The Screening Room

Catija

3:00 AM

Dev Patel.

A J

I'm watching it live but it seems behind.

Oh, Sting.

@Catija he just came

That's your lag.

Ohh so clicking on live button means skipping the stuff I paused (if any)

Catija

3:02 AM

Ooooh, burn.

Napoleon Wilson

Hah!

@steelersquirrel As if I knew they'd play it. It is a catchy tune.

Ankit Sharma

fucking ads

A J

Song seems nice

Napoleon Wilson

In general I find the practice of playing famous film songs by the orchestra really nice. Have they always done that? I only really remember it from last year.

@AnkitSharma Well, welcome to the Oscars.

Catija

Oooh, NYT ad. Nice.

Ankit Sharma

3:05 AM

@NapoleonWilson for me they are paying ads of streaming provider

Napoleon Wilson

Here they're basically just playing movie trailers...over and over and over...the same and the same and the same.

Ankit Sharma

"now stream this shit on hotstar","now stream that shit on hotstar",

Napoleon Wilson

They don't bother with actual ads, since they know noone effin' watches it anyway in the middle of sunday night. But they're also sane enough to not feature the usual sex ads from around that time of the night.

Ankit Sharma

I think star network showing it here only

Catija

And we're back.

Ankit Sharma

3:07 AM

yeah

MattD

Hoping Kubo wins Best Animated.

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, that was really nice indeed.

Ankit Sharma

I hope stupid moana don't win

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD But I thought you liked Moana so much.

MattD

Moana was great, but Kubo was just really good.

Ankit Sharma

3:08 AM

Kubo is far better then that shit

Napoleon Wilson

Zootopia was nice too.

Ankit Sharma

Not oscar worthy

MattD

@AnkitSharma You cray cray.

Ankit Sharma

I pick Kubo

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Well, which animated film really is? ;-P

Ankit Sharma

3:09 AM

@NapoleonWilson lol, I did expected that from you

MattD

@NapoleonWilson I will beat you to a pulp.

Ankit Sharma

What was this category for viper

MattD

Piper, and animated short.

Napoleon Wilson

Animated Short. So...you probably saw none of them. ;-)

Ankit Sharma

ooopppssss

@NapoleonWilson yse seen none

If Moana won I will bring back my chainsaw

Napoleon Wilson

3:11 AM

It is likely, though.

Ankit Sharma

Anyway after how many hours event will close

Catija

WTF???

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, well that was unexpected.

MattD

WOOOOOOOOOOW.

Ankit Sharma

what happen?

MattD

3:12 AM

Zootopia got Best Animated.

Catija

That's absurd!

Napoleon Wilson

If they wanna go Disney, I would have thought Moana is much more of an "Oscar thing".

Ankit Sharma

@MattD WTF

Oscar I hate you

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Okay, can we tone that down a little?

Ankit Sharma

Okay tone down a bit

Catija

3:13 AM

What is that? Vintage wedding dress from the 20s?

user132126

I don't understand how Zootopia won over Moana

Ankit Sharma

2 mins ago, by Ankit Sharma

Anyway after how many hours event will close

MattD

When you consider how the year played out in the US, Zootopia taking the win actually seems logical.

user132126

Probably just because it's not a musical? But then why the fuss over La La Land?

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma 3-4, I guess.

Ankit Sharma

3:14 AM

clumsy dress

@NapoleonWilson wow, so I will miss best film

@MattD Meh.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

OH meh.

@AnkitSharma From its beginning, not from now.

MattD

Horrible decision given the other films.

Ankit Sharma

3:15 AM

@NapoleonWilson ohh so in 1 hour

user132126

Sure, Zootopia played with addressing prejudice and showed us that the government was at fault for a lot of racial tension

Ankit Sharma

That is manageable

Napoleon Wilson

Well, it is a visually baiting film, no? The Acedemy loves nostalgia and period pieces.

Catija

Hail! Caesar had some amazing work...

Ankit Sharma

I hope La la land don't win best film and Arrival get it

Napoleon Wilson

3:16 AM

@AnkitSharma I doubt that.

user132126

But it wasn't as good or engaging or as fun of a movie. It didn't have my household clamoring to see it or playing it over and over

Ankit Sharma

Else this will be my 1st and last oscar

A J

@AnkitSharma It didn't win. Now @DrRDizzle would boycott Oscars.

Catija

This is dumb...

Ankit Sharma

@AJ I think he loved kubo too which also lost but he is disney boy so he might be happy

Napoleon Wilson

3:17 AM

@AJ Well, all the inevitable La La Land wins will make up for that. ;-)

user132126

@ankit.sharma What would you pick for Animated?

Ankit Sharma

@CreationEdge Kubo

user132126

Ah.

user132126

I found it hard to sit through

Ankit Sharma

Zootopia is fine nt worth, moana is bleh

user132126

3:18 AM

I didn't even rent Kubo. Bought it after hearing such good things. Regret it.

user132126

Thankfully it was only $15

Ankit Sharma

Not seen the other two animated film

MattD

@CreationEdge Kubo should have won.

Napoleon Wilson

I liked both Zootopia and Kubo, but would never have expected this win. I actually watched both in an airplane about 10 days ago.

Ankit Sharma

@MattD Kubo must have won

A J

3:19 AM

La La Land won an award for what?

Ankit Sharma

#KuboForLife

user132126

Zootopia went to Netflix right away on new Disney deal so we watched that a lot I guess, but not me just the kids. I'll buy Moana so I don't use up data and get full res

MattD

@AJ Production Design.

Ankit Sharma

@AJ Production Design

Ooopps I am late

Napoleon Wilson

So...are those people real?

Ankit Sharma

3:20 AM

Anyway for me Zootopia was more enjoyable and depthfull then Moana

MattD

@NapoleonWilson That's the setup.

Catija

Seems so....

MattD

I'm loving every bit of this.

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson robots :P

Anyway little Afleck look much like Ben

And they both have similar sad face

I can't pronounce her name right

Catija

Ben won't fall asleep...

Ankit Sharma

3:22 AM

Jewellery ullery whatever

@Catija Don't force our future mod to sleep, he want to see it all

#BenForMod2030

Catija

He'll have to wait until one of you all step down.

Ankit Sharma

In 13 years I might get killed and before that he can't particiapte

bleh ads

That remind I still need to check westworld

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, me too. And the new seasons of The Walking Dead and Agent Carter.

But I finally started Preacher at least.

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson Great, do you like it

MattD

YAAAAAAY YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN JOKE!

Napoleon Wilson

3:28 AM

@AnkitSharma Yeah, so far. I've seen 2 episodes, I think.

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson ending will blow ur mind, avoid spoilers

Wow soemoen said Suicide squad

@DrRDizzle will be pissed

Catija

@AnkitSharma Too late....

2

Ankit Sharma

lol

@steelersquirrel look ^^

Catija

Meh.

MattD

I am satisfied with Jungle Book winning it.

Ankit Sharma

3:31 AM

He will be a good mod

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, I haven't even seen that yet. But I heard the CGI was really convincing.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

Ankit Sharma

I want to watch WB jungle book first

So ignoring it for few years

Napoleon Wilson

(Although, that doesn't mean much to me, since I almost always find CGI convincing.)

@MattD No, I'm not. I heard it praised.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Gotcha. I saw it opening weekend and really enjoyed it. Totally deserved the win.

Glad it went to something other than Star Wars.

Ankit Sharma

3:33 AM

I am cooking, chatting and watching oscar, wow

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Awww, why?

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Because Star Wars seems like the "safe" or "shoe-in" winner.

Catija

Awwww. <3

Ankit Sharma

@AJ You watching it or left for office?

MattD

And because I felt Rogue One was just meh.

Napoleon Wilson

3:34 AM

I see.

@Catija Michael J. Fox?

Catija

Love MJF.

5%.

A J

@AnkitSharma I'm on my way to work and watching it live.

MattD

They're singing Hamilton for anyone wondering.

Ankit Sharma

k

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Yeah, he proclaimed it beforehand. ;-)

MattD

3:36 AM

@NapoleonWilson Ah, well.

Catija

That's #2.

For a film I've never even heard of...

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, you didn't?

Movie Reel

0

Q: What's that between Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimbel

All the way through the Oscars, Jimmy is making jokes about Matt Damon. What happened between them, is it a joke or do they really don't like each other?

academy-awards

Catija

Nope.

MattD

I think Hacksaw is the only film with multiple awards so far.

Napoleon Wilson

3:38 AM

It's the new Mel Gibson thing, about a guy who goes to war without a gun and ends up saving all his comrades.

Catija

@MovieReel Can you at least learn how to spell the subject of your question's name???

MattD

@Catija You hadn't heard of Hacksaw Ridge?

Catija

@MattD No.

Baby...

MattD

@Catija Ah, fair enough.

Ankit Sharma

Never spam mod's question, easy way to get early delete

Catija

3:38 AM

Awww, cute kid!

Napoleon Wilson

@MovieReel I...was afraid we'd encourage stuff like that with the challenge. Maybe Bill Paxton would have been the better idea.

MattD

That, is adorable.

A J

Hacksaw won for editing.

Ankit Sharma

Ufff time to shift all setup t kitchen

Catija

Bright? WTH is that?

Napoleon Wilson

3:48 AM

People are suspiciously silent about all their favourite documentary and live-action shorts.

MattD

Oh Jimmy.

Ankit Sharma

lol

I know nothing about this nominees

I even put my early morning pokemon go hunt on hold and cooking now

Napoleon Wilson

Skimming a thin line between funny, honouring...and ridiculing the event.

Ankit Sharma

agreed

Napoleon Wilson

That was Shaft, though.

Ankit Sharma

3:55 AM

ad

Napoleon Wilson

Nocturnal Animals seems interesting, though.

Interesting how they combine people with their idols from movies they liked.

MattD

Booooooooooo.

Ankit Sharma

@MattD ?

MattD

La La winning Cinematography.

Ankit Sharma

uffff

bleh

A J

4:02 AM

It seems that mobile internet wouldn't work properly in office, so I might not watch Oscars live now.

Ankit Sharma

#MeanTweets

Napoleon Wilson

That was interesting. Some pretty heavy stuff there, hehe.

Did a film ever have multiple songs nominated?

Catija

Had to try to put Ben to sleep... seems to have failed... going back again.

Napoleon Wilson

Even from the exact same people. So they have pretty much just double the winning chance.

@Catija Oh, sorry. Well, that's the disadvantage of those things. ;-)

They're a huge time sink.

So we had all the songs now. Ready for the winner.

Ankit Sharma

ufff

@Catija ohhh

-1

Q: What's that between Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimbel

All the way through the Oscars, Jimmy is making jokes about Matt Damon. What happened between them, is it a joke or do they really don't like each other?

academy-awards

uhuunnn

ads again

Uff 8 nomination left, I have to skip it in between :(

Catija

4:13 AM

Back

Ankit Sharma

\o/

Napoleon Wilson

Heh! That was a great line!

Moonlight's score certainly sound interesting.

MattD

Not really upset with La La Land getting this one.

Napoleon Wilson

But well, another sure win for that musical thing.

Ankit Sharma

Don't remind me I still need to check Lion

Ufff another La la land

Napoleon Wilson

4:16 AM

> Movies can make you laugh or make you cry. But for me the criteria for a good movie has always been if it leaves you humming.

2

Ankit Sharma

I loved that like

I think, we should make it room quote

done

MattD

Well fuck.

Napoleon Wilson

Expectedly. So...does anyone care which of the two songs actually won? ;-)

Ankit Sharma

lol

time to leave for a short time

Catija

Tissue time....

Napoleon Wilson

4:20 AM

They did have decidedly few special show events so far.

So...let's see if they updated it fast for Bill Paxton.

Oh, she just did it orally. Well, also a nice idea.

Catija

Well, he got a special mention...

Napoleon Wilson

Was there any special show event apart from the songs really?

Well, okay, the whole idol thing where the presenters talk about their favourite movies before presenting is a nice twist.

Catija

Parading a bus full of tourists through?

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, okay.

A J

Om Puri was mentioned.

MattD

4:31 AM

Yeeeeeeeeeeah!

Napoleon Wilson

Oh...was that a setup? Didn't the Damon-Affleck clan produce that? I'm pretty sure he just said that and the Academy had to go with it to prevent the scandal. ;-)

Whohohoa, sporting that dress from American Hustle.

Hmm.

MattD

Screw La La Land.

Napoleon Wilson

Hoomphlblargljub Hubbaglobbich.

Oh, Time of My Life. \o/

See!

MattD

4:51 AM

Heck yes.

Ankit Sharma

@AJ wow really

A J

Yes

Ankit Sharma

anyway time to get ready

Will miss the rest but will read the result from office

A J

Casey Affleck won.

MattD

Denzel looked like he was pissed.

Ankit Sharma

4:53 AM

Didn't seen that coming

MattD

Because you didn't see Mancehster by the Sea. If you had you would have totally seen it coming.

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, I'm not sure. He always looks a little irritated actually. ;-)

Ankit Sharma

He didn't down anything oscar worthy

@MattD I have seen it

I liked it but not this much

MattD

@AnkitSharma And you didn't think it was an Oscar worthy performance, especially the scene they used as part of the nomination reel?

Ankit Sharma

@MattD not watching the oscars but I have seen the film and realy loved it but I am not familiar with competitors work

So maybe this is the best from the year I suppose

MattD

4:55 AM

@AnkitSharma Fair enough.

As soon as we got done watching Mancester my friends and I were all, "He's got Best Actor pretty much on lock."

Napoleon Wilson

So, is Natalie Portman not there?

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Would seem so. Her appearance in the Mean Tweets thing earlier showed her as pregnant, so that could be why.

Catija

:/

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Ah, right.

Speaking Mean Tweets,

MattD

I like Emma Stone, but again this just feels like a hoodwinked award.

Napoleon Wilson

4:59 AM

> Emma Stone looks like a cr--- ---re in every role she's in.

Was the Taken impression just coincidental? ;-)

Previously they also scattered the presentation of the Best Picture nominees more throughout the whole show.

That Moonlight soundtrack sound really nice, though.

skullpetrol

La La Land is cleaning house!?!

Probably.

meh

Expectedly.

Stupid, dumb, waste of an award.

3

Napoleon Wilson

5:09 AM

Oh c'mon, you knew that already. The Academy effin' digs self-nostalgia.

skullpetrol

^

Human nature.

MattD

Doesn't mean I have to like or respect the decision.

Napoleon Wilson

Sure. I don't agree with it either. But I admittedly haven't seen it yet.

Catija

WTF

What just happened?

MattD

Holy shit how did they fuck that up?

Catija

5:11 AM

OMG.

skullpetrol

They did a nice tribute to those that passed away last year :'(

Napoleon Wilson

Same with Leo last year. He should have won for any other role than the one he did. But the Academy loves "authenticity" and it was pretty much just a lifetime achievement award.

WUT?

Catija

Moonlight won...

skullpetrol

:O

Napoleon Wilson

If that is real, it will go down in history.

A J

5:14 AM

What a drama

Catija

Poor Warren Buffett.

Napoleon Wilson

That is not just best make-up, or best supporting role in a Columbus film. It's effin' Best Picture!

Catija

What stage hand gave him the wrong card?

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Hehe!

skullpetrol

Just like the Super Bowl.

MattD

5:15 AM

Sounds like he had the card for Best Actress or something?

Catija

Yeah.

That must feel really crappy. But they did a very genial job of stepping down.

MattD

At the same time I'm wondering if Jimmy managed to pull the biggest prank of awards show history.

I wouldn't put it past him.

Catija

That's a really crappy prank to pull.

MattD

Anyway, it's been fun all. Until next year.

Catija

Toodles.

Napoleon Wilson

5:20 AM

I want to thank all the participants of this year's Oscar Live Chat Event and hope you had fun with the show.

8

Catija

Time to sleep.

Napoleon Wilson

'nneed.

A J

I can focus on work now.

skullpetrol

Thanks for hosting the event @NapoleonWilson :-)

Ankit Sharma

@MattD O.o

@Catija good night

@NapoleonWilson do you make bookmark of this chat events?

Ankit Sharma

5:40 AM

@Riker I am too young for that place, it's @steelersquirrel's failure else I might have been in left side of the family :D :P

user132126

5:58 AM

What was the screw up?

user132126

Twitter and here are the same thing. People talking about it as if everyone saw it, no summaries

sanpaco

@CreationEdge they announced the wrong film for Best Picture. Someone handed Warren Beatty the envelope for Best Actress instead which said "Emma Stone La La Land" and so they announced La La Land for Best Picture.

3

Moonlight was the actual winner

user132126

What's Moonlight

user132126

Also, ha ha

Ankit Sharma

Ufff bookmark can only have 400 msgs but this oen had 591

Now I have to wait till @Catija wakeup and announce poll results

Catija

6:08 AM

What results? I posted the link earlier.

skullpetrol

^

Ankit Sharma

@Catija you already did O.o ooopss

Can't see survey result link

@sanpaco OMG

Catija

docs.google.com/forms/d/…

Ankit Sharma

Ohhh it's on other tab

I hope @NapoleonWilson will include the graphs as his chat event meta post answers

skullpetrol

We like graphs :-)

Meta Reel

6:13 AM

2

Q: Oscar 2017 Topic Challenge II: The Academy Awards and their workings

The 89th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars") have just been held. Like last year this might be a chance to discuss the workings of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the intricacies of choosing the year's best films and film-makers. So due to popular demand we're starting a new week...

discussion scheduled-event challenge

sanpaco

Oscars sucked this year. Dumb films won everything. Good films were overlooked.

skullpetrol

Yup.

Ankit Sharma

Kubo and arrival didn't won, so I don't give a shit

user132126

Arrival wasn't that good I didn't think

user132126

Interesting but no Interstellar

Ankit Sharma

6:19 AM

Interstellar was bit over rated for me

sanpaco

@CreationEdge movie about black gay kids getting bullied... so of course if it doesn't get Best Picture then the academy are homophobic racists that support child abuse and bullying.

2

Ankit Sharma

I can freely say that nap is not here :p

user132126

I finally found a clip of the announcement mess up. That guy that snatched the card from Beaty, Omg so rude

skullpetrol

The big budget films always win.

user132126

That's as gracefully as the Oscars can handle a goof?

sanpaco

6:20 AM

It wasn't a bad movie, but I never would have watched it if it wasn't nominated and it wasn't really all that compelling in the message it was trying to share either.

Ankit Sharma

sanpaco

Viola Davis definitely deserved her Oscar.

user132126

The only best pic nominee I saw was Arrival

sanpaco

Arrival, Hell or High Water, and maybe Lion are probably the only movies I would rewatch that were nominated.

user132126

It was good and interesting. But the flashbacks bothered me a lot until their purpose was revealed, so for most of the movie they were interruptions, not plot

user132126

6:25 AM

And I want more aliens

Ankit Sharma

@CreationEdge Then wait for alien sequel :P

sanpaco

@AnkitSharma which looks amazing btw

Ankit Sharma

I despise Prometheus , so will skip this one

And I am done with that franchise

sanpaco

I enjoyed it

Ankit Sharma

hmmm

sanpaco

6:33 AM

can we still be friends? lol

Ankit Sharma

@sanpaco I still consider @DrRDizzle my friend even when his movie taste buds are placed reversed

sanpaco

hehe :)

skullpetrol

I was expecting to see @steelersquirrel at this oscar viewing event?

Perhaps she's was too busy polishing that sixth Super Bowl that separates her team from the pats ;-)

Ankit Sharma

@skullpetrol She was but then she had some work too I suppose

Movie Reel

0

Q: Who appears in the Oscars' "In Memoriam" tribute?

What are the rules for eligibility for film people to show up in the "In Memoriam" tribute during the Oscars' ceremony? Who then narrows that list? I presume there's some specific criteria, otherwise of the many thousands that have worked on Hollywood production over the decades that pass every ...

academy-awards

skullpetrol

6:42 AM

So many^

Ankit Sharma

Wikipedia have a list but question body is asking for more then that

Anywya they attributed Om Puri too :')

2

skullpetrol

Yeah I saw that.

Ankit Sharma

I will try to get that tribute video later

Movie Reel

0

Q: Importance of the white cloth kept by Kevin's therapist

In the movie split, a white cloth is shown which is kept by Kevin's therapist in between the door when she came to meet Kevin.The cloth is shown again near the climax scenes also.What does that mean? I couldn't find any connection and i am afraid if i had missed something relevent with this regard.

plot-explanation split

Movie Reel

7:13 AM

0

Q: Apocalypto the movie, I need help with these questions!!

1 what is the central conflict in the film (groups involved, nature of the conflict, resolution)? In what ways does the film depict indigenous society in the pre-contact Americas (culture, society and community, political structure, religion, conflict)? What do you think are the most importan...

apocalypto

Movie Reel

7:26 AM

1

Q: Which part of the production crew is responsible for the envelopes containing Oscar winners?

The mistaken announcement for best picture at the 2017 Oscar ceremony has already been declared the worst mistake in Oscar history. There has to be a certain system that is followed ensuring that the correct winners are in the correct envelope for the presenters to read. What is the process f...

academy-awards

Ankit Sharma

7:42 AM

My mood right now

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson The Bill Paxton thing has 9 upvotes for the ToW challenge. I really thought that you would use it because of the positive response :(

I posted a question for the current challenge...I just have zero clue on what else to ask about the "inner workings" of the Academy awards.

@AnkitSharma Awwww. I'm sorry.

Movie Reel

0

Q: Is the change in camera handling, related to the characters state of mind?

In the movie Carnage 2011 by Roman Polanski, we see a gradual change in the camera handling style. When the film starts almost all the scenes are shot with fixed point camera view. But as gradually Penelope, Nancy, Alan and Michael start getting drunk (They had scotch neat) the shots gradually ch...

cinematography carnage

steelersquirrel

It kinda sucks waiting for the current challenge to be over or exceptions not being made for celebrity deaths for the challenge when there's a positive response on it.

@sanpaco Yeah. Exactly.

Ankit Sharma

8:06 AM

@steelersquirrel O.o I though rule was highest voted get accepted

@steelersquirrel I might skip this ToW too

-3

Q: Dev Patel and Lion (Oscars)

I haven't seen Lion yet but why is Dev Patel up for Supporting Actor rather than Best Actor at the 89th Academy Awards?

academy-awards lion

Dind't we had similar question before?

Dr R Dizzle

9:04 AM

#MoanaWasRobbed

A J

lol

skill patrol

abcnews.go.com

Ankit Sharma

9:26 AM

@DrRDizzle #KuboWasRobbed

Dr R Dizzle

9:43 AM

Kubo and the Two Strings was also robbed, in fairness.

I can't take Catija's poll :(

A J

9:58 AM

@AnkitSharma Is it ok to include information from comment in my answer?

Ankit Sharma

@DrRDizzle Poll was there from days, I am disappointed with you

@DrRDizzle finally we have same opinion after a decade

@AJ your choice, but better to attribute the commentors if you do

Dr R Dizzle

10:13 AM

@AnkitSharma I haven't been here in a while :(

Movie Reel

0

Q: What are the 'true events'?

The title sequence of the film Check Point has a part that says "Inspired By True Events". The story is about a sleeper cell of insurgents who plan to hijack the USS North Carolina from its permanent mooring in Wilmington and use it to sail to Washington and presumably destroy the capital. Ther...

plot-explanation check-point

-1

Q: What is the preffered route for Star Wars Ep V rebels?

In Family Guy "Something something Dark Side" Lois (Princess Leia) tells the troops that there are an infinite number of ways to go to escape the approaching Death Star. Can't they just go in a random direction and never get caught?