Who ?Else is Not Watching the Shit-Fest None as The Oscars.

[sadaist]

Even though Rourke didn't win, this movie has completely turned his career around. That's great news for him. He's gonna be rollin' in dough and get lots of parts in some big time movies. So he already won something much better than a statue for The Wrestler. Just take a peek at the upcoming projects he is working on.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000620/

As for the show itself, I always enjoy the "In Memorium" piece near the end. Although I find it a bit tasteless how some of the deceased get a much bigger applause than others. But then, why the fuck are they applauding the dead? That always seems a bit morbid. I know, I know...the applause is for their career work, but it just seems like "this actor died.....WOOT!"

[FORD]

As for the show itself, I always enjoy the "In Memorium" piece near the end. Although I find it a bit tasteless how some of the deceased get a much bigger applause than others. But then, why the fuck are they applauding the dead? That always seems a bit morbid. I know, I know...the applause is for their career work, but it just seems like "this actor died.....WOOT!"

I think some get more applause than others because they're recognized. I don't know how that display looked in the theater, but they got the camera angles all wrong this time. I couldn't even see the names of most of those dead people, so if I was going to applaud any of them, it would only be the ones whose faces I recognized. Which probably would have been Paul Newman, Roy Scheider, Charlton Heston, and maybe one or two others.

[binnie]

Sean Penn is a great actor, but Mickey was robbed tonight.....

[Coyote]

I should think the oversized paychecks these actors get for participating in what these days are mostly formulaic, shite movies would be enough in terms of self-gratification.

Nah, the oversized paycheck should be given to the people who slave over a oversized set, the lights, the props, etc...

They do the real work anyway.

[Seshmeister]

...Charlton Heston

Really?

I think he was actually a bit of a dickhead.

[Seshmeister]

What the fuck does he care about gay marriage?

He wants to legitimize his fisting fun with his boyfriend?

I assume the guy at 0:53 is his boyfriend?

[Baby's On Fire]

He gave props to Mickey. That was totally cool.
But he should have turned his award over to Mickey,......Mickey was fuckin ROBBED.

[GAR]

Sthaun Penn wasth fantaahsthtick..

Thisth movie wasth sthenthasional, it'sth really about doggone time thesthe issthuse are dicksthcussthed out in the open, my gawd..

I love the Academy Awardsth Sthshow, I do I really do and the gownsth are gorgeousth thisth time around, teooow..

[FORD]

Really?

I think he was actually a bit of a dickhead.

No, I wasn't saying I was a fan, I was saying he was one of the few stiffs I would have recognized, out of all those random images of dead people flashing on the screen.

Though they should have run the clip where he said they could pry his gun from his cold dead hands (you goddamn filthy apes!!)

[Satan]

Mickey Rourke was better when he was playing opposite DeNiro's portrayal of my Most Unholy self.......

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[Terry]

Mickey Rourke was better when he was playing opposite DeNiro's portrayal of my Most Unholy self.......

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Satan, was the movie accurate in portraying you as someone who likes hard-boiled eggs?

[Angel]

Mickey didn't get paid for the movie....and he worked his fucking nuts off for 7 months actually becoming a wrestler.

He shoulda won period. He sweeped every other awards show, why not the Oscars?

Cuz they had to award it to Sean Penn playing a poofter. That's why.

Welcome to Hollywood.

I haven't seen either movie yet, so I can't say he was robbed.

BOF, have you seen both movies, or are you basing this on the fact that Penn was playing a gay man? I'm anxious to see both movies now, and THEN I'll state my honest opinion.

The director told Rourke that he couldn't pay him, but that he guaranteed him an oscar nomination. That nomination is worth FAR MORE than what he would have been paid had this not been a low-budget film.

I'll just have to see whose performance I find more believable before I can make an opinion.

Sean Penn is one hell of an actor, and from the sounds of it the director pulled one hell of a performance out of Rourke... sounds like possibly one that could have gone either way.

[Satan]

Satan, was the movie accurate in portraying you as someone who likes hard-boiled eggs?

Never could stand them actually. Either give me a decent Spanish omelette or forget the eggs altogether.

It was all about the symbolism though. The egg as a symbol of the soul, and the Devil "eating" a soul.

[twonabomber]

The director told Rourke that he couldn't pay him, but that he guaranteed him an oscar nomination. That nomination is worth FAR MORE than what he would have been paid had this not been a low-budget film.

the positive reviews aren't hurting either.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Mickey Rourke was better when he was playing opposite DeNiro's portrayal of my Most Unholy self.......

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Yes and more convincing due to the fact that he had a face then.