The 83rd Oscars. Complete Winners List / Biggest Loser Stat
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:30AM PICTURE The King's Speech
DIRECTOR Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
ACTRESS Natalie Portman, Black Swan
ACTOR Colin Firth, The King's Speech
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Melissa Leo, The Fighter
SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale, The Fighter
Your Acting Winners. I hope Melissa Leo is telling Amy she owes her 200 dollars.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY David Seidler, The King's Speech
FOREIGN FILM Denmark, In a Better World
FILM EDITING Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
CINEMATOGRAPHY Wally Pfister, Inception
ART DIRECTION Alice in Wonderland
COSTUME DESIGN Alice in Wonderland
MAKEUP The Wolfman
VISUAL EFFECTS Inception
ORIGINAL SCORE The Social Network
ORIGINAL SONG "we belong together" Toy Story 3
SOUND MIXING Inception
SOUND EDITING Inception
ANIMATED FEATURE Toy Story
ANIMATED SHORT The Lost Thing
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Inside Job
DOCUMENTARY SHORT Strangers Among Us
LIVE ACTION SHORT God of Love
Tallies: THE KINGS SPEECH: 4; INCEPTION: 4; SOCIAL NETWORK: 3; THE FIGHTER: 2; ALICE IN WONDERLAND: 2; TOY STORY 3: 2; BLACK SWAN: 1.
Best Picture Nominees Without A Win: 127 HOURS, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, WINTER'S BONE and TRUE GRIT which becomes one of the biggest "Oscar Losers" of all time with a 10/0 tally. Only The Color Purple and The Turning Point beat it with 11/0 in nominations to losses.
Oscar Trivia, Oscars (10), The King's Speech, True Grit
Reader Comments (51)
Was feeling really good about everything up until Tom Hooper won, and then it went down south from there. RIP Fincher and TSN. :(
On another note, James Franco and Anne Hathaway were TERRIBLE. He looked stoned and uninterested and she was trying sooo hard (could there be any more "whoos" from her?). A host with no energy and another with too much makes for some bad chemistry.
Danielle -- i think she was trying to compensate for him just standing there. wow he bombed.
My lord, I knew it would end up being pretty darn predictable.
Best moments of the night: 1) Christian Bale alluding to his famous rampage ("Unlike Melissa, I'm not going to drop the f-bomb ... I've already done that too much"). 2) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross winning Original Score. 3) Cate Blanchett calling The Wolfman's clip "gross"--I'm guessing The Wolfman folks took it as a compliment, but I'm just going to imagine Cate didn't mean it that way.
What made the show incredibly disappointing was the predictability of the major categories having no upsets to keep things interesting. Last year “Up in the Air” went home with nothing. God bless HBO (Mildred Pierce with Guy Pearce) finally saw the movie this year – loved it. Clooney is so cute. However, it lost in the one category it was a lock to win – Adapted Screenplay.
I just posted some speech superlatives in the final part of the live-blogging post, but some additional thoughts:
-I did not like the placement of the Lena Horne quote during the telecast. So did the In Memoriam folks die because they carried their load improperly? Weird.
-Whenever I hear "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3, I imagine a chimpanzee dancing to it. Think about it- it totally has the right beat to go along with a bobbling chimp. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you know it's easily the worst song of the four nominees tonight.
-Yay for Randy Newman calling them out for not nominating five songs. Sounds like he wanted a Cher performance, too.
The fincher loss makes me curious about how The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will fair next year...will they feel guilty and let him win -- seems like an uprecedented type of film to win.
I was thrilled to see the "Oscar clips" back this year. The past few years they've just read the names of the acting nominees and it was always a boring way to do it. Good call giving all the nominees their moment before the frontrunners took the stage.
I really think We Belong Together was to make up for "You Got a Friend in Me" losing 15 years ago. Too bad it's pretty terrible.
Anyways, I know Gangs of New York went 0 for 10 eight years ago, but I was wondering other than those two what else received double digit nominations and went without a win? I can probably find the answer, but I'm too lazy. XP
As someone who is annoyed by the glorification of Fight Club, thought Zodiac was just OK, and really didn't like Ben Button, and even defended TKS after the internet was outraged about TKS's DGA/PGA/SAG wins, I've become a big fan of TSN and Fincher in the past few weeks. I used to dislike the vitriolic commenters who ripped on TKS at every opportunity, but after a rewatch of TSN I've had a change of mind and today I was really rooting for Fincher. I got my hopes up after Score, Screenplay, and Editing. :( At least TSN's three winners gave well-deserved shout-outs to Fincher, who looked incredibly stoic even as his coworkers heaped praise upon him. I kind of love him for being too cool for fake effusiveness, but I also sort of wish he'd at least cracked a smile.
I got 18/24. At my Oscar Party, Natalie & the God of Love guy tied for Best Speech; Randy Newman got worse speech, no contest; Anne Hathaway got the most "best" moments, especially her song, and James Franco had a general "meh" factor as the "straight" man to Hathaway's genius happy personality.
And biggest upset of the night was Pfister for Cinematography.
THE GOOD…
- acting clips are back, HELL YES!
- 3 wins for “Social Network” (including a surprise win for score)
- “Inception”’s lesbian sound mixer and “King’s Speech”’s gay producer giving shout outs to their significant others
THE BAD…
- “King’s Speech” wins Best Picture in a year of such daring triumphs
- Kirk Douglas presenting (love him but, sorry, that shit just went on too long)
- “Dogtooth” loses Best Foreign Film (it was a crazy longshot but still)
THE UGLY…
- Tom Hooper for Best Director… so disgusting
- Roger Deakins going home empty handed again
- Cate Blanchett’s dress, WTF?
A few more thoughts:
1. I would have liked a reaction shot of Michelle Williams when James Franco alluded to Brokeback Mountain while introducing Jake Gyllanhaal. I guess bringing up memories of Heath Ledger wouldn't be so nice, but I'm pretty sure respect isn't the reason the camera folks decided not to cut to Williams.
2. The pre-taped montage was great, but the hosting wasn't so great after that. Glad Billy Crystal came on to show how good and seemingly effortless it can be, but disappointed by Anne (who nevertheless tried so hard) and especially James.
3. I'll save the complete red carpet report cards for tomorrow, but the best/worst according to me:
Best: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway in archival Valentino, Michelle Williams, Justin Timberlake
Worst: Cate Blanchett, Virginia Madsen, Kathryn Bigelow, Scarlett Johansson
I kinda love that True Grit went some completely empty-handed! I thought it was overly nominated to begin with so I took this as big validation for my general dislike of it. Thank the award gods that Hailee didn't win! Can you imagine how awful that would've been? Le Ugh.
It must be said, according to the AMPAS--
Eyesore in Wonderland > 127 Hours, Winter's Bone, The Kids Are All Right
After Fincher's awful loss, I'm REALLY curious to see how the buzz will travel and show itself for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo next December. That is, if it's any good... and it probably will be.
I'm totally taking Randy Newman's win in stride. It's completely a nod for his work on all three films so when you read it like that, it's not so horrible. Coming full circle, if you will. Plus, none of the others songs were remotely worth arguing for. Coming Home was dull, If I Rise was barely a song, they totally picked the wrong Tangled song and nothing from Scott Pilgrim's awesome selection was considered for even a nod. I suspect You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me would've won if wasn't attached to such an awards pariah like Burlesque. Especially since Diane Warren is kind of overdue.
Percy -- SO cool to read you were a Social Network converter, at pretty much the last second too.
BTW did anyone else get a kick out of TKS *totally* getting shut out in the tech categories? Who saw THAT coming?
Yay Wally Pfister. Now if only Hans Zimmer can win next time, all the Dark Knight snubs will be avenged. Not a Nolan fanboy here, promise. LOL.
Ryan -- I totally feel your pain about Dogtooth! Crazy longshot, yes (and it MUST'VE had SOME avid supporters hence the nod) but it was still painful to see it lose against something as apparently Academy friendly and conventional as In A Better World. I took this more as a career win for Susanne Bier than anything, considering she's familiar enough within Hollywood than the rest of the nominees. Except Iñárritu, but his was far too depressing to actually be declared a winner.
Ugh, this category...
I love Kirk Douglas, one of the best moments.
And very happy for Colin Firth, he totally deserved it.
Fincher was snubbed the win the way Christopher Nolan always gets snubbed a nomination. I don't get it, Fincher was the favourite for soo long, and so deservedly.
This is definitely campaign work (although I love both films); this is how it works. And this is why I think Melissa Leo did nothing wrong with the Consider... photos and I'm very happy that it did not backfire and she won - because it was a deserved win and bad press couldn't change it the way campaigns and the media frenzy changed the outcome for Fincher.
I thought the hosting was bad. Franco acted like he was above the whole thing, too cool for that and bored to tears-and stoned. Hathaway was trying tooooooooooooo hard it was over the top. She was trying so hard with her girly/cutesy thing that it came out forced and like she was going out of her way to be an adorable sweetheart. The writing was also bad-look at my dress???? It does this-awkward dancing ....... Dance of the brown duck????? I think it says somethinh about the hosting when they call an old host to present a segment about abdead host and when he does it he ia leagues and worlds better than the actual presenters.
And Jesus the oscars do feel irrelevant and b list nowadays. To think that once they could have bogart, bergman, audrey, taylor, burton, brando, grace kelly, astaire and now they gibe us such obvious and bland choices. Mila kunis and timberlake? Oh yeah they have a new movie coming which is just like the portman/kutcher one. Downey/ Junior and law? Oh right Sherlock 2. Why not bring some old Hollywood legends or some truly exciting and a list people -I dont know brangelina Julia denzel Di caprio or some truly achieved thespians.at least kirk douglas cate blanchett and Helena mirrem were there.
Oh and the whole mom/grandma thing at the beginning was lame.why would I care about someone's mom or grandma? And the "stand up straight" joke was Made by demi moore and rummer willis a few golden globes ago.
The producer thanking his boyfriend was the ONLY cool thing about TKS winning.
I'm thinking (hoping) that the Academy didn't give BD to fincher only because planning on voting him for Dragon Tattoo next year.
Was waiting until this morning to see how everything fell out. Worse than I expected, apparently. Glad to see there was NOT a backlash against Leo (not that I ever understood the fuss.)
I'm always confused when people mention that Fincher could win Best Director for "Dragon Tattoo." That seems like exactly the kind of popular mainstream movie that the Academy passes over year in and year out.
Even if it were to grain traction, the competition is going to be FIERCE. The following directors all have huge movies coming out this year: Spielberg, Scorsese, Cronenberg, Malick, Eastwood, Soderbergh, Clooney, Alexander Payne, Bennett Miller, Walter Salles, Cameron Crowe.
A few observations:
1. Ever notice how a best-picture win by a film that you actually enjoyed yet know shouldn't have won completely sours you toward that film?
2. One of the things that makes "TKS"'s victory bearable for me is the fact that the Academy spread the wealth instead of over-rewarding that one film.
3. My theory is that Anne Hathaway overcompensating for the lack of energy of both James Franco and most of the presenters. They seemed completely over it before the ceremony got into full swing.
4. God knows I LOVE J. Hud, but she should never be allowed to to present an award solo. I would have much rather heard her blow the roof off the place with a rousing, gospel rendition of "Smile."
5. I would buy a Gwyneth Paltrow album...or a Zachary Levi album for that matter,
6. Cate Blanchett clearly had her kids design her gown. W.T.F.
Evan -- you would think so but remember what traction the mediocre swedish film got for actress and foreign film at various awards shows. people love serial killers. even awards voters. I mean they didnt' either time David Fincher did it but there's a first time for everything.
Troy -- 1. totally. this is always a problme. I never "liked" Crash and Slumdog but i can't say i outrrated hated them either until they started robbing films that were their superiors in every way. Some films just can't bear the weight of that title and it gets embarrassing.
Mark and Ryan -- i REALLY doubt it had that much support. It was clearly the work of the executive committee who can shove somethign in there despite the bland taste of the bulk of the voters.
I absolutely adore TKS so I won't be soured towards it, even if I think that best director should've gone to Fincher. As for the rest, I am for the most part happy with the winners. The score win was quite a surprise, though; as one of my friends put it: "What? Did TSN have music in it?" :-))
I'm a Natalie Portman convert - I always found her completely uninteresting, and her creepy and soooo out-of-place speech at the GGs (where I was for a moment afraid she would start describing how she actually got pregnant) freaked me out even more. But I'm so glad I got to see Black Swan before the Oscars because she did a phenomenal job there, so I can finally be happy for her win. Cherry on top - she has also managed to give a sweet, honest and - at last - decent speech.
Most of the time I love Gwyneth's singing, but with Céline Dion on the same show the contrast was just so huge I couldn't pretend not to have noticed.
Oh, and I love love love Cate's dress, it's one of my favourites! Looks heavenly and on her especially.
7. Who has a better hustle than Randy Newman, who keeps getting nominated for a slight variation of the same song?
8. Zzzzzz at Rick Baker's 542nd win. Best makeup doesn't mean most, but the Academy has never learned that distinction.
9. I think there needs to be a mandatory class in speech-giving for all nominees. I understand that not everyone is comfortable with public speaking, but one would think an educated adult can stand in front of an audience (preferrably without note cards or a piece of paper) and utter a few thank-you's. Colin Firth's incoherent muttering was just absurd.
@Nate: It's even worse when you outright dislike a film ("Slumdog Millionaire," "A Beautiful Mind").
I know you guys like Hathaway, but she was just as bad as Franco. Overall the show was pretty boring.
Troy, I can't agree with you more, especially in terms of #1 and 3. This reminds me Sandra Bullock's win last year. I love love love Sandra Bullock (She was fantastic last night, no?). Do I think she should have been even in the top 10 of Best Actresses that year? Of course not. But now, I feel like I can't even say that I love Sandra anymore, just because she unjustly "stole someone's Oscar."
I also thought Anne was great and would have been even better if she would have hosted alone like they initially asked her to do.
I love how my friend texted me when she saw the lesbian kiss after the sound award and the gay thank you acceptance. Sometimes it's fun being someone's token.
Crowe's is out. Spielberg's biggest horse (Tintin) isn't going to interest the Academy. War Horse could very easily be panned as WWII schmaltz and it's at least possible the reviews could turn into advertisements for Come and See, which is also a WWII story featuring a minor. Hugo Cabret is a family film and will only become Academy fare if they decide, en masse, that they love George Melies. Eastwood only happens if J. Edgar happens to be out this year (likely will though.) Suburbicon is currently marked for next year. Soderbergh's offerings (both of which seem like bombastic action films, but Contagion is probably the better bet) are even LESS friendly than Dragon Tattoo. Payne is likely rusty. The Academy hasn't gone gaga for a Salles yet, but there IS a first time for everything and On the Road is, admittedly, a huge novel. With ten, I only see the Cronenberg, the Bennet Miller and the Malick as locks. (With five, only the Cronenberg would be a lock ("Hey, it's those two famous psychiatrists. That seems worthy of our love."))
I was bored to death last night. I'm sad. I used to have so much fun watching the Oscars...
PS Glad the awards season is over. You can't get crazier than Melissa Leo did this year...
Alice in Wonderland has two more Oscars than Winter's Bone, The Kids are All Right, and True Grit. I know exactly how I feel about that, and it's about the same as Tom Hooper winning for Best Director and The Wolfman winning for makeup. Blinding rage.
- Anne Hathaway and James Franco are both very good-looking people, talented actors and all but they ruined the show... and yes, I would've paid money to have Ricky Gervais again!
- Hathaway can't do comedy, she is good at being awkward and silly, but comedy? -> NO
- Why is Franko always giving that "I'm better than you" look?
- If I were black I would feel weird listening to Halle Berry, a half-black, half-white person, talk about how someone paved the way for black actresses and that someone being Lena Horne, who is also very very light in color :) It's the same as having a str8-acting, in the closet, gay man to "pave" the way for out of the closet, flamboyant gay actors. Something's just missing.
- IMDB has to be lying about Jesse Eisenberg's height, the picture where he's standing next to Cate Blanchett is hilarious :D the only possible alternative is that Blanchett was wearing mega-super-impossibly high heels. That reminds me of the following Carrie Fisher quote: "My father was a short Jewish man. My husband was a short Jewish man. Go figure."
- really happy for Natalie's win
- is it me or has Nicole Kidman won NOTHING for "Rabbit Hole"?!?
- sad about Fincher's loss, but if his Girl wearing tattoos this year is any good he'll surely get it, he's overdue as hell and unlike Nolan, he actually got nominations for Ben Button and The Social Network, so much greater chances for him. Really beautiful speech from Tom Hooper though!
- I really LOVED Melissa Leo's dress, and apart from her horrible speech, I'd like to get some feedback from all the lovely people who saw her as a "one-nom wonder" back in October 2010. Let's hear it from you guys.
Not much to add that has not been said....
* I'm super excited for Colin Firth because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE him (and thought his speech was endearing) . Same goes for Natalie Portman ( as an Israeli-American like her, there is some national pride involved as well).
* Can we start a petition for some interesting and competent presenters next year? Emma Thompson, a double Oscar winner, is rarely used despite her general awesomeness. Hell, she could even host in my opinion! Get creative, people - get someone like Charlotte Rampling to present Best foreign Film.
* Still not certain how I feel about Melissa Leo's F-bomb. I certainly use it often enough, but in this instance....kinda crude.
GOOD:
- Christian Bale winning and giving probably the best speech of the night. Funny and touching. Especialle loved the comment about him using the "f-word". Classy.
- "Social Network" suprisingly winning score. Really got my hopes up.
- Cate Blanchetts "gross".
- Sandra Bullocks witty comments (especially: "Javier. Ola')
- Billy Crystal
- Acting presentation and acting clips
SO-SO:
- Natalie Portmans (Yay for winning! But her speech was mediocre, too many names) and Clin Firths (deserved, but rather boring) speeches
- Melissa Leos awkward speech
- Timing
BAD:
- James Franco and Anne Hathaway (not enough/too much)
- Writers (didn't give the hosts anything good and there was not a single working gag in the whloe show)
- producers (boring, predictable, not enough show, too fast, too conservative)
- "King's Speech" winning Best Picture (not as awful as "Crash" oder "Shakespeare in Love", but still, nearly as awful
REALLY REALLY BAD
- Tom Hooper for director. WHAT - THE - FUCK. Worst decision in a long time!!
They did try really hard, so I'm trying very hard to figure out why it BORED ME TO TEARS.
- terrible hosting - the Billy Crystal moment was so sad because his five minutes outshined EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of Franco/Hathaway save the drag moment.
- Lack of audience shots - the audience felt "cold and empty" because there weren't enough individual shots. I kept wondering what Andrew Garfield looked like, or looking for the Samuel L Jackson shot of the year, etc.
- WTF was up with the prologues, like the Gone With the Wind/Titanic bizarro mix? And the psuedo film-class lecture? DO THEY HAVE NO TASTE? Aren't they just citing proof that the "old classics" are in fact boring as hell? Give us some montages of the old movies for christs' sake!
- acceptees plowing through the damn music.
Overall, classier by last year but OH SO BORING. I was falling into a coma an hour in.
For all the comments about Franco & Hathaway's hosting abilities and the tone of the show overall, I notice that no one's mentioning or even remembering what a crapfest last year's Oscar telecast was, or how disappointing Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin turned out to be (to the point of going M.I.A. for a lot of the show).
I liked that they saved that children's musical number for after Best Picture was awarded. Had they done it any other time in the telecast, it would have felt like more time-consuming bloat. Instead, not only did not feel like a time-waste, but it was actually kind of cathartic. I've always felt that there was something abrupt about how the Oscars have traditionally ended: "Okay, we gave out the last award, the one you were waiting for! G'bye!" Maybe this idea will take hold.
Also, it was obvious that they instructed the audience not to applaud during the In Memoriam, but to save it all for after the Lena Horne tribute (as opposed to the traditional post-memorial silence). It felt weird...but at the same time democratic.
Lastly...second-shortest Oscar telecast in the last 25 years.
What assholes actually voted for Hooper over Fincher? They all deserved to get kicked out of AMPAS.
Maybe it's my mood, or maybe it's not rooting for anyone in particular, but I found myself so awards tired the entire season... This below is my last (and almost only) thought on the race I posted on AD a few minutes ago. Why do I post it twice? What do I know? I'm only sure of one thing, it's my closure. I want to read and talk about movies, normal movies, bad movies, Jennifer Aniston movies...
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Normally, the day after the Oscars I spend some time on youtube searching for clips, funny if possible, acceptance speeches, etc. I’m never able to stay up late to see the whole thing, and this year was no different. Well, this year I didn’t even try as I haven’t even tried searching for clips. By now, they must be a.- fakes or b .- taken down. And I’m not really interested in any speech in particular. Saw the opening, I liked the clips à la Crystal, but the onstage beginning was such a downer I only stayed until the surreal couple Melissa Leo & Kirk Douglas happened. And everything I read is that the hosts bombed so some other time, maybe.
I know, I’m off topic the telecast thread is up there. But I just wanted to say (and I don’t want to misuse two threads, one is enough), that if the so-called precursors have failed in anticipating the outcome, I don’t think it’s the movies fault as in, “no movie has won before without having won…. ” And if so, what? It has now. My point is that it’s not the movies that have to fit the precursors, our analysis or predictions. It’s the other way around. If the precursors failed, it’s those bodies’ task to think why they failed (if they aim at counting in the Oscar race, that is. And if they don’t, why do they just award Oscar contenders?) And then, it should be your task Oscar watchers, bloggers and pundits to reconsider what you’ll take into account to read the race and what you’ll have to stop counting as your reliable tea leaves. The BP field has expanded to 10 nominees and by so doing, it has added some other types of movies and added some other methods (the preferential ballot). But I don’t see many changes in the way people analyse and expect things from Oscars, you keep using the same tea crops. Quite the opposite, these last two years have been the years of the consensus picks. Most categories are agreed by most and only one or two are discussed, and nobody seems to have stopped to question the whole punditry mechanism itself, or the value of its tea leaves at least. I’m not saying the critics opinion shouldn’t count, but the opinion that should be taken into acoount maybe is no longer in LA or NY, maybe it’s somewhere else? Or maybe it’s nowhere to be found. I don’t know. Nobody knows anything, right? It’s just that if one doesn’t question anything, no answers can possibly come.
I guess the main upset was Hooper. Other than that, boring people with boring telecast.
Oscars is getting worse year after year. What gives?
"- If I were black I would feel weird listening to Halle Berry, a half-black, half-white person, talk about how someone paved the way for black actresses and that someone being Lena Horne, who is also very very light in color :) It's the same as having a str8-acting, in the closet, gay man to "pave" the way for out of the closet, flamboyant gay actors. Something's just missing. "
STFU
troy -- yeah, i cant figure how randy newman does it. Is he just super likeable in person? his songs all sound the same. why nominated him every year?
iggy -- we shall turn to a wider spread of movies right quick. you'll be fine ;)
yavor -- KIDMAN GOT ZILCH for it yes. But that's what happens when every awards show wants to dogpile and stay "on trend" zzzz
I didn't hate Franco/Hathaway nearly as much as everyone else did, but come on ABC/AMPAS-right whatever the check demands, and get Billy back (even if it means giving him an Honorary Oscar-Hope got several of them). I can imagine almost every Oscar telecast fan jumped up and cheered when they saw Billy show up. The Oscars are not about being young and hip, and quite frankly no one with the potential exception of Jon Stewart has been able to capture the crowd like Billy was able to.
@ /3rtfu11 - not a chance :)
All of this MELISSA LEO actressing is too much for me to handle! That speech. THAT SPEECH! One for the ages, LEOGEND! The speech was doomed from the start with Kirk Douglas barely being coherent and making the moment about himself. He shouldn't have been asked to do something that big. But once Leogend took over, things went to the next stratosphere. Those eyes, the F-Bomb, "the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences," and the cane. That cane. Too much for me!!! That speech made my day, month, maybe year. It almost made up for Fincher losing director to the mess he lost to, but whatevs. That's the Oscars for ya. Now back to YouTube to relieve this glory that is Leogend.
Apologies if this has been brought up before, but have two more different Oscar campaigns ever been "run" and won then Leo's this year and Monique's last year?
I got 16 right. If only I'd gone with my better judgement against FIncher and Weaver.
Glenn -- i drank the Fincher kool-aid too. it was just too embarrassing to accept that they'd give it to a newbie director when 4 major cinematic auteurs were nominated. ah well.
In the caption, you meant Natalie, not Amy, right? ;)