The Oscars last night were almost drama free, but they messed up at the very end lol. They awarded the wrong movie with the coveted “Best Picture” award and had to tear it away from the recipients even after they all said their acceptance speeches!
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Snubbed For ‘Best Picture’ Oscar Nomination
The Oscar nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announce Thursday (January 14th) and it has been revealed that ‘Straight Outta Compton’ will not be competing for ‘Best Picture.’ In what’s been called a “stunning move” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided against nominating the film, despite being the highest grossing music biographical picture of all time. This comes as a major blow for the film, especially considering the Academy chose to only nominate eight films for ‘Best Picture’ while there is room for ten. ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was only recognized for ‘Best Original Screenplay’. Check out a full list of nominations here.
Ben Affleck Takes Heat For Artistic Liberties Taken In ‘Argo’
Ben Affleck won big with “Argo” taking home top prizes at the Oscars. Best Picture, Best Adapted Screen Play, and Best Film Editing, but some people aren’t too happy with him. Particularly New Zealanders and Iranians who think that references to their countries involvement in the film were false or unfair. Though the movie has done well in New Zealand, grossing over 1 Million dollars to date, some New Zealanders have taken offense to one quote in reference to their help or lack thereof to save the group of americans in Iran. In the scene a CIA agent is asking his superior what happend to a group of Americans when the US embassy was attacked in Iran, to which his superior replied, “The six of them went out a back exit, Brits turned them away. Kiwis turned them away. Canadians took them in.” Though it has been documented that New Zealanders did indeed help in the situation the movie was written with a dramatic effect. Even the thrilling tarmac chase scene at the end is a jazzed up version of the actual events, and the Iranians are upset at their depiction in the film. It is however important that we remember, though this is based on a true story, it is still cinema and should be judged only as such. It is not a literal account of events, but a Multi Million dollar grossing movie, and it wasn’t the only one of 2012’s biggest movies that used artistic liberties…
(Video) Surprise!!! FLOTUS Presents Best Picture!!!
Just another thing to add to Michelle Obama’s resume–awards presenter. Michelle Obama, looking like a bag of money, presented the award for Best Picture from satellite from the White House, which went to “Argo.” Check out the video after the jump.
2013 Oscars: “Argo” Wins Best Picture!!!!
7 Nominations m 3 awards, not bad at all. Congrats To “Argo” for winning Best Picture!!
(Movie Trailer) Winter’s Bone – Oscar Nomination For Best Picture
With an absent father and a withdrawn and depressed mother, 17 year-old Ree Dolly keeps her family together in a dirt poor rural area. She’s taken aback however when the local Sheriff tells her that her father put up their house as collateral for his bail and unless he shows up for his trial in a week’s time, they will lose it all. She knows her father is involved in the local drug trade and manufactures crystal meth, but everywhere she goes the message is the same: stay out of it and stop poking your nose in other people’s business. She refuses to listen, even after her father’s brother, Teardrop, tells her he’s probably been killed. She pushes on, putting her own life in danger, for the sake of her family until the truth, or enough of it, is revealed. Check the trailer after the jump…. @klassic_p
