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Can't really blame Beatty or Dunaway for that. Whoever gave them the wrong envelope made a massive screw-up.

Feel really bad for the crew from La La Land. Moonlight deserved to win though.

02-27-2017 , 01:31 AM

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ntanygd760

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loooooooooooooooool that was amazing

02-27-2017 , 01:35 AM

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Rewatched it, you can see Beatty knew it was wrong and was like wtf then shows it to Dunaway and she just reads the movie under Stone's name. So crazy

02-27-2017 , 01:49 AM

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02-27-2017 , 01:57 AM

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Imagine how awkward it would have been if it had been the other way around?

02-27-2017 , 02:00 AM

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My mind is pretty much blown, wp if some rouge employee purposely handed them the wrong envelope. wp.

02-27-2017 , 02:00 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

Imagine how awkward it would have been if it had been the other way around?

loooooool this

02-27-2017 , 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dominic

Imagine how awkward it would have been if it had been the other way around?

Right in the middle of the "With this victory, the history of hatred and oppression in this country recedes yet further. But we must never forget...--" speech.

02-27-2017 , 02:48 AM

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Dominic

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02-27-2017 , 03:01 AM

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R*R

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^
lol

It was a great moment seeing Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty together. Legends.

That wrong envelope... oh boy.

02-27-2017 , 04:25 AM

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Rossonero

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That was racist!

02-27-2017 , 04:32 AM

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R*R

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Ha, you're making a level I guess. Egads, oh boy,

etc..

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02-27-2017 , 05:46 AM

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i don't want to watch the whole telecast, did anyone give a funny acceptance speech?

and yes i know about the BP gaffe.

02-27-2017 , 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Eeyorefora

Check out "Near Dark" if you can find it,Baltimore.
It was made in 87 and has a great role played by Bill Paxton, R.I.P.

Kinda like a vampire western.

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+1. Near Dark is well worth checking out.

02-27-2017 , 06:07 AM

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Frailty is terrific too. Directed by Paxton.

02-27-2017 , 09:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

Imagine how awkward it would have been if it had been the other way around?

Or if Beatty/Dunaway had been given the Best Actor instead of Best Actress envelope.

Then Jimmy Kimmel would have had to interrupt Matt Damon telling him that he didn't win.

02-27-2017 , 11:45 AM

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What a silly little circus, lol Oscars. I am glad Affleck and Stone won.

edit: also the Manchester guy for screenwriting.

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02-27-2017 , 01:39 PM

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I've asked before and I think the answer was lol Oscar's but how can there be a different winner for writing, directing and picture?

02-27-2017 , 02:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tabbaker

I've asked before and I think the answer was lol Oscar's but how can there be a different winner for writing, directing and picture?

For sure writing and directing are different enough to be worthy of there own award. I'd say since the director is not entirely responsible for the quality of the finished film it's reasonable to have one award for directing and one for BP. T he other thing that can do is allow them to give one great film BP and another BD if their were two top notch films that year.

I hear what you're saying, but I think they do have sufficient cause for it.

02-27-2017 , 02:10 PM

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I mean, writing and directing are two very different awards. And best picture can definitely be greater than the sum of all its parts. If I was on the academy I would certainly evaluate best picture on a scale that weighted towards significance and relevance of the current year. LLL could have been made any time. Moonlight was deserving now.

Kind of same reasoning I would say to let all the steroid users into Cooperstown. The oscars for me are more about a museum of film history. Do they get it right all the time? Definitely not. But that's how I'd vote.

02-27-2017 , 02:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tabbaker

I've asked before and I think the answer was lol Oscar's but how can there be a different winner for writing, directing and picture?

Writing is obviously its own category. Directing is a little iffier since I suppose you could argue that the guy who directed the "best" picture did the "best" job as director.

When the directing award gets split with Best Pic as it did this year, the director who wins often makes a flashier/more visually spectacular movie. Moonlight was a very small indie film, certainly not as much wow factor as La La Land in terms of directing style.

That being said Jenkins got amazing performances out of every single actor, and made a low-budget film that looked fantastic, so I think he deserved to win Best Director also.

02-27-2017 , 02:52 PM

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Apparently the Oscars In Memoriam segment missed some 2016 deaths like Robert Vaughn, Alexis Arquette, and put up the pic of a living person for someone that did pass.
Still, it was an overall above average entertaining show this year imo.