The Oscars - HubPages Style!
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We did pretty well! We matched eight wins, and had a 3-way tie for best makeup, so I'm not quite sure what that means. If you notice that it looks like the song from WALL-E, "Down To Earth," won here on HP, that's because I voted for it after "Jai Ho" had already won. Doesn't count. So, here's the winners the HubPages votes matched - Thank You to everyone who played along - it was fun:
- Best Original Screenplay: MILK
- Best Costume Desing: THE DUCHESS
- Best Supporting Actor: HEATH LEDGER (The Dark Knight)
- Best Sound Editing: THE DARK KNIGHT
- Best Original Score: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
- Best Song: "JAI HO" (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Best Director: DANNY BOYLE (slumdog Millionaire)
- Best Actress: KATE WINSLET (The Reader)
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The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be held February 22, 2009, and I'll probably be watching. I like award shows, always have. MTV used to have thee best award shows - bar none.
Lately? ...not so much.
I thought it would be kinda fun to let HubPages members vote for the nominees and see how close we get to picking the actual winners. The official Academy voting committee is made up of people from the entertainment industry. Can you say "biased"?
It should be interesting - come Oscar night - to compare the results.
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Thanks Pam! I already know I'll be watching with this hub up - comparing. Should be fun.
Ecellent idea Cons; I did not vote as I just don't take interest in such things, like the movies and all that, but, well you understand.
I do, but thanks for checking it out anyway. Appreciated!
Hey CW! This is Fun Again! - Great idea!
Thanks Dutchman. I sounded like it might be fun as soon as the idea came to me.
Nice Hub, but I can honestly say that I have passed yet another year without seeing a nominated movie. (I've been holding a grudge against the Academy for dissing Earnest Goes To Camp, way back when.)
Uh... no comment. The only ones I've seen, so far, are The Dark Knight (phenominal) and WALL-E (very good). There are still still several more I plan to rent - I don't like movie theaters.
Nice hub.
Thanks, Cris.
Hi CW,
Good idea, really!
I guess I will vote only for those I have been able to see, the Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire in my case.
LOL bet you haven't had coffee yet! Hope we can do some online betting so people would really stop to think before making their choices. whaddayathink>
CA I think that is a good idea...I am not much of a movie goer so it would help> I didn't vote cause I haven't seen one of the movies mentioned :O( so sorry, but I guess it will be fun for you movie goer's...Hugs G-Ma :O)
Thanks for reading, Ridd. Haven't seen Slumdog, but I plan to.
Of course I've had coffee. I woke up about seven hours ago. Online betting? Nah, I don't gamble.
Hi G-Ma. Don't you have Netflix? It's the only way to go!
Hi CW,
The name is Sidd; SiddSingh ;)
What a great idea, CW! Be interesting to see how many of our picks get the Golden Guy.
Sorry,Sidd. I did know that, but, I always type horribly in the comments. Even if I proof read them. I don't get it...
Thanks Jama. Yep, that's what I'm looking forward to. I would be interesting to know how many people who voted here have this page open on Oscar night.
Oh well it's just an idea - though i myself is not into it :D
G-Ma's game!
LOL I think she is! Btw, any news on the clock/time in the profile page?
No. She never replied, which is odd for Maddie.
Great idea CW. Audience participation makes for a fun Hub. Thanks it was fun.
This will be very interesting to see how close we get.
Thanks Jim. I was hoping readers might see it that way.
RGaf, it's different already - with the few votes that are here now - than I would have thought. And the race for Leading Actress is a three way neck-n-neck.
Sorry, CW, but I know few of the actors and I've seen none of the movies. In fact, I've sworn off going to the movies. As I mentioned in another comment on another hub a while back, I saw three movies a year or two ago and wanted to walk out on all of them because of the psychedelic scene changes that make the movies virtually impossible to watch. I have dozens of old (mostly 1930s/1940s) movies on videotape that I enjoy watching without getting vertiginous.
That's OK, William. You would probably like Netflix - if you'd be interested in getting a DVD player. The library is huge, from the very oldest to the just-realised. And you might even find a few new ones you like!
Wow C.W. that list must have taken quite a while to compile. Great list the only ones I wasn't able to vote on were the Foreign Films and The shorts.
You did a great job. I will be interesting to see how we all voted compared to the real votes.
Hope you're well regards Zsuzsy
Fun hub Constant Walker. I enjoyed voting for a couple of the categories that I recognized :).
Thanks Zsuzsy. I'd like to take the credit for compiling the list, but can't. I simply went to the Oscars website and found all the nominees. I agree, it will be fun to compare the results on Oscar night. And yes, I'm well - thanks for asking. You?
Thanks Sweetie. Like Jim said, above: "Audience participation makes for a fun hub." Are you going to watch the Oscars and compare voting results?
Just came by to check who/what's winning. I guess it's turning out to be a popularity contest :D
I thought that at first, too, but new developments keep surprising me. Slumdog Millionaire was especially popular, but I've heard it was very good - and it's been getting a lot of votes here.
I expect Heath Ledger and anything to do with The Dark Knight to win because of his death, but I've seen that movie (I own it!) and anything he, personally, gets is well-deserved. His performance as Joker was incredible. He definitely stole that movie. I've been watching his work since "Roar," and frankly would not have thought him capable of such a high-caliber performance.
Also weird: Hellboy is winning for makeup, but he's basicly wearing a prosthetic-type suit. The makeup in both Dark Knight and Benjamin Button were MUCH better.
Benjamin Button will win BP. The academy is not ready yet to give a "small" movie that kind of prestige - but they'll make up for it by giving Danny Boyle the nod for directing.
It's gonna be Mickey Rourke - the academy loves comebacks. Meryl Streep for Best Actress - enough with that Susan Lucci-like curse! Besides, Kate Winslet won the Best Actress in the Globes for another movie and not for the Reader (though she got the supporting trophy for it)
I think Frost/Nixon will get BP. And Mickey Rourke's performance looks good, too.
It's going to be very interesting to see how the results here (I know I've said this before) compare with Oscar night.
I stand with Benjamin Button - the Oscars loves surprises but not when a critically acllaimed, commercially successful, star-powered Hollywood movie is on the line (it's a rarity *wink*) :D
True, but with Frost/Nixon there's the added factor of a comeback - Frank Langella. Also, it's been getting a lot of showbiz buzz. I really think it'll win BP. But, you never know.
But I know! LOL I would not consider Langella's turn as a comeback, he's too old for that sort of thing besides, he never went anywhere! Guess we'll see about this come Oscar night! :D
I have not seen many of the movies listed except DarkK. They all look like good picks though.
I know! He's been busy all along, but the media are calling it a "comeback." And, no such thing as "too old."
Thanks for stopping by, Fox. Did you vote on the ones you've seen? I think most people are doing that.
So how do you say "too old" when it's what you mean to say?
I have seen many of the movies except Frost/Nixon and Milk. I got to be in the right frame of mind I think to see both, but I'm sure I'll see them before Oscar night. I have to say Benjamin Buttons is in a league of its own and none of the other movies I've seen will stand the test of time like that one. I am burnt out over Slumdog millionaire getting so much props, I think it s really good movie, but I would say Dark Knight is better.
I also think Brad Pitt should get best actor, because working with that make-up and special effects the way he did, was amazing.
and Robert Downey competing against Heath Ledger thats a real tough one. I had to go with Downey, I just couldn't stop laughing at him everytime he spoke.
-Cris, I think age is relative, and a state of mind. And besides, was Tony Bennett "too old" when he made his comeback? What about the actor who plays "Ducky" on NCIS? He hadn't been on a popular show for about 40 years and is easily in his 60's or 70's. Suddenly, he's made a comeback. "Too old" is one of those things I don't believe in... right up there with "never" and "impossible." Thanks for voting,
Golden. Your comments are exactly why comparing the results on Oscar night will be so interesting. You voted according to merit, talent and what impressed you. I doubt the Academy voters will be as honest. I'm sticking with Ledger's performance (and I would do this if he were still alive), but, to be honest, I haven't seen Downey Jr's yet. I love funny, but I can't imagine it overshadowing the raw brilliance I saw in Dark Knight.
Constant
LOL Okay I got your point and I actually realize that I share the same views. i guess "too old" was not exactly the right term I should've used! By the way, i made a hub a couple of months back on who/what should have won the Oscar. http://hubpages.com/hub/stealing-the-oscar-or-whow i really want to know what you think - at the risk of being accused as promoting my hubs which I don't do. Actually you can delete this post as soon as. Thanks :D
Yep... that's a shameless promotion if I ever saw one, and I'll check it out.
PS: I'm gonna leave the comment up so others can call you "shameless," too!
;-)
The last movie I saw in a theatre was Ghengis Blues, about 5 years ago. But I'm all for Micky Rourke winning something! Fun to look over the list. Thanks!
And if you haven't seen Ghengis Blues, you are missing out on a great cult movie. Tuvan throat singing, high level phyisics and bongo drumming. Oh, yeah!
-Bruce, I might have to check that out. My last theater experience was Queen of the Damned, and my friends had to drag me to that. And I just now saw Hancock (excellent!). I'm definitely a Netflix kinda guy...
PS: Tell Cris A he's shameless before you leave... ;-)
And I was about to thank you for obliging and leaving learned comments and then ask you to delete my previous post with the link!
thanks for being a good friend, Constant. you'll always be in my heart :D
lol - I do what I can.
Actually, leaving a link in comments isn't all that terrible, if it has to do with the hub it was left on. I've done it a couple of times when I think the writer might be interested in a story I've done which is similar. Yours was, and I was clearly interested. It's not like it was a link to something you were trying to market to me.
that was cool Constant and a lot of fun.Damn being from Down Under I had not heard of a lot of these but I just went eeny meeny minny mo and my choice seemed to be up there amongst everyone elses.Heath Ledger yes I hope he does well he is my idol I just love him.
Cool idea. I didn't see this until tonight so am logging in late. But thanks for letting us hubbers have our say. Of course we know what's what soooo much better than the Academy:-)!
I can't vote on these, I've haven't seen any of them! Geez, I feel deprived now.
-Blonde, ya it was fun! I had this page up and was taking notes while watching.
-MM, We got a lot of the winners right! I'm going to post 'em after answering these comments.
-Shirley, sure you could. I hadn't seen them all either. I didn't vote until right before the show. Where there were ties I voted to break the tie - all except one: I didn't check best makeup first and my vote made it a 3-way tie.
I have to say I watched the first half of the Oscars last night before falling asleep grrrr.I think Hugh Jackman did a great job of what I saw,go Australia.That man is the sexiest thing that walks on legs,apart from you Constant of course.Apparently he got voted by people magazine as this year's, "Sexiest Man Alive." We produce some awesome stock here in Australia I must say.I am going to have to download a lot of these great movies nominated.(oops I mean buy haha)
Ha-ha, gotcha. If you aren't aware of it, you can "buy" movies at bitTorrent.com
Blondepoet - I never watch the Oscars, but if I'd known Hugh Jackman was hosting, I'da been glued to the set!! OMG, he's sexy!
Ha-ha! Snooze ya lose, eh? I'm gonna take this hub down pretty soon. It was just a fun, reader-participation thing for Oscar season.
Not to rub it in, but Jackman did a couple of musical numbers that were fun to watch. You can probably watch them online: YouTube, the Oscar site, etc.
Thanks Constant luckily I shop there frequently,now that you have brought to my attention these great new movies,I will take my mastercard and shop there real soon.
Great! Let me know what you think.
CW missed this hub but great idea. We did not get to see too many of the pictures yet as they are only now being released.
Me too. I've only seen a fraction of them.
Hey, I finally figured out RSS feeds, and now have two of them on my Numerous Fragments hub!
Pam Roberson 3 years ago
Great idea! :D I can't wait to see how these votes compare to the 'commitee' picked winners. ;)