87th Annual Academy Awards 2015

[Not Plain Jane]

i think (don't know) that eternitygoddess meant that they awarded a film about film-making, i.e., it's a self-reflexive award in that regard i guess you could say. of course they award films every year, ha ha. but not a lot of them are as openly vocal about film as an art versus film as a money-maker as bird man is.

 

[Littleathquakes]

LOL@ Reese. There is a time and place for everything - and the Oscars is not the place for that.

 

[eternitygoddess]

i think (don't know) that eternitygoddess meant that they awarded a film about film-making, i.e., it's a self-reflexive award in that regard i guess you could say. of course they award films every year, ha ha. but not a lot of them are as openly vocal about film as an art versus film as a money-maker as bird man is.

This.

 

[Aoedele]

Reese gets my biggest eye roll/try hard award for the night. If she wants to be asked serious questions, decline to wear the expensive gown and jewelry.

 

[eternitygoddess]

nominee Reese Witherspoon continued the #AskHerMore trend from the Golden Globes with a demand for more important questions on the red carpet.
'This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses,' Witherspoon told Robin Roberts. 'There are 44 nominees this year that are women and we are so happy to be here and talk about the work that we've done. It's hard being a woman in Hollywood, or any industry.'

How self-righteously indignant. Yawn.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

this kind of goes to the point made on here earlier:

Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood. Although it takes place in a Broadway theater, Birdman is really the story of an aging movie actor trying to mount a serious comeback after a career defined by his decades-old work as a superhero. That story took home the accolades over Boyhood‘s (extraordinarily told) tale of an ordinary family.

rest here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothy...big-while-boyhood-gets-snubbed-at-the-oscars/

 

[Uemarasan]

This was the most predictable Oscars in recent history, I think. All the winners of the SAG awards, DGA, and PGA won. I was hoping for even a single upset (maybe Linklater for Director), but I guess I really shouldn't expect much from the Oscars really (nice to see Cotillard nominated for a Dardennes movie).

Honestly, I utterly dislike the work of Inarritu, Birdman included, but at least Birdman had thematic unity, unlike his other muddled movies. It's just that the scriptwriting is, as always, terribly mediocre: every emotion telegraphed (no such thing as nuance), every big speech underlined, every character paper-thin and cliche, every plot point served by transparent exposition. It's like a scriptwriting 101 class. I don't think he does anything fresh with the camera work either. There is no artistic direction at all in how a scene is framed. He's basically just recording people act.

As usual, the best picture of the night (Boyhood) isn't given the top prize. Just the one with the most big-name actors. So, yes, another self-congratulatory award from the academy.

 

[pixiedust1603]

Go Reese! She's one of the few people in Hollywood actually trying to increase opportunities for women in Hollywood and now she's making a statement at the perfect place. For some reason, fashion is seen as an essential part of being a successful actress when it isn't for men. Fair enough, talk about fashion at the Met Ball or at Fashion shows or in fashion magazines but why does discussing fashion take priority over discussing women's craft at events celebrating their craft?

They asked men the same questions that they usually ask women at the BAFTAs and a lot of them were incredibly bemused and confused. Even Eddie Redmayne, who undoubtedly became known for his sartorial choices years before his skills as an actor, was confused.

 

[kokobombon]

I saw E!'s RC coverage, Seacrest asked both men and women "who are you wearing?" nothing more...
Imo if women want not to be asked fashion questions then they should stop taking money from designers to wear their gowns, even if they're free they should buy their own, stop taking ad campaign deals and so on... they're choosing to play this game for their benefit, these are the rules.
I remember last year Cate complained when a camera man panned her whole dress, but they did the same with the men...
With fashion and awards shows RC is not where you take a stand on this issue imo.

 

[pixiedust1603]

Well Seacrest actually took the #askhermore campaign on, which is why he also asked actors the questions that actresses get asked all the time.

The campaign is not just about asking other questions apart from "who are you wearing", it's about asking actresses questions that actors get such as what inspired you to take on the role and your acting choice in this role. It's a bit messed up that actors are allowed that space to discuss their roles when they are more often than not also getting paid to wear their tuxes or suits and also using fashion to break out.

 

[eizhowa]

The commentators in my country said that asking women (and men probably) what they were wearing was banned one year, and the reception from the public was really bad. People back home really wanted to know what everyone was wearing! I don't know in which award show the ban was attempted though.

The #askhermore campaign doesn't actually say you can't ask who people are wearing, but you should ask her about more. I think it is a great initiative.

 

[kokobombon]

In that case I stand corrected.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

yes, i think a balance of questions for both men and women is the key. i love hearing about their outfits (although i usually find out on here. ) but i wanna hear about their roles and inspirations too.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

the gifs in this link are so funny - not just j-lo and meryl's reactions to patricia arquette's speech but also ethan hawke's and behind him shirley maclean's ha ha.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...eact_to_patricia_arquette_s_oscar_speech.html

 

[eternitygoddess]

The campaign is not just about asking other questions apart from "who are you wearing", it's about asking actresses questions that actors get such as what inspired you to take on the role and your acting choice in this role. It's a bit messed up that actors are allowed that space to discuss their roles when they are more often than not also getting paid to wear their tuxes or suits and also using fashion to break out.

These actors and actresses have had numerous roundtables and interviews and stints on talk shows throughout this awards season to thoroughly discuss what inspired them to take on that role, and all the serious stuff about their dedication to their craft and blah blah blah. This is the red carpet. Are they honestly going to deliver some in-depth speech about their role in less than 2 minutes? No. There are other spaces for the "serious" talk.

 

[KKnardi]

Julianne Moore looked good but I think the white washed her out a little too much. She looked so amazing in the Green givenchy!

Also, I think Lady gaga's Alaia gown looked incredible but minus the gloves... they're distracting

 

[MyNameIs]

How self-righteously indignant. Yawn.

Seriously. It's like, yes, I'll take this free designer gown that may cost hundreds of thousands, I'll wear this million dollar flashy jewelry, I'll arrive on the red carpet at the most opportune moment to get the most attention, I'll get my hair and makeup done by the best people in town, etc but how dare you ask me about it. How offensive.

The reason men aren't asked these questions is because nobody cares to know. We have 34 pages of posts about fashion in this thread. How many of you said anything about male fashion? 95% of them wear the same thing and the ones that try (Pharell, Eddie R) do get attention for it, but still less.

If this is the kind of pressing issue the feminist movement has to fight for, that really says it all.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

i said something about the men's clothes!

still disappointed i didn't get to see wes anderson's oscar's outfit on stage.

 

[Caroliiine]

These actors and actresses have had numerous roundtables and interviews and stints on talk shows throughout this awards season to thoroughly discuss what inspired them to take on that role...

Yes, but the same thing happens in those interviews. The men get asked about how they approached the role, the women get asked about what diet they followed to fit into the costume or whether they were able to wear underwear with it. See Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson's Iron Man 2 promo.

 

[pixiedust1603]

These actors and actresses have had numerous roundtables and interviews and stints on talk shows throughout this awards season to thoroughly discuss what inspired them to take on that role, and all the serious stuff about their dedication to their craft and blah blah blah. This is the red carpet. Are they honestly going to deliver some in-depth speech about their role in less than 2 minutes? No. There are other spaces for the "serious" talk.

Well if actors are given the space to, why aren't actresses? If interviewers are willing to spend the only two minutes they have with Eddie Redmayne discussing what it was like to play Hawkings, why would they rather ask Julianne Moore about her dogs or dress as opposed to how difficult it was to embody an Alzheimer's patient?

Actresses rarely get the chance in roundtables to talk about their craft as the interviewers would rather talk about how they manage to balance their family life with their career. Helen Hunt wonderfully called them out for that two years ago.

There is nothing wrong talking about fashion, after all I'm on this forum and I personally only stayed up for the red carpet, but that along with their family or personal life is something that the media uses to define actresses in the way they never do with actors.