Three 6 Mafia were overdue for an award. I mean, come on, they sing "Slob on My Knob". That alone should guarentee them access into Heaven.

What a tremendous circle-jerk for Hollywood. I'd have gone myself had they sat me between Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway. But no, I got a seat between Phillip Seymore Hoffman and a Garey Busey impersonater with Down Syndrome. Or was that really Gary Busey?

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/photos/photo.html;_ylt=Au8liPu0a_ZoAEt0hXWKdsl2VLcF?gid=48&pos=271

I can't believe how boring Jack Nicholson is

Aren't the Grammy's always boring? Everyone was boring, even three-six mafia were a snore. You know what the f-ed up thing is? I friggen watched it and then started punching myself profusely in the teeth at the end of it all. I wasted 3 hours of my life on the biggest, most predictable snooze fest ever.

uhh, go Crash, them Canadians winning was the only thing that made me smile!

Well-deserved. Crash was an amazing movie, imo.

You know it really is hard out there for a pimp...pimp rolling around, beating up girls, smoking blunts and getting freebies. The only thing harder is being a prostitute...or working at McDonalds or being a student or being a penguin or a gay cowboy or very ugly trans gendered person or being a hair-lipped Johnny Cash...

Ummmm....did anyone notice at the very end the chick that won for Crash thanked "my husband, my wife and both our families.."

Maybe she's from Utah?

Crash taking best picture was about as disappointing as...Million Dollar Baby taking it last year. Apparently the Academy is looking for "overdone and obvious" these days. And the ceremony was an absolute snooze.

Hmm, I totally passed up watching this crap in favor of watching Dirty Jobs. Now, there's some award winning cinema. Gotta love when a guy gets stuck in a charcoal hopper.

Am I the only one who noticed serious booty flashin from the dancer in the short green skirt? She probably had a thong on, but damn skippy! Watch the clip. This was probably the most exciting thing of the night IMHO.

I stop watching award shows years ago. I read who won what the next day.
I am not surprise that Crash got it. For a town of liberals they are sure a bunch of chicken shits for not standing up for Brokback Mountain. That's a same.
Donna A.

# 7.. I heard that too:

"thank you to my husband, my wife and both our families" I think she screwed up. Pretty funny though.

#11

You're kidding right? Are you saying that it's not even possible that Crash was just a better movie than Brokeback Mountain? It's automatically assumed that Crash won because it wasn't about gay men? Well, Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Best Actor in Capote, which was about Truman Capote, who was, in fact, a gay man. I seriously doubt that Brokeback Mountain not winning for Best Picture had anything to do with the fact that it was about gay men and that the Academy just isn't liberal enough. Gimme a break.

Give *me* a break, 13. It's entirely possible that the Academy isn't liberal enough to embrace a movie about homosexuality. That is one of the expert theories on why it didn't win...a lot of the Academy members are older and of a generation when homosexuality was not as acceptable...an article I read today was discussing how some Academy members didn't even *watch* Brokeback Mountain for that reason.

i thought bareback mountin' was a snoozefest. crash was good, but also a snoozefest and a bit over-the-top. i thought walk the line was a good movie, but it was forgettable. transamerica was damn good, and felicity huffman is the most deserving "housewife" to win an oscar. hustle & flow was great and i'm happy for the pimp song. but as a fag, i'm always rooting for dolly. who the hell invited jennifer aniston and jessica alba to present at the oscars? and did sandra bullock fall asleep in her blush?

anyway, 2005 sucked ass when it came to movies. let's hope 2006 is better (yeah right...3 months in and hollywood has already produced clunkers).

I don't have a problem with homosexuality, and I saw Brokeback Mountain. I, for one, am happy it didn't win the Oscar, because I hated it. I was going to leave the movie before it was over, but decided to stay because I had already invested 90 minutes. Then it ended so abruptly I was disappointed I hadn't left earlier.

I'm also happy The Constant Gardiner didn't win because that was the most boring movie in cinematic history.

What she said was ...thank you to my husband, your wife, blah, blah, blah... then they cut her off like everyone else.

did anyone notice that while everyone was going craaazy for Jack Nicholson that the chick in the blue dress (she was one of the Brokeback writers) was so not interested and just sipping her soda. She hates Jack!

#14

My point was that it as at least possible that Brokeback Mountain didn't win because it wasn't up to par. It is also possible that it didn't get picked because it had gay men in it, but then how does the guy who won Best Actor for Capote fit into that scenario? Besides which, I was just saying that it annoyed me that it was just assumed right off the bat that it didn't win solely because it was about gay men and the Academy was too "chicken shit" to vote for it. I didn't say that it wasn't a possibility, I said I doubted it was the reality.

Hi, 19. The Oscar for Best Picture has never gone to a gay-themed movie, but actors have won for their roles in gay-themed movies before. I agree that it's possible Crash won because it was a better movie. In my opinion, though, there was some conservative voting involved, especially if some Academy members were so uncomfortable with the idea of Brokeback Mountain and the fact that it showed gay sex that they didn't even watch it.

Did anyone catch the nip slip at the Oscars last night?

It happened right after Jack announced the award. The directors wife jumps up and out pops her boob!

Did anyone catch the nip slip at the Oscars last night?It happened right after Jack announced the award. The directors wife jumps up and out pops her boob!

I am tired of hearing the expression "nip slip".

#23

I'll have to agree with you. However, I'm more tired of seeing the actual nip slips than I am of hearing the expression nip slip. Now nip slip has been said entirely too many times. I'll stop now.

Joaquin told someone he loved them as they announced the nominations for the award he ultimately did not get. Anyone know who it is he actually loved? Was it his mom or someone luckier?

Anyone else out there think 36 Mafia's nomination was f@#$'n mind-boggling, let alone their win? The Academy has sunk to new depths and I'll be damned if I'll look at them the same way again. If this is the way the members decided to honor "Hustle and Flow" ("throw them the Oscar for best song...at least then they can claim a victory"), well, that just stikes me as damn LAME!

John Stewart did a commendable job but I wonder if he's not too much of an outsider to win over the celebrity-packed audience. There didn't seem to be too much energy in that crowd.

It was pretty much a yawn-fest and the post-Oscar show on ABC SUCKED big time. I actually missed Barbara Walters and her teary-eyed guests.

Ooops--meant *Jon* Stewart!

there was a nip slip! I really need to glue my eyes closer to the TV screen, how could I miss something like that!?!?

But Crash is TOTALLY overdone. Why can't they pick good movies for awards anymore? Syriana and Good Night and Good Luck were about REAL political issues going on right now and the only nod they got was for George Clooney (ok he's a hottie but whatever) for Syriana...it's a total cop out. Crash was about the same shit that's been going on for decades. I actually haven't seen it, but I heard it was long, and I barely got through Syriana as it is. And why was Munich even in it? Let me guess, because it was a Spielberg movie, right?

You know it's hard out here for a pimp....
When he tryin to get this money for the rent.....For the Cadillacs and gas money spent.....Because a whole lot of bitches talkin shit.

In the DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

And by the way....Jamie Foxx is a South-African American. Just like Charlize Theron.

I saw both movies. Both were slightly overrated. Neither was a great movie. Brokeback was very good but not great I would say 3 1/2 stars. Crash was good but not great, I would say 3 stars. It was sort of a slow year in movies.

I really didn't see crash as a best picture type movie. But neither was titanic and look at all the awards that way overhyped movie won.

The main problem I had with Crash, while not giving too much away to those that haven't seen it. Is that it has way too many coincidences tied to the main theme and meaning of the movie. It came off as way too forced for me. It annoys me when a movie tries too hard, and crash tries too hard. Great movies have very little or no forced moments. Crash was full of them.

Here are some people that got overlooked this year that should have been nominated.....

Actors

Clifton Collins (Perry Smith).....Capote

Eric Bana (Avner).........Munich

Tommy Lee Jones (Pete Perkins).....The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Jeff Daniels (Bernard Berkman)....The Squid and The Whale

Daniel Day Lewis (Jack Slavin).......The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Viggo Mortensen (Tom Stall).......History of Violence

Kevin Bacon (Walter)......The Woodsman

Actresses

Taryn Manning (Nola)........Hustle and Flow

Taraji Henson (Shug)........Hustle and Flow

Camilla Belle (Rose Slavin)...The Ballad of
Jack and Rose

Maria Belle (Edie Stall)....History of Violence

Best Picture

Hustle and Flow

History of Violence

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Squid and the Whale

Crash ruined our gay cowboy party.

29- How was Good Night & Good Luck about something going on now? McCarthy has been dead for decades. Hell, the movie was taking flak from people in the industry for being a joke for that very reason - picking on Tailgunner Joe just isn't very daring anymore. Had it painted McCarthy in a positive light, then it would have been a bold and original work.

What's Clooney's next movie going to say: That Hitler was anti-semitic? Pol Pot had people killed? North Pole cold? Franco still dead?

As for Syriana, ok, we get it. Republicans, businessmen, corporations, and the CIA are all evil incarnate. They make Hitler look like a puppy. Lately Hollywood has been turning out more and more leftist propaganda centered movies and audiences have been staying away in droves. Most of us, regardless of our personal politics, just want to be entertained, not preached to.

Look at this year's best picture nominees - their combined total gross was less than the individual gross of any of several "just entertainment" movies.

Did anyone else notice that at the end of the montage before which Gyllenhaal tried to preach anti-DVD with a straight face, they showed a clip of E.T.…FROM THE DVD? (Look at what the agents were holding.) Hypocrisy!

32 - Jamie Foxx is not from South Africa...where did you get that from?!?! The man was born in Texas.

As for the awards, I think there were just too many good movies to choose from, but not one really really great one that stood out, so what happens is the Academy throws everyone a bone so no one is disappointed. Like Wild Rose mentioned, they had to throw Hustle and Flow SOMETHING. Same with Brokeback, Crash, and everything else.

#36
Good Night and Good Luck said 'Do what you think is right. Don't always play along because that is what is expected.' Even if it costs you your job. Don't play the role.
Even though I'm Canadian and the guy who won was Canadian - I thought Crash sucked. Violent. Racist and simplistic. I hated it. Are things really that bad down there ? And you're exporting this life to Iraq and around the world ?
Best film was Capote.
(Feel asleep in Munich and didn't see the point. Syriana was good. Good Night was too simple but a good message) ( Didn't see Brokeback - sorry guys...)

Life isn't always about 'gross' #36.

I think the reason Crash won wasn't because it challenged racism. Crash won because it was a beautiful movie, its plot was intricate and flowing, and it was a compelling film. Capote looks good - haven't seen it, but I plan to next week - but I came away from Crash feeling invested in the characters, the outcome of the plots, and the general sense of interconnectedness the movie conveyed.

But, hey, one internet geek's opinion, right?

Jack Nicholson looked like he was bored to death. I would have been to introducing those movies.

But his link: http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/photos/photo.html;_ylt=Au8liPu0a_ZoAEt0hXWKdsl2VLcF?gid=48&pos=271

That is f*cking halarious. Thanks uncommonamerican. Hahaha he looks "arghhhh bar tender, where is my drink". Gary Busey, hahahahaha.

40 - Never said it was. Just saying that niche films that play to Hollywood's own stereotypes about how the world is aren't necessarily great movies simply because they follow a pretty obvious line of thought.

It's also odd the way certain genres *never* get nominated, regardless of box office success and critical praise.

39 - Nope, not really that bad. Kind of funny that entertainment industry types who live in gated, isolted communities feel qualified to tell the rest of us - who actually encounter people of other races on a daily basis in all aspects of our lives - how prejudiced we all are. Never quite understood that.

Otherwise, thought Crash was ok - the actors did well enough, even if the script was fairly weak.

Haven't seen Capote yet, but will certainly check out DVD.

Brokeback - if you like Ang Lee movies, you'll probably like it; if you don't, you probably won't.

As for Good Night, it just seemed overly simplistic, and it left out a relatively key fact - one of Murrow's best friends was a soviet operative (confirmed by wire intercepts in Venona Project). As a movie in and of itself, it was ok, but Clooney has openly stated that his goal is to make agitprop films. That tends to kill any enjoyment I might otherwise have had.

The thing about Brokeback is what I liked about Crouching Tiger; it was absolutely gorgeous to watch. The backgrounds, the nature, the clarity. The immensity of the mountains and the tiny sheep on it. Yeah, I think Ang Lee is the joint! His movies are like haiku's, if anyone can understand what I mean by that.

Ang Lee's cinema:
A marvelous spring vista
And cowboy butt sex

Crash effing sucked. Whatta joke.