Anne Hathaway and the Oscars...

I haven't seen The Kings Speech, but it would be hard to beat The Fighter which I thought was outstanding!!

I thought the hosting was poor. Would have loved Gervais. Franco seemed stunned or something. Kirk Douglas was hard to listen to.

King's Speech was a great movie. You might disagree, Cap't Cancun, but it was hardly a "joke". The Fighter and True Grit were certainly entertaining as well.
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.


Kirk Douglas was, as noted by Adam10, painful. Old tottering guy. I wish we could remember him as he was, like in Spartacus. (He's 94 yrs old or so)

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Originally posted by irwin:
Kirk Douglas was, as noted by Adam10, painful. Old tottering guy. I wish we could remember him as he was, like in Spartacus. (He's 94 yrs old or so)

I thought he had already passed away.

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Originally posted by irwin:
King's Speech was a great movie. You might disagree, Cap't Cancun, but it was hardly a "joke". The Fighter and True Grit were certainly entertaining as well.
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.


Kirk Douglas was, as noted by Adam10, painful. Old tottering guy. I wish we could remember him as he was, like in Spartacus. (He's 94 yrs old or so)

Agreed. "The King's Speech" was a great film, one of my favorites in recent memory. There can be only one "winner," which is too bad, as they were were meritorious.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by irwin:
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.
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By who? Her, some script writer?

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Originally posted by Mr Cabernet:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by irwin:
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.
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By who? Her, some script writer?

So! wanted a wardrobe malfunction. Almost!

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Originally posted by irwin:
King's Speech was a great movie. You might disagree, Cap't Cancun, but it was hardly a "joke". The Fighter and True Grit were certainly entertaining as well.
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.


Kirk Douglas was, as noted by Adam10, painful. Old tottering guy. I wish we could remember him as he was, like in Spartacus. (He's 94 yrs old or so)

As an honored opinion, may this come even close...
I stand by my (lust) for Ms. Hathaway.

The Best Picture, "Inception" ? It was an Academy thing; I defer. Guess not.

Last: Watching Kirk Douglas have eye difficulty/ trouble with the afore-mentioned Ms. Hathaway in visible distance? PRICELESS!!

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
I stand by my (lust) for Ms. Hathaway.

Is it the over-sized toothy grin?
I just never got what so many people see in her

Nice looking, yes. But extraordinary?

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
I stand by my (lust) for Ms. Hathaway.

Is it the over-sized toothy grin?
I just never got what so many people see in her

Nice looking, yes. But extraordinary?

For sure, you are spot on. My baby brother, 13 years my junior listened to my comments from the broadcast's start to finish and only 1/3 of the way through he was onto my thread, espousing feeling that was not just buttering up to "big bro". His words were his.
Anne is a cutie and the rest is up to any given beholder, 100%.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
I stand by my (lust) for Ms. Hathaway.

Is it the over-sized toothy grin?
I just never got what so many people see in her

Nice looking, yes. But extraordinary?

To me she is one of the prettiest actresses around. Sexiest? Maybe not. Mila Kunis is the one that made me drool, but Anne is stunning, imo.

I thought the hosting was lame. The standing ovation that Billy Crystal got pretty much says it all. Personally, I'd love to see what Martin Short would do with the gig.

I thought it was tacky that the entire 'Best Picture' medly was done to music and words from The King's Speech. The most incredible movement of easily the single best piece of music ever written (imo, but it is) is one thing, but they really didn't need to overlay it with the speech.

I predicted all the major wins except director, where I had David Fincher.

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
What a great show that was... at least to me. "The King's Speech" was a joke for Best Picture though. What do you think?

I think you are MWG's long lost Canadian cousin.

Looks exceptional to me.

Count me in as a Hathaway fan. A 10 in my book, and I thought she was a great guest host on SNL a while back.

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:

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Originally posted by irwin:
King's Speech was a great movie. You might disagree, Cap't Cancun, but it was hardly a "joke". The Fighter and True Grit were certainly entertaining as well.
Melissa Leo's "F-bomb" was so clearly planned.


Kirk Douglas was, as noted by Adam10, painful. Old tottering guy. I wish we could remember him as he was, like in Spartacus. (He's 94 yrs old or so)

As an honored opinion, may this come even close...
I stand by my (lust) for Ms. Hathaway.

The Best Picture, "Inception" ? It was an Academy thing; I defer. Guess not.

Last: Watching Kirk Douglas have eye difficulty/ trouble with the afore-mentioned Ms. Hathaway in visible distance? PRICELESS!!

Douglas was too awkward. Hathway is fit but the two didn't do a great job hosting at all. Everything thinks Franco was stoned now. Likely, to be fair.

Inception was a good flick, but dragged kind of long for me, and I still don't see how you can enter someone else's dreams. That was weird.

King's Speech far better. I'm glad it won, I would have reluctantly given it to Social Network. The film was chillingly haunting and brilliant.

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Originally posted by indybob:
Count me in as a Hathaway fan. A 10 in my book, and I thought she was a great guest host on SNL a while back.

Yep, she's stunning. Watch 'Havoc'.

I’m actually warming up to Hathaway a little, although I still think she is closer to average than stunning. I would like to see love and other drugs to get a better view of things….

Thank you for that. She was cute in Princess Diaries now she's a sensual 10 in my eyes.

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Originally posted by spo:
Looks exceptional to me.

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Originally posted by WineDaddy:
Thank you for that. She was cute in Princess Diaries now she's a sensual 10 in my eyes.

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Originally posted by spo:
Looks exceptional to me.

+1

A tough call between The King's Speech and The Social Network. I suspect that in a few years, people will be saying that The Social Network deserved it more. The King's Speech was a pretty safe bet for the Academy.

Anne and Franco were not good hosts. Anne tried her best, I'll give her that, but she's no Billy Crystal. Franco appeared not to care (whether that was induced by certain narcotic substances is beyond me).

Watching Douglas was excruciating.

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Originally posted by GlennK:
I’m actually warming up to Hathaway a little, although I still think she is closer to average than stunning. I would like to see love and other drugs to get a better view of things….

Seriously, who is a 10, or even an 8 or a 9 in your book? I'm starting to wonder if you even like women (not that there's anything wrong with that).

I'd love to see Zach Galifianakis or Craig Ferguson host the Oscars next year.

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Originally posted by indybob:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
I’m actually warming up to Hathaway a little, although I still think she is closer to average than stunning. I would like to see love and other drugs to get a better view of things….

Seriously, who is a 10, or even an 8 or a 9 in your book? I'm starting to wonder if you even like women (not that there's anything wrong with that).

IB,I'm with Glenn on this.

I also find Hathaway to be much closer to average than stunning. While I admire what is below the neck on Hathaway, I'm disappointed in what is above the neck, which is a surprise in some ways. Always remember, I bore quickly.

I find intelligence to be VERY sexy, and somewhat of a tipping point between nice and truly stunning. Hathaway attended Vassar Collage, so clearly gifted, but I just do not see the evidence in her eyes, her conversation, and this combined with her total lack of gravitas, disappoints.

Now, take young Natalie Portman for example. It is impossible to overlook her sheer intellect (Harvard grad) or any of her conversations, or any and all discussion about the vicissitudes of life.

Beauty will always fade, and intellect will always stimulate. GIVE ME BOTH!

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Originally posted by Mimik:
I'd love to see Zach Galifianakis or Craig Ferguson host the Oscars next year.

I would enjoy that, as I find both of them funny and DVR Ferguson's show every day, but not sure either of them would go over as well with the mainstream. Plus, Ferguson despises those kind of events.

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Originally posted by indybob:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
I’m actually warming up to Hathaway a little, although I still think she is closer to average than stunning. I would like to see love and other drugs to get a better view of things….

Seriously, who is a 10, or even an 8 or a 9 in your book? I'm starting to wonder if you even like women (not that there's anything wrong with that).

You wonder if I don’t like women, but you are the one that thinks Serena Williams is hot? hmmm

Hathaway is a pretty girl and a decent actress, but I don’t think I would pick her out of a crowd.

When I think of the word stunning, the likes of Claudia Bassols, Lily Aldridge, Cheryl Cole, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Marion Cotillard come to mind.

Good looking girls, for the most part, but you certainly do have a type, don't you? At least I know where I'll get my inspiration for this year's Jack-o-lantern carving: Claudia Bassols.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Beauty will always fade, and intellect will always stimulate. GIVE ME BOTH!

I don't think Beauty always fades. To quote David Wooderson (played by McConaughey) from Dazed and Confused: "That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older and they stay the same age."

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Originally posted by GlennK:
When I think of the word stunning, the likes of Claudia Bassols, Lily Aldridge, Cheryl Cole, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Marion Cotillard come to mind.

Swap the last one for Adriana Lima and that might be the best list on this forum!

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Originally posted by Adam10:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
When I think of the word stunning, the likes of Claudia Bassols, Lily Aldridge, Cheryl Cole, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Marion Cotillard come to mind.

Swap the last one for Adriana Lima and that might be the best list on this forum!

Adam,a wonderful addiction!

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Originally posted by Adam10:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
When I think of the word stunning, the likes of Claudia Bassols, Lily Aldridge, Cheryl Cole, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Marion Cotillard come to mind.

Swap the last one for Adriana Lima and that might be the best list on this forum!

Agree Lima is crazy hot.

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
What a great show that was... at least to me. "The King's Speech" was a joke for Best Picture though. What do you think?

Agree. C'mon, who really wants to watch a movie about some dork who cant talk right.

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Originally posted by jburman82:

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Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
What a great show that was... at least to me. "The King's Speech" was a joke for Best Picture though. What do you think?

Agree. C'mon, who really wants to watch a movie about some dork who cant talk right.