Alex Carlson
The biggest movie holiday of the year is finally upon us and once again Film Misery will be reporting on the action live from the comfort of our living rooms. Follow along below and on Twitter and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Here we go!
85th Academy Awards
Live Blog 2013
10:57pm: Another year, another fun ceremony, another botched predictions ballot. Stay tuned for a more detailed recap.
10:55pm: And Best Picture goes to…ARGO!
10:53pm: After Bill Clinton presented at the Golden Globes, politics and cinema continue to collide with Michelle Obama presenting before the Best Picture nominees.
10:44pm: Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress. Well, so much for changing my mind.
10:36pm: Ang Lee wins Best Director, the category that was perhaps the most intriguing and mysterious of the night. I saw four different directors in the number one spot on different sites.
10:24pm: Argo wins Best Adapted Screenplay. I doubt there will be any challengers for Best Picture at this point.
10:15pm: A very long Best Original Score/Song presentation. This is the part of the night when Oscar fatigue starts to set in.
10:01pm: In Memoriam segment this year was one of the better produces that I’ve seen in recent years. Although, following it up with Barbara Streisand singing “The Way We Were” in tribute of Marvin Hamlisch seemed excessive. Why not have her sing over the montage?
9:45pm: Anybody else notice how tonight’s Oscars are particularly Aryan? Lots of long blonde hair from the males and females. Two movies about slavery from which only white actors are nominated.
9:37pm: Nobody can dislike Adele. Her performance of “Skyfall” was pretty excellent.
9:33pm: Sandra Bullock presenting an award and trying to be funny. If she wanted to tell a joke, all she had to say was “I won an Oscar for The Blind Side.”
9:26pm: Anne Hathaway wins the award for Best Supporting Actress and gives the most rehearsed sounding acceptance speech of the night. Loved the performance, hated the speech.
9:18pm: When introducing Christopher Plummer, McFarlane makes a Von Trapp joke that TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!
9:11pm: Ted makes an appearance and is not particularly funny, but I can’t help but be impressed by the CGI work. How did Mark Wahlberg hand him the envelope? Amazing!
9:04pm: Okay, the Les Miserables performance was pretty good. Haters of that film can stop now.
8:56pm: Tribute to movie musicals with performances from Chicago, Les Miserables, and Dreamgirls. If they really want to recognize great musicals they should move beyond the past 20 years. Or at least include Moulin Rouge and Once, the best musicals in that time period.
8:48pm: Seth McFarlane is reaching for really broad jokes (Kardashians, boob jokes, etc.). I am going to withhold judgement until the end of the night because no one tends to like a host during the show, but he’s not impressing me now.
8:38pm: I went 2 for 3 in the shorts categories this year. I guess my aim was pretty good at blind darts this year.
8:27pm: Glad they picked “Goldfinger,” my favorite Bond song. Favorite Bond Songs: “Goldfinger” > “Skyfall” > “Thunderball” > “Diamonds are Forever” > “Live and Let Die” > “A View to a Kill.”
8:25pm: Tribute to James Bond. Quick Bond movie ranks: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service > Goldfinger > Casino Royale > GoldenEye > Skyfall > You Only Live Twice > For Your Eyes Only.
8:20pm: Les Miserables wins Best Makeup for accomplishing the difficult task of making pretty actors look dirty.
8:11pm: Cinematography and Visual Effects go to Life of Pi. Playing off the Visual Effects guys with the Jaws theme was very un-Oscar-like. That’s the type of cruelty we expect from the Globes.
8:03pm: For the rest of her life, Reese Witherspoon will have “Walk the Line” played every time she walks on any stage.
8:00pm: Brave wins for Animated Feature. Paperman was better than any of the Animated Features and should have won two prizes.
7:54pm: Waltz gives us the first surprise of the night. Hard to call it a surprise, though, when the category was so up in the air.
7:45pm: We are fifteen minutes in and have had four musical numbers or partial musical numbers already. I appreciate the tribute, but for the failed attempts at humor in between.
7:38pm: “We Saw Your Boobs.” Now THAT’S the type of humor we expected from Seth McFarlane. Incredibly polished and well-produced teenager jokes.
7:35pm: So far there has been a Chris Brown joke and a Mel Gibson joke. Really cutting edge stuff, Seth.
7:32pm: McFarlane’s opening is going all right, but needs to stop explaining his jokes.
7:24pm: I am wearing Old Navy jeans and a sweater tonight. If the temperature is below 50 degrees I am always wearing a sweater.
7:20pm: Baby Oscar is in bed, now the Oscar live-blog can begin!
Follow Film Misery on Twitter: Alex (@filmmisery), Justin (@JustinJagoe), Duncan (@DuncanHoust), Hilary (@HilaryKissinger), G Clark (@Zero___G)
* All times are Central Standard Time (CST).
View the Academy Award Nominations
Predicted WinnersBest Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Animated Feature Best Documentary Feature Best Foreign Film Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Best Hair and Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Production Design Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects Best Animated Short Best Documentary Short Best Live-Action Short |
Actual WinnersBest Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Animated Feature Best Documentary Feature Best Foreign Film Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Best Hair and Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Production Design Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects Best Animated Short Best Documentary Short Best Live-Action Short |
My Score: 15 out of 24.
Feature Films with More than One Win
Life of Pi – 4 wins
Les Miserables - 3 wins
Argo - 3 wins
Skyfall – 2 wins
Django Unchained – 2 wins
Lincoln – 2 wins
Join the conversation! Post a comment below.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 8:53 pm
B.S.
DeNiro got robbed.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 9:35 pm
I dunno, I’m pretty happy with Waltz winning. It’s not really a supporting performance, but he’s amazing.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 9:18 pm
I liked the Jaws theme cutoff.
I mean no one really cares what anyone has to say other than the big stars that win.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 9:28 pm
The academy tired of giving the makeup category to lord of the rings movies? Les mis was far cry away in difficulty.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 10:19 pm
So, who else is surprised that ties are still a thing?
At least Zero dark Thirty isn’t walking away empty handed, and my Skyfall prediction came true.
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 10:48 am
To me, that win was perfectly indicative of this year. So many races were up in the air, so it feels fitting that there should be a tie somewhere. I’m quite glad it was there. The “Skyfall” fans get their day, as well as those who wanted “Zero Dark Thirty” to walk away with something. Everybody wins, even those who didn’t. I can imagine “Life of Pi”, “Django Unchained” or “Argo” were all heavy competition in that category.
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:27 am
I must say I’m very sad and bummed Riva didn’t win. She probably won’t get another chance and Jennifer has so much ahead of her…Riva was also just better in my opinion. I really wish I could’ve seen Riva win, espeically on her birthday, especially with a fellow Frenchman presenting the award. It should’ve been hers. Oh well….and Skyfall got ripped off too in cinematography even though I did predict Life of Pi to win sadly. But otherwise I thought it was a fair night and I enjoyed it. Can’t wait for the 86 Academy awards!
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 3:57 am
missed best director…..
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 11:01 am
MacFarlane was…awful.
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:26 pm
My biggest upset of the night: Best Hair and Makeup not going to Christoph Waltz’s mustache in Django
I also guarantee “Lawrencing” is going to be the next Harlem Shake sensation (just trip whenever someone compliments you!)
It was really wonderful to see the wide range of films honored last night, and I am very pleasantly surprised thinking back to what my predictions were when the nominations came out (Lincoln sweep) and who actually came home with gold, so kudos to the Academy for spreading the love in a very diverse and even year