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I’m here for Hugh and the FASHION!
lol big props for jackman’s opening !!
Yeah, makes sense we discuss it here.
Jackman was great. :)
Here comes The actress award.
Good for Cruz!
VIOLA DAVIS SHOULD HAVE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God damn Penelope Cruz is hot CONGRATS to her! *adds Vicky Christina Barcelona to my NetFlix*
Good thing Cruz won, Wall-e will win Best Animated, but Kung Fu Panda should
Nah, are you crazy? Wall-E is way better. Kung-Fu may be more entertaining to some, but Wall-E is superior.
I’m not going to complain about Milk winning Screenplay. I liked In Bruges more, call me crazy.
Is the screen play for Milk really that original seeing how it was based on actual events?
No I’m not crazy, Wall-e will win but I don’t think it should.
Sweet. Slumdog. I’m predicting Slumdog will win 8 oscars, if not all 13. :P
Nice work Jack Black.
Yeah jack black hit it right on with that joke
Yeah did wall-e have to win
well who didn’t see that coming from 358937894573495734 miles away?
Wallllll-eeeee, as Aniston says. AARON, I’m not saying that Kung Fu Panda isn’t a good movie! I thought it was great. Wall-E was better, which most people will agree with.
Has anyone here actually seen any of these short films? I mean I’m a big movie lover but I didn’t see any of these.
Yeah i seen this way up in class one time it was ok.
I saw three of the nominations and though only saw clips of This Way Up I was really hoping it would win.
SANK YOU SANK YOU SANK YOU!
DOMO ARIGATO MISTER ROBOTO
Well, Presto was before Wall-E, Justin… :P
And we’re back!
The dark knight got this one
my good lord… SJP is one ugly women. lol
Got a great rack though!
i was way wrong
Yeah she looks like a foot Ray.
Damn right Button won Art direction.
Wow I was pulling for Changeling on this one.
Yeah, I thought either Duchess or Road should’ve got it. Good!
Well that’s not surprising medieval period pieces always win best costume.
Good god. Get SJP off the stage!
Still got a great rack though!
I’m digging the smooth Jazz in the background.
Heath’s got the mKEUP
Dark Knight better win!.. The Joker was well done.
looks like some fanboy are getting piss 0 for 2 TDK
The Joker? Really? Don’t get me wrong, he looked awesome, but Button deserved it. At least in my opinion.
Benjamin button won, dang! that’s like 3 in a row i got wrong.
Guys, I’m making a prediction: If Sean Penn doesn’t win best actor (my pick for best actor) then I think MILK’s got best picture, but Slumdog is a big competition , so i think that’ll win
Joker’s makeup was awesome but I find Button was way superior with all the different time periods
Me thinks the Academy really doesn’t like comic book movies….lets hope they do the right thing with Best Supporting actor.
Thank you moviegab!
Yeah I’m betting on Penn for Best Actor too. Or Frank Langella for my next pick.
Yeah, I don’t think they like comic book movies either to be honest.
I m making a prediction if i see Zac Efron sing or Presenting i am going to hollywood to kick his ass
Ok seriously: Nick and Norah, Sex and The City, and What Happens in Vegas? Did they really belong in that montage?
atleast MILK was in there
there are movies of 2008 so i think so
No Justin, they didn’t. Although I have to admit I thought Nick and Norah was cute.
WTF????????? AT BEN STILLER!
HAHAHA ben stiller killed it !!!
Oh Stiller… what the hell…
take that Joaquin Phoenix lol
OH RIGHT I totally forgot about that!
lol. Stiller is priceless.
Slumdog got this.
Thank you Yamo!
I actually thought that Dark Knight would’ve been a nice choice for Cinematography. Slumdog was pretty good I guess. :D
What was so great about Slumdog Millionare? I just don’t see the appeal of it. Changeling and Dark Knight had such great cinematography while Slumdog was shot on a fucking cell phone!
Justin, sorry man, but Slumdog ruled
To each his own but I saw that trailer and I told myself that I wasn’t going to fall for all the hype surrounding it. I really hope it doesn’t win and Milk does because Milk has to do with an on going issue in this country.
Justin, I said the same thing when I saw the trailer for Slumdog until I actually saw the movie and ended up loving it.
i feel that the Dark Knight will only win for Heath Ledger and iron-man will win for Best Visual Effects
It doesn’t matter what a movie is shot on Justin. It’s all about the people filming it, and if the movie was good.
Oh man *adds Pineapple Express to my Netflix* This montage is fucking funny as hell.
Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama? CUTE.
Agree’d Justin.. I didn’t like Pineapple Express personally, but this is pretty funny.
LOL DUDE SETH ROGEN AND JAMES FRANCO!
Ledger better win this.. Nothing to do with my love for the Dark Knight( I thought Slumdog was by far the best film I seen last year ).
i want Robert Downey, Jr to win
Hugh is the perfection of man….. lol
Fucking Beyonce. Get off the stage.
I 2nd that
Man o man. Thunder thighs is at it again tonight..Her legs are huge!
fuck you Zac Efron die
lol yes!
I 2nd that motion!
Best supporting actor is a tough category, and Heath Ledger did a fantastic job.
Hey YAMO! YOU WERE RIGHT. Look it’s Efron!
Can we please get back to the awards?
That aside from High School Musical was FUCKING AWESOME!
that was 4 mins gone now they will have to cut people off who wins.
YES!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU ACADEMY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING!
Heath has got best supporting locked up
Best Supporting Actor… I’m going for Ledger. He deserves it the most. But if Downey wins, I won’t complain. :)
Yeah. Efron doesn’t really have that much talent to deserve the fame he has, unless you consider a pretty face talent.
here we go
You just summed up Efron.. He is nothing but a pretty face..
Ledger will win this, if not the academy clearly has it out against sci-fi’s.
and comic movies*
YES! Damn right Ledger won! Fanboys rejoice!
Fuckin` right!
YES GOOD
YES!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! HEATH WON
THANK YOU ACADEMY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING! R.I.P. Heath you are truly missed by all.
Looks like TMB was wrong about Heath not winning.
Thank Goodness
i am going to watch TDK after this for Heath Ledger R.I.P.
When did The Movie Blog say Heath wouldn’t win?
@IncliningPizza
It was awhile back, it was a piece they did saying why he wouldn’t win.
Doug will probably talk about it tomorrow
Well okay then Jawmuncher, I trust you.
Bill Marr, what was the show he used to host a few years ago where they brought in celebrities to talk about everyday social topics?
Politically Incorrect I believe it’s still on HBO.
Real time with Bill Marr
But wasn’t it Politically Incorrect before they kicked him off NBC or whatever network for making comments about 9/11?
Encounters shoudl win, Man on Wire will tho.
Everyone looked like they were going to cry when they gave it to Ledger that is with happiness that he won but sadness that he is gone.
Why did a talented individual die why could it not be Paris Hilton or Brittany Spears
or zac efron
Hey, i was fighting tears, and he got a standing ovation
Its all good I was choked up too.
Wait I might be wrong about TMB saying Heath wouldn’t win. Since I can’t find the story on the site. I think I got it confused with if he should be nominated.
My bad and sincerest apologies
i didn’t like heath that much before but i became a fan after this movie
lol wtf !!! speed racer clips ????
hulk rules
It’s fine Jawmuncher. :)
And yes, thank you, it was politically incorrect!
Why does Ledger die, and not Spears or Hilton? Some people are just meant to suffer, I guess, No it’s not fair.
Good ending on that one with Iron Man.
2008 BEST SUPER HERO SUMMER EVER SO FAR
ironman
WTF
FUCK BEN BUTTON IRON MAN
Damn right Button won best effects. Iron Man rocked my socks, but yeah, some of the stuff in Button looked so real that it almost didn’t look generated.
WTF
I’m telling you guys the Academy doesn’t like Comic Book movies unless of course you’re Heath Ledger.
hulk should he been nominated
wtf benjamin button for visual effects they are just prejudice against action flicks
Wall-E.. got this
LMAO WILL SMITH SAYING BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT!
pfft… :P
DARK KNIGHT WINS SWEET
the Academy need me to work for them i know who needs to win what. and i will be fare for all movies
OMG WANTED GOT NOMINATED LOL
Seriously? Slum Dog for sound mixing? God I hate this movie I will never fucking see it. I really hope Milk wins best picture.
ME 2
Action movies are all about special effects. If they can make something look extraordinary like with Transformers for example, then it should win. IF it just looks great, then it doesn’t deserve the win all that much. And yes I agree with the last two sound awards.
Can we just give Kate, Rourke and Slumdog their oscar and just end this shit?
hahaha
I second that motion! Only it’s gonna be Milk not Scum Dog
OMG SLUMDOG AGAIN?
Oh look Slum Dog won again excuse me while I go puke!
Slumdog for editing? …eh…okay. I thought Milk did a way better job, but yeah I guess Slumdog did a great job too.
Get used to it Justin. It’s going to go on for the next hour.
I’m gonna be doing a lot of puking then.
THIS is just a slumdog kiss ass show
now there going to make a Slumdog Millionaire 2 with all these awards they are winning
ya its gunna be a lord of the sumdog trilogy
Jesus Christ, 134 comments! This has been fun so far guys.
I once again second that motion!
That is how the Academy is every year they they pick one film and give it every award it is nominated for. Like No Country or Departed they lost like one out of ten nominations.
they are going to make a new award for tonite best Bollywood dance ending. the nominees are Milk-The Reader – Slumdog Millionaire- The Dark Knight-and WALL_e
I dont understand the hostility towards Slumdog! I thought it was an amazing film :P
I did not see it but I will agree it looks like a grate film but an Action movie such as Dark Knight should win best cinematography it takes a lot more work to light and frame a action film than a Drama.
i like Slumdog but i feel it to over rated like The Dark Knight
Yamo what do think should have won?
No offense but seriously Jerry Lewis? Did they give this to him because he’s gonna kick the bucket or something?
It will be real f### up if he pass away this year somtime too.
oh and every film that wins best editing win best picture so we all know Slumdog won I think this might have been the most predictable year yet.
oh and thank god Nathan Fillion is back on TV but f#%k him for killing Ledger
@ Ezell.
The Academy is not unknown to mess up. You have to remember these are the same people who gave Best Actor to Denzel for Training Day, when Crowe or Penn put in much much much much better performances, even Smith in Ali did a better job.
yea Denzel was the supporting actor it that film Hawk was the lead. They just wanted to give a oscar to a black man and black woman in the same year.
Thank you for seconding my motions Justin. Much obliged.
And EZELL I second your motion as well.
Yay for violins :)
Hey Yamo, look who’s back!
Lets hope there’s a sniper in the balcony who blows Efron’s pretty fucking face off!
Who is Efron?
FUCK U zac efron 2 times
*pukes again* DAMN YOU EFRONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!
anyone why TDK didnt get Best Original Score nom
I thought a bunch of asians were running onto the stage in protest, they are quick lil friggers!
Oh and The Dark Knight had the best Music score by far come on that was where all the tension and emotion came from in that film.
But the problem is it’s a comic book movie!
Yeah, Ray, I was just about to say!
Hey John,Watching this now i know how u felt watching the MTV movie awards when transformers won every award lol
The only good Bollywood dance number was the one Thora Birch’s character watches in the beginning of Ghost World.
atlest i seen the last of fucking zac efron for now
WOOT! Slumdog again… >_<
but one it undeniably deserved :P
Jeezus tap dancing christ! I can’t puke anymore! And this guy that keeps talking is a jackass. He’s giving Apu a bad rep.
lol
lol
See if it was Apu that went on Who Wants to Be a Millionare then that would have been a good movie.
come to think of it this is like the MTV movie awards for stiffs
I bet the dudes at the front of the stage are having fun looking up the skirts of the dancers standing there. :P
nope they’re wearing Granny pantys
Dont think so cuz you will have seen Angelina Jolie kicking Brad Pitt ass if he did
Come to daddy *gets his ass kicked* Who’s your daddy now?
hugh jackmsn killed this show with every note, and dance move he made in that opening. (It was soo bad gay and straght People across the board disowned him)
Who the hell is Efron?
Zac Efron from those gay ass High School Musical.
Exactly Tony. :P
I think Jackman is doing an okay job. He’s not ass awful if that’s what you mean.
Funny, She doesn’t look like a Rita… :P
Efron is the teenage pretty boy that was presenting the award for Best Song.
That guy just set back Japan 42392356358346 years.
Ok thanks yea that guy is just famous for being a handsom little boy he cant act to save his ass.
i love THE DOMARIA GATO MR. ROBOTO GUY
Latifah? Really? Can we please get to the bloody Actor/Actress awards?
I second that you shut up and show the people of Hollywood who are no longer with us a little respect!
next year host needs to be Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Christian Bale and Peter Griffin
I like the fact that they do this. Sadly listening to latifah makes me want to be passed away
I HATED this.
The worst part of the entire show.
Why? I could hardly see the tributes! ARrrggghhhh
I had to friggin’ SQUINT to know that James Whitmore passed!
And NO appluse for Chareton Heston. What’s up with that?!
Justin, I apologize. I did not know she was presenting the passed montage. I just can’t stand Latifah.
Just like I can’t stand shitty camera work. God was that awful. I mean Scum Dog Millionare had better camera work and it was shot on a Cell Phone!
THIS IS OSCARS ON BROADWAY
Really piss poor camera work on this montage.
true
Glad to have known you Paul Newman you were never a horses’ ass!
Paul Newman? Charlton Heston? All legends. I have all the respect in the world for the people that pass away in this business. Please don’t think that I’m being disresepctful to anyone other than Latifah.
Forget about it. Its all good yo
Was Slumdog actually shot on a camera phone?
I’ll never know because I’m never seeing that movie!
you should really do yourself a favour and see it. lol
Yes sir! As Reese Witherspoon just said, Ben Stiller held the supposed phone that it was filmed on earlier in the show.
I know he got the supporting actor award, but shouldn’t Ledger have been included in the memorial montage?
I was thinking the same thing!
He was last year
He passed away before last years Oscars and was in that one.
I stand corrected, thank you sirs
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD NOT BOLLYWOOD DAMNIT!
Do I hear the sound of Justin puking?
Congratulations to Danny Boyle for the win. Well deserved!
No Slumdog was shot on Digital Camera which is not very common for these types of films.
THIS IS THE INDIAN MTV MOVIE AWARDS
I really think Slumdog should be in the foreign category.
I can’t believe that no one attached to Scum Dog has thanked Ghandi. If it wasn’t for him you never would have gotten your precious god damn movie and Oscars.
Well, there is nearly two billion of them tony. Only a matter of time until they started taking over.
lol and we were worrying about the chinese
Precisely Tony! Alright, on to the actor/actress awards!
GO ANNE
Holy shit…. Sophie Lauren look horrible.. At least Micheal Jackson stook to only messing with his nose. DAMN
nicole kidman looks so stunning
Did anyone here actually see The Reader or did we all pull a Hugh Jackman?
nope but anything Kate winslet does is gold on her part
Halley Beary is the finest girl in that room
All the Best Actress are women i will bang for 800 Alex
Suck It Trebek!
And Melissa Leo is?
James Brolin’s fmr co-star on the late 80’s TV series The Young Riders!
She’s best known for her TV work (Homicide: Life On The Street)
JOSH Brolin ’scuse me.
need some shuteye.
night
oh her skin looks nasty
She looks like that old chick from There’s Something About Mary.
lol
LOL it probably is
SHE WINS SWEET
good for kate
@ Tony
Kidman was amazingly beautiful in batman, Since then she has fallen out of my likeness.
Winslet deserved this hands down, brilliant actress.
Yep. Most predictable Oscar show in history. Not that Cate didn’t deserve it, but honestly!
SHE SHOULD HAVE WON 4 TITANIC
yea and she should have shaved that bush.
kate looks buff lol
Angelina was better in Changeling only because I haven’t seen The Reader like Hugh Jackman. I loved the whistling bit priceless Oscar moment.
Brad Pitt or Mickey Rourke who will win
No it will be Penn
Agreed Yamo, and yeah that was great on Kate’s part.
Jesus, an all-star line-up of actors presenting! This is terrific!
GO PENN AND ROURKE NO BRAD
Grrrrrr I’m so pissed still that Adrien Brody beat Daniel Day Lewis for Gang of New York
OR FRANK
Brolin should have been nominated I think he was perfect as bush
Lewis was not the Lead in Gangs though
Yeah he was
Rourke.
GO PENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Its going to be Pen I don’t know how you think it could not be
GO RICHARD JENKINS HE IS FUCKIN AWESOME
no one ever talk about Richard Jenkins
WHICH IZ FUCKED UP
Either Penn or Rourke. Take a look at Hopkins! Absolute legend.
He does not need one but hey might just deserve it I would like to See Rourke take it home
Woah….
Fucking A! Damn right Penn got it!
PEN YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA
YES! I’m so glad he won. This means so much to me because Milk deals with an issue that’s still going on today in this country.
I second that motion. ;)
The Academy need to put more new faces as winners the pass two years the same actors won two Awards. dont get mw wrond Penn is great but give us someone new
it goes to best actor of the year not best new actor who never won before.
i know that but look at all the actors that was nomination all did a great job but some actors just need to step down. or am i just dumb which i am lol
Alright! Best picture everybody! Let’s have our fingers crossed. Justin, get your bag ready!
Lol I don’t have any puke left. I really hope Milk wins. Or a nice twist would be The Reader.
Great Montage.
Spielburg is one of the best but I put Camron over him
GO MILK GO MILK
I second that motion once again!!
YESSSSSS… straight up Slumdog! Sorry Justin!
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK SLUMBITCH
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!
lol. Maybe now you should see it, eh Justin?
Never……or until I’m laid up sick someday and have nothing better to do.
Biggest bunch of Bullshit since Ordinary People beat Raging Bull!
its a foreign film so yes this is BS
THIS IS THE MTV AWARDS BULLSHIT
lets see what John has to say about this
Wow what inconsiderate assholes not thanking or even mentioning Ghandi!
did you guys think it was not going to be Slumdog
By going with Slumdog the Academy let homophobia and the terroists win!
Alright, Oscars are over! Who has a cigar? John, we await the podcast, and your thoughts!
FUCKIN GHANDI BEAT ET IN THE 80S NOW THIS SHIT
SLUMDOG WON!!!!
280! People on the east coast, let’s get some sleep!
By going with slutbitch millionare the Academy let homophobia and the terrorists win!
Well aside from all that Bollywood bullshit I had a great time with you guys SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR! Early prediction: Best On Set Meltdown: Christan Bale for Terminator Salvation!
Damn you Slumdog!!!!
Well I don’t have the luxury of watching the show next to my computer.
Overall, very happy with this show this year. They made a lot of improvements, it was much tighter and Jackman was a great host (I just could have done without the musical number in the middle which nearly destroyed the whole show).
On the downside, it was the most predictable oscars in ages and what they did to the ‘in memorium’ montage (usually my favourite part of the show) was an absolute travesty.
What better way to pay tribute to this year’s losses to the world of film than have, what appeared to be, an over-excited Wall-E operate the camera and constantly glide past the screen of the deceased so we can’t even make out half the people being honoured. That really made me mad.
agree’d on the montage. Same as Justin said before, very poorly done.
I think Jackman was fantastic. The set looked gorgeous, and for once, people genuinely looked like they were having a fun time. Job well done, as I predicted.
And Jai Ho is trapped in my brain.
Jai ho, Jai HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
What really baffled me was that montage of animated films. The whole thing was like a tribute to “Clone Wars” and “Space Chimps.” I can’t wrap my head around that.
WOW, Mickey didnt win..
Mickey should have won. Penn was incredible, but this role was made for Roarke.
Why waste time with a long and unnecessary top hat and tails routine which creates the train wreck of the Wall E song being raped by 2 slumdog songs?
Was there really no time to perform a song or nominate more than 2 movies in that category?
The whole panel of previous actors giving mini reviews of each nominee was beyond awkward.
The montage of deceased actors and filmakers was terrible.
295 comments? Whew! It’ll probably hit 400 in the next hour.