*** THE 97TH ACADEMY AWARDS ***

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In reply to TCTTS • 10:00p, 3/2/25
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TCTTS said:

Only watched the last little bit but several of the live updates said the political commentary was pretty limited and what was there was very "oblique." Lots of compliments for Conan as well.
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10:02p, 3/2/25
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All of my favorite movies won at least something except nosferatu. Great show all around. Conan was perfect. Positive energy minimal politics and without some obscure foreign film dominating everything. I've been a huge Sean baker fan since discovering him when willem dafoe was nominated for the Florida project and can't believe this happened. Reminds me of Damien chazelle skyrocketing to prominence. Watched the brutalist today in the living room and it was epic. Sad that I missed it in imax but will screen it in the media room for maximum sound effect.

Overall was able to watch 13 of the nominated films. My oldest son in college is all in to prestige cinema now and he had a watch party at his college apartment.
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10:02p, 3/2/25



this is the best thing of the night
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In reply to bagger05 • 10:03p, 3/2/25
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TCTTS said:

Only watched the last little bit but several of the live updates said the political commentary was pretty limited and what was there was very "oblique." Lots of compliments for Conan as well.


Pretty limited aside from one overt Trump dig by Conan. It was nice to have a mostly non-political presentation.
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10:04p, 3/2/25
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Overall a pretty good Oscars
The Bond tribute seemed out of place. Especially with no Bond actors or original singers of those songs.
A firefighter tribute with like 12 firefighters on stage was weird.
A song from the Wiz?

All of that could have used a second draft or someone with common sense reading over the idea.
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In reply to InternetFan02 • 10:05p, 3/2/25
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All of my favorite movies won at least something except nosferatu. Great show all around. Conan was perfect. Positive energy minimal politics and without some obscure foreign film dominating everything. I've been a huge Sean baker fan since discovering him when willem dafoe was nominated for the Florida project and can't believe this happened. Reminds me of Damien chazelle skyrocketing to prominence. Watched the brutalist today in the living room and it was epic. Sad that I missed it in imax but will screen it in the media room for maximum sound effect.

Overall was able to watch 13 of the nominated films. My oldest son in college is all in to prestige cinema now and he had a watch party at his college apartment.


Posts like this get me fired up.
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In reply to Quad Dog • 10:10p, 3/2/25
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Quad Dog said:
Overall a pretty good Oscars
The Bond tribute seemed out of place. Especially with no Bond actors or original singers of those songs.
A firefighter tribute with like 12 firefighters on stage was weird.
A song from the Wiz?

All of that could have used a second draft or someone with common sense reading over the idea.


Agree on all of this. Pulling The Wiz out of their ass may be the most culturally irrelevant thing I've seen in some time.

How was there not some kind of tribute to James Earl Jones who played one of the most iconic characters in cinema history? And then on top of that you had Luke Skywalker present an award and he doesn't mention him? Massive, weird miss. I'll give Mark a pass I guess because he's a socially awkward dork but damn.
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10:21p, 3/2/25
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10:22p, 3/2/25
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Sean and Amanda are fired up

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10:23p, 3/2/25
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Wait sean baker is 54 I would have guessed 34
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10:25p, 3/2/25
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Maybe Sean Baker will finally discover that there are people besides sex workers on this planet for which to write movies about.
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In reply to InternetFan02 • 10:29p, 3/2/25
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I saw Sean with his family at a tiny BBQ joint in Eagle Rock (north east LA) last Saturday. Two minutes later Chris Ryan walked in and joined them. I've been less star struck seeing certain A-list celebs. I told my buddy I was with, "You don't understand, I've listed to those two people talk, on a weekly basis, over the past ten years, more than any other human beings on the planet." I have a business partner who actually knows Sean fairly well, so I had an in, but ultimately didn't want to bug them during their meal. Felt too fanboyish.
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10:36p, 3/2/25
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:39p, 3/2/25
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I saw Sean with his family at a tiny BBQ joint in Eagle Rock (north east LA) last Saturday. Two minutes later Chris Ryan walked in and joined them. I've been less star struck seeing certain A-list celebs. I told my buddy I was with, "You don't understand, I've listed to those two people talk, on a weekly basis, over the past ten years, more than any other human beings on the planet." I have a business partner who actually knows Sean fairly well, so I had an in, but ultimately didn't want to bug them during their meal. Felt too fanboyish.


That's great and all but what kind of BBQ are they doing in LA?
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In reply to YouBet • 10:43p, 3/2/25
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https://www.maxcitybbq.com/

Wasn't bad!

I don't know their story, in particular, but there a couple great places out here founded/owned by Texans.
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10:45p, 3/2/25
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Lol... Anora was a bit of a mess. There were some entertaining parts, but Best Picture? I think it just had the most Academy viewers due to the overabundance of boobs.
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In reply to Whos Juan • 10:53p, 3/2/25
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Whos Juan said:
Why does Timothy Chalamet look like he's accompanying Curious George to the show?


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In reply to TCTTS • 11:09p, 3/2/25
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TCTTS said:
I saw Sean with his family at a tiny BBQ joint in Eagle Rock (north east LA) last Saturday. Two minutes later Chris Ryan walked in and joined them. I've been less star struck seeing certain A-list celebs. I told my buddy I was with, "You don't understand, I've listed to those two people talk, on a weekly basis, over the past ten years, more than any other human beings on the planet." I have a business partner who actually knows Sean fairly well, so I had an in, but ultimately didn't want to bug them during their meal. Felt too fanboyish.
you should have talked to them. Ask them if their weird friend Nathan Fielder is coming also (Andy). CRHeads
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12:23a, 3/3/25
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I… was not aware of this…

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In reply to TCTTS • 4:52a, 3/3/25
which part??
I love Marchesa though, so I might have been more in tune with that particular part of the Weinstein scandal.
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6:24a, 3/3/25
Chalametttttt!!!!!
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:56a, 3/3/25
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Cannot even begin to describe how hard I cringed at that moment
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In reply to CheeseSndwch • 9:15a, 3/3/25
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Megalopolis snubbed in every category.

Never Forget
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9:32a, 3/3/25
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In the interest of pointing out where the nominated movies are available streaming here's what I've been able to find, sorry for any errors. Feel free to post a correction or any additional movies of note.

Anora - Hulu later this month
The Apprentice - VOD
The Brutalist - VOD
A Complete Unknown - Hulu later this month
Conclave - Peacock
A Different Man - MAX
Dune: Part 2 - MAX
Emilia Perez - Netflix
Flow - MAX
The Girl with the Needle - Mubi
Gladiator 2 - Paramount+
Inside Out 2 - Disney+
Memoir of a Snail - AMC+
Nosferatu - Peacock
Nickel Boys - MGM+
A Real Pain - Hulu
September 5 - Paramount+
Sing Sing - MAX on March 21
The Substance - Mubi
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Netflix
Wicked - Peacock March 21
The Wild Robot - Peacock
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9:41a, 3/3/25
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I think the thing that bugs me most about Demi Moore not winning is not necessarily her losing, but the fact that the Academy continues to disregard horror as a legitimate genre. (Snubbing Toni Colette for a nomination for Hereditary is maybe the worst example of this.)

I can't even think of the last major acting win for a horror movie since what, Silence of the Lambs?

Edit: I guess Portman for Black Swan. But really both of those examples are more thriller than horror.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 9:46a, 3/3/25
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
I think the thing that bugs me most about Demi Moore not winning is not necessarily her losing, but the fact that the Academy continues to disregard horror as a legitimate genre. (Snubbing Toni Colette for a nomination for Hereditary is maybe the worst example of this.)

I can't even think of the last major acting win for a horror movie since what, Silence of the Lambs?
Don't forget comedy, Marisa Tomei is the last one I can remember who won for a comedic role.
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In reply to Max Power • 9:53a, 3/3/25
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Yep, good point.
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10:05a, 3/3/25
Now that it's over, let's recall what Jerry Seinfeld thinks about awards shows.

in before Redstone has an anti-Seinfeld rant

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In reply to TCTTS • 11:21a, 3/3/25
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TCTTS said:
I saw Sean with his family at a tiny BBQ joint in Eagle Rock (north east LA) last Saturday. Two minutes later Chris Ryan walked in and joined them. I've been less star struck seeing certain A-list celebs. I told my buddy I was with, "You don't understand, I've listed to those two people talk, on a weekly basis, over the past ten years, more than any other human beings on the planet." I have a business partner who actually knows Sean fairly well, so I had an in, but ultimately didn't want to bug them during their meal. Felt too fanboyish.
I, too, listen to most, if not all, of the Ringer movie podcasts weekly. When BS was coming to Austin, I jumped at the tickets. Not knowing who the guests were going to be. I was pretty chill but excited. I prefer CR and SF over BS, but I also love BS. Well, I got star-struck and giddy when all those guys and Shea came out on stage at the Paramount. It was a pretty cool event a few weeks ago.

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In reply to Max Power • 11:24a, 3/3/25
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Max Power said:
In the interest of pointing out where the nominated movies are available streaming here's what I've been able to find, sorry for any errors. Feel free to post a correction or any additional movies of note.

Anora - Hulu later this month
The Apprentice - VOD
The Brutalist - VOD
A Complete Unknown - Hulu later this month
Conclave - Peacock
A Different Man - MAX
Dune: Part 2 - MAX
Emilia Perez - Netflix
Flow - MAX
The Girl with the Needle - Mubi
Gladiator 2 - Paramount+
Inside Out 2 - Disney+
Memoir of a Snail - AMC+
Nosferatu - Peacock
Nickel Boys - MGM+
A Real Pain - Hulu
September 5 - Paramount+
Sing Sing - MAX on March 21
The Substance - Mubi
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Netflix
Wicked - Peacock March 21
The Wild Robot - Peacock
I smell a new thread topic each month!!!
Thanks for stepping up, Max Power and taking one for the EB team!
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In reply to TCTTS • 11:57a, 3/3/25
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TCTTS said:
https://www.maxcitybbq.com/

Wasn't bad!

I don't know their story, in particular, but there a couple great places out here founded/owned by Texans.
Havent visited in a while but Homestate has very Austin/SA style tacos.
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In reply to Btron • 12:10p, 3/3/25
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I was there too and share this sentiment, although I still prefer BS the most (Rewatchables are much better when he is on, IMO). The live show was simultaneously fun to see and also the geekiest I've ever felt in my life. No regrets.
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