Sunday, February 27, 2005

"And the Oscar goes to...'You Got Served'"

Tonight the stars come out to shine...and make overlong acceptance speeches, lame jokes, and simplistic political statements. So join the fun and discuss (or just talk some trash about) the Oscars here - before, during, and after the big show.

And for those keeping tabs on my Oscar pool, you can find a direct link to it here.

109 comments:

spydrz said...

I can't wait to claim my free Wendy's lunch at the downtown Cbus location.

Micah said...

If you were to win, you'd be the first to claim that prize. The other winners never made the trek to Cowtown. Their loss. Loves me the #2 combo.

spydrz said...

What's number two? Heh heh. Actually, I don't know. The plethora of non-food-court Chick-fil-a's have reduced my Wendy's intake to about as often as I get to Waffle House.

Micah said...

Double cheeseburger, fries, and a drink. Not terribly exciting, but damn good. Here in Columbus, you can't really escape Wendy's. It's like our version of Starbucks.

spydrz said...

I started the trash-talk @ 5:17 :)

spydrz said...

I think the highest ever for a Micah post was sixty-nine. Feel free to leave some comments over at my blog also (shameless plug).

Kate The Great said...

You know, I am totally flying blind on this whole thing.

I've only seen one of the movies up for best picture, so I am going with a lot of the talk I'm hearing/reading about the nominees.

And I totally think K. Winslet deserves some props this year. She was stellar in Eternal Sunshine...

But I guess I am biased.

spydrz said...

KP-kudos on the B&B-head comment.
I did finally get to see "Sideways" the other day and it was pretty good...better than "Aviator" (sorry CB).

Micah said...

Like I said in one of my earlier posts, I've only seen a few of the films. I totally deferred to EW this year (with a few upsets tossed in).

69, dudes!

spydrz said...

Now. Martin does make some fine wines. I've sampled plenty. However, "Aviator" left much to be desired. Specifically, the thirty years that Mr. Hughes spent in Las Vega$.

spydrz said...

Wine snob!! Wine snob!!

Micah said...

ANNOUNCEMENT: I've made a decision about the Oscar pool prize. There will actually be two prizes awarded.

First Prize: Your choice of a meal at the original Wendy's (the cost is not to exceed the most expensive combo meal) in Columbus, OH, or a DVD (of my choosing)
Second Prize: Whatever the winner didn't pick.

In the event of a tie for first place, the two prizes will be awarded to the winners (who will decide amongst themselves who gets what). There will be no award for second prize. Hey, I gots no job.

spydrz said...

I'm confused.

Micah said...

Edit to add: If there are more than two people tied for first place, I'll think of something.

spydrz - Originally, I was only going to award a prize for first place. This'll make it a bit more fun.

spydrz said...

A DVD of your choosing? You're going to unload "Cabin Boy" on some unsuspecting winner?

Micah said...

We'll see. I'll have to check what's in the cheapy bin at Best Buy.

spydrz said...

Oh, the cheap bin. Three episodes of "The Lucy Show" that were never aired. I'm finding less and less useful DVDs in that bin. Besides, a spicy chicken filet with a sour cream and chive potato are in my future...

Micah said...

I never said it would be a good movie. Sure, I'd love to award a grand work of cinema put out by the Criterion Collection, but as I said earlier, I gots no job. So, whoever wins may just receive one of the finest films the public domain has to offer.

spydrz said...

Two-and-a-half stars.

http://entertainment.circuitcity.com/Movies/Movie.aspx?v_id=V+++131107&prodid=WD2688803DVD

Micah said...

Cabin Boy's definitely in the prize consideration, but I'll have to see what else is offered. C'mon - Letterman shines in that movie.

spydrz said...

Is Star Jones some kind of fashion consultant? Because last time I checked, that's a NO.

Micah said...

Who is everybody wearing?

I'm in a sweatshirt by Spiders of Richmond, t-shirt by Francois Capital University Law School, and pants by Georgio Adidas. Tonight's event will be catered by Rotollo's of Worthington (great pizza).

The drink of the nigt will be espresso martinis - so you can be drunk and wired.

KPMD - I'll NEVER part with my movies. Unless I can make a tidy profit.

I'm watching Bawbwa Wawa interview Will Ferrel. VH1 has some great counterprogramming, though: Showgirls.

spydrz said...

I'm wearing my jeans by Nordstrom, my shirt by Mr. Lauren, and my socks by Gold Toe.

spydrz said...

You're from NJ and you order Domino's? I weep for humanity :(

I am partaking of a Lager by Legend and some popcorn chicken bites by Ukrop's.

spydrz said...

Are you serving these espressotinis in the glass shaped like the chiquita banana girl?

Micah said...

Just picked up my pizza. Mmmmmm!

As for the espresso martini, it's just vodka, espresso martini mix, and some mocha rimmer (there's got to be a better word for that). I bought the mix at Sur La Table - the brand is E Nantucket Offshore. Alas, I will be using my individual size shaker, not the penguin.

spydrz said...

Rimmer is indeed an unfortunate term.

spydrz said...

Now I have a dilemma. Do I start another episode of the Dukes, and possibly get sucked in, or do I find something else to do for the half hour until these awards get passed out?

Micah said...

Man, that really is Sophie's choice.

spydrz said...

Who is Sophie?

Micah said...

Time to get catty: Hillary Swank is not an attractive person.

spydrz said...

Nope, she's not.

Micah said...

Amen. Now, I'd do Leo if he were a chick. He's got a purty face.

I ABSOULTELY HATE the hairstyle that Laura Linney has. Do people think that's attractive?

Micah said...

Leo subscribe's to the Prince School of Facial Hair.

As for Rene, I agree. I'm worried - she may be terminally ill.

spydrz said...

The show started already?

Micah said...

Yeah, VA is quite a classy broad.

Aw, man...loves me some Scarlett. She's gorgeous.

The story of Baby holds no appeal to me, but I've heard other people say they went into it with that mindset and ended up loving it. I'm sure I'll check it out at some point.

Micah said...

Uh, Mindy, that could be interpretted sooooo wrongly. Bitch *snap*.

Micah said...

Hey, if you can't stand the heat, babe...

Why don't you go deny some people the right to get married. :)

spydrz said...

There is *nothing* wrong with GWTW!

spydrz said...

Decadence?

Micah said...

I hope Rock does his "Niggas vs. Black People" routine.

And the Oscar pool is officially closed. Why do I have this feeling that I should've picked A Shark's Tale?

Micah said...

CB and his "longtime companion."

KPMD - It was your husband that was all friendly with the Gay Cowboy.

spydrz said...

CB seems to be embracing another...man!?!?!?!?

spydrz said...

We have officially made the longest post *ever*

Micah said...

Catwoman or not, she is hot.

Woo-hoo, I'm on the board!

Micah said...

I dunno, CB. On the one hand there was Olympic Gardens. On the other, Rick's Cabaret.

I'm 1/2 now.

spydrz said...

When do they update the Yahoo site?

Micah said...

Mindy - This was a bad year for movies. Don't feel bad.

I had THC for the upset. Oh, well. He RAWKED on "Wings."

I believe Yahoo takes their sweet ol' time.

spydrz said...

Oh well, I probably won't stay up for all that.

Micah said...

Shamrock's all the way over in England, silly.

2/3. Not bad so far.

spydrz said...

Let's go for 100 posts. WE CAN DO IT!!

Micah said...

3/4 - I'm gonna win my own prize!

I'm not too hot on this whole "presenting and accepting from the aisle" thing.

Ugh, not a fan of Drew. Tom Green could've done sooooo much better.

Micah said...

Beyonce! I would love to have sexual intercourse with her. Hetero enough for you, Mindy?

Micah said...

That's my Mindy. Always accepting of different cultures.

There are five songs nominated for "Best Song" (duh) and are performed throughout the night.

spydrz said...

Two hundred posts might be hard to achieve.

Micah said...

spydrz - we're barely a half hour into it and we've reached 100. It can be done.

So the chick who totally butchered "Like a Prayer" in college is getting all critical of Beyonce now? Sheesh.

Micah said...

I'll do my best.

I never thought it would happen: Albert Brooks made me laugh.

Micah said...

Dude, I totally called the Luma Camera Crane. 4/5!

spydrz said...

AAAAAAAA!!! Now the comments don't fit on my screen!

Micah said...

Now I'm really 4/5.

Mindy, I'm going to delete your comment for the good of the blog. Sorry.

spydrz said...

SJP is not pretty.

spydrz said...

I can't speak to cocktails, but after several local microbrews, that's a big 10-4.

spydrz said...

You get a blizzard? Awww, all we're getting is heavy rain.

Micah said...

Was there an award given out just now (after Blanchett's, before the documentary)? I was mixing a martini.

Micah said...

5/8...I can feel it slipping away.

I would totally copulate with Kirsten Dunst.

spydrz said...

What has Clive Owen done other than all those BMW mini films?

Micah said...

I haven't seen Closer, but every clip that I've seen of it has somebody crying in it. Sounds promising.

So, is Clive Owen going to be the next Bond?

Micah said...

spydrz - He was one of the Treadstone guys tring to kill Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity. I believe he was "The Professor" - the one that tracks him down to the cottage in (Mindy, avert your eyes) France.

spydrz said...

Oh, that's right. He was in the Bourne movie. Too bad he didn't make it into the sequel.

spydrz said...

So...this Closer movie...it's about the guy who pitches in the last 1/2 inning?

Micah said...

CB - That also makes him an honorary "Friend." Didn't he also "do" Wynona Rider? Man, if his penis could talk...

Micah said...

Adam Sandler and Catherine Zeta Yum...what a beautiful, retarded baby they'd make.

6/9. Using reduction, that's 2/3.

spydrz said...

She should probably be renamed Catherine Zeta MILF.

Micah said...

Maybe it's just my case of Yellow Fever, but Ziyi Zhang gets my vote for Hotness of the Night (next to Pacino, of course).

Micah said...

Ha! KPMD and spydrz - They just played a clip from "that movie...about the cop."

spydrz said...

What cop movie?
Beverly Hills Cop?
Heat?

Micah said...

Serpico. That was so funny about Shamrock's comment: all movies are about cops.

KPMD - I was taken aback, too. But, he's shown his range before in...wait...it'll come to me.

spydrz said...

I'm guessing that KP is referring to the greatest actor of all time.

Christopher Walken.

Micah said...

I'm at 7-11 now. Time for a Slurpee!

spydrz said...

I have no idea what my score is. There's an American Hot Rod marathon on Discovery. Goes well with the beer and block of cheese I'm eating.

Micah said...

Okay, now I'm 8-13.

The show gets MAD PROPS for playing the theme to T2.

Still can't stand Laura Linney's hair.

Micah said...

So far, they get my vote for Hottest Couple. I really love Salma.

Micah said...

I take that back. Salma's a Commie!

spydrz said...

This ceremony is so ridiculously long...it's like a Clinton speech.

Micah said...

Okay, JC Penny is utilizing Dido's song about drug addiction to hawk their home collection. Nice.

Yeah, I could definitely go for some more hot all-Beyonce action.

Micah said...

She relieved her frustrations by making out at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

spydrz said...

I'd make out with her at the Western Wall.

Micah said...

DVD Talk?

Micah said...

HA HA HA! You actually made me laugh out loud (LOL) just now, KPMD.

I wasn't literally rolling on the floor laughing (ROTFL), though.

Micah said...

You are the one with your priorities out of whack, my friend. I'd gladly root for the star of The Island of Dr. Moreau over the dude who won the Cold War, anyday.

Paul Winfield died? That slipped under my radar.

Oh, and Yahoo is updating the results (very slowly), if you want to check on 'em. Nothing overall, but you can see individual scores.

Micah said...

KPMD - Well, I agree there. I've never seen any of Russ Meyer's movies, but I've seen pictures. NICE! Of course, I'm a very, very lonely man.

Micah said...

Mmmmm...Beyonce. Damn, she's got some birthin' hips. It's hard to type with only one hand.



I'm drinking my martini with the other, you pervs.

spydrz said...

I'm out yo.

Micah said...

Translation: "I love enforcing socialism and its resulting poverty on my people, not to mention the opression and death and stuff."

Nighty-night, spydrz.

KPMD - So does my mom.

Micah said...

"She's the first woman to be nominated for playing a boxer." Wow - she's breaking down more barriers than Halle!

Get off the stage and put the camera on the HOTTIE next to Sean Penn.

Micah said...

Psssst...He was the Pets.com dog, not Triumph.

Who was the blonde in the Johnny Bluejeans commercial? I've seen her on "I Love the _____'s", but what else does she do?

Micah said...

Dude, you got digital cable. Press the button.

Micah said...

THE SHOCK OF THE NIGHT!!!

Micah said...

Just a correction: it was a "novy blue tux-ado."

As for the points race, there's still the bonus question to contend with.

Micah said...

Naw, the bonus question ain't just for ties. It's too late and alcohol-soaked to be doing math right now, so I'm not sure how it'll pan out.

"This is Scorese's fifth snub for 'Best Director'" is what they should've announced (it is 5, CM?)

Micah said...

So apparently Leo is Scorsese's new Deniro?

Micah said...

Goodnight. I'm not too long for this world, either.

Micah said...

I think the broadcast went 12 or so minutes over, depending on when they call it "over" (Chris Rock saying goodnight, end of the credits).

Micah said...

1550. Well played, Joe!

Micah said...

Goodnight, Mindy.

The leaderboard has been updated at our pool page. Can someone explain how Doug took first place with his measley 500 points?

Micah said...

As owner and administrator of the pool, I'm going by number of points, not rank. Unless the Supreme Court gets involved.

RuKsaK said...

And, the Blog Oscar for longest comment thread, goes to, goes to Micah World.

Wow - am just happy to be no.230

spydrz said...

I win!! I get the spicy chicken filet combo!!

Micah said...

RuKsaK - And now you're part of blog history. :)

spydrz - As mentioned earlier, just because you were "ranked" #1, you in fact had the least amount of points. This ain't golf. Sorry.