins an exclusive yet dubious club: Least-Winningest Best Pictures. Not since 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth has the Best Picture only managed to win just one other award. EDIT: and holy shit, I forgot it was made by the same director whose previous film was The Cobbler, aka The Worst Film Ever Made By Adam Sandler. Well, since that Alicia Keyes/Jack White disaster at least.Nah, I actually went back and sampled that one and "Die Another Day" to see if my memory was messing with me. It wasn't. "The Writing's On the Wall" is the single worst Bond theme song since the Timothy Dalton era. It's absolutely incomprehensible that this managed to win, while "You Know My Name" wasn't even nominated in a year which was equally weak for classic soundtrack tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The thing with Spotlight is script, subject matter and the fact that everyone in the movie acted their asses off. I mean everyone. Even the little side characters who got one scene. It's an incredible cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 But it's a very straightforward movie. It's basically a dramatic documentary but... with not much drama. I loved the movie but Best Picture? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Spotlight joins an exclusive yet dubious club: Least-Winningest Best Pictures. Not since 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth has the Best Picture only managed to win just one other award. EDIT: and holy shit, I forgot it was made by the same director whose previous film was The Cobbler, aka The Worst Film Ever Made By Adam Sandler. Well, since that Alicia Keyes/Jack White disaster at least.Nah, I actually went back and sampled that one and "Die Another Day" to see if my memory was messing with me. It wasn't. "The Writing's On the Wall" is the single worst Bond theme song since the Timothy Dalton era. It's absolutely incomprehensible that this managed to win, while "You Know My Name" wasn't even nominated in a year which was equally weak for classic soundtrack tunes. Both The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill have fantastic theme songs. What are you talking about? Seriously, the only Bond theme songs I don't love are the silly Lulu and ridiculous Madonna songs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I also went back and listened to some of them. Fuckin' terrible. Did the polar opposite of aging well, especially "License to Kill" being some easy-listening bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Did they forget Abe Vigoda on the Memorium bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I also went back and listened to some of them. Fuckin' terrible. Did the polar opposite of aging well, especially "License to Kill" being some easy-listening bullshit. Gladys Knight crushed that song, man! I couldn't disagree more with you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheVileOne Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I thought Mark Rylance was terrible in Bridge of Spies, but that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Highlights of the night: -The look on the kid from 'Room''s face when C3P0 et al. were up on stage. He's in this hugely dramatic film, he supposedly acted his lil' ass off (I haven't seen it yet), but this moment reminded me: he's just a little kid who still likes to watch 'Star Wars'. -The CGI montage for 'The Martian' showing them adding a beard to Matt Damon at which point my sister said "Well now DiCaprio has to win Best Actor, at least he can grown his own beard!" -EVERYONE in my family watching the Lady Gaga performance mis-hearing her song as being from the film 'Honey Pot' rather than 'Hunting Ground' while I was in the bathroom washing my hands and shouting "No! It was 'Hunting Ground'!" and having to rewind the show to show them at no point did Joe Biden say "Honey Pot" because they ALL heard 'Honey Pot'. -Sacha Baron Cohen's line about being the token African-American, followed by Olivia Wilde completely no-selling it. -The Weeknd being on the Oscars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyclicksecret Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Has anyone seen The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 EDIT: and holy shit, I forgot it was made by the same director whose previous film was The Cobbler, aka The Worst Film Ever Made By Adam Sandler. Not really fair to focus on that. The Cobbler is the outlier, McCarthy's 4-for-5 as a writer/director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Well, since that Alicia Keyes/Jack White disaster at least.Nah, I actually went back and sampled that one and "Die Another Day" to see if my memory was messing with me. It wasn't. "The Writing's On the Wall" is the single worst Bond theme song since the Timothy Dalton era. It's absolutely incomprehensible that this managed to win, while "You Know My Name" wasn't even nominated in a year which was equally weak for classic soundtrack tunes. What especially sucks is that a vastly superior "Spectre" theme song exists, and it's by Radiohead!!! Whoever made that decision was just wrong. We could've had a better song be the theme to the movie, we could've had Radiohead playing at the freaking Oscars, and Radiohead would definitely become Academy Award winners. Just fails all around. (except, I guess, that they actually did win the Academy Award for that Sam Smith crap). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Chris's monologue was brilliant! DiCaprio finally has his statue. Alicia Vikander got her first statue. I'm good with that. The Weeknd getting dissed at the Grammys and then getting beaten out by one of the worst Bond songs ever. The Good Dinosaur getting snubbed for Best Animated Feature. I'm not good with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The closing credits crowd panning was particularly hilarious given the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Spotlight joins an exclusive yet dubious club: Least-Winningest Best Pictures. Not since 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth has the Best Picture only managed to win just one other award.As an interesting side note, The Godfather only won three (Cabaret absolutely cleaned it's clock all night, setting the record for most wins without grabbing best picture.)Only screenplay and Brando joined the best picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Did they forget Abe Vigoda on the Memorium bit? He wasn't in it - that is for sure. And Juliette Lewis tweeted about how disappointed she was that her Dad - Geoffrey Lewis - wasn't included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I had to look him up. No idea he was her father. Super talented guy. On a side note, he was part of a weird new age music/spoken word project called Celestial Navigations. I once worked at a new age radio station and we played their stuff and people loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Oh and let me be like most wrestling fans tonight and say fuck you for not including Roddy Piper in the death montage. You misspelled "Abe Vigoda." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I think they only include people who died January-December of last year (thus why Nimoy was in it despite having died more than a year ago now). Also, very glad Spotlight won. It's so good and sad and shocking all at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Biggest WTF moment for me was Ex Machina winning for Visual Effects. Great movie, don't get me wrong, but how did Ex Machina win Visual Effects over Star Wars, Mad Max and The Martian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Spotlight justifies and destroys your faith in humans at the same time. On one hand you have the organized and concerted effort by the Church to hide child molestation and even reward those who took part in the cover-up and then you have the reporters of the Boston Globe who went from "hey this is one helluva story!" to "let's take these people down no matter what it takes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooks Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I think they only include people who died January-December of last year (thus why Nimoy was in it despite having died more than a year ago now). Also, very glad Spotlight won. It's so good and sad and shocking all at the same time. David Bowie and Alan Rickman say otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Oh. Right. Well, I guess the correct answer is "It was just business." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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