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bigwillq

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5. It wasn't really predicted to win anything anyway.
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 01:14 AM
Feb 2015

Maybe the sound category. But I knew it wasn't going to win any of the major awards.

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Sniper was snubbed. nt [View all] kelliekat44 Feb 2015 OP
Limbaugh is going to have a cow again.lol SummerSnow Feb 2015 #1
He shouldhave 2naSalit Feb 2015 #12
lol Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #14
I was very glad to see that. liberalhistorian Feb 2015 #2
Clap Clap Clap dissentient Feb 2015 #3
Somehow I think I'll still be able to sleep tonite. n/t Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #4
It wasn't really predicted to win anything anyway. bigwillq Feb 2015 #5
Exactly Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #26
It won one award the whole night yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #6
Now that's a travesty. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #37
Selma won best song MrScorpio Feb 2015 #51
Thanks. I completely forgot and did watch the whole night. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #60
Good. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2015 #7
Nothing under death and destruction category... Historic NY Feb 2015 #8
Except at the box office. former9thward Feb 2015 #9
Well that is true. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #27
Eastwood should learn to stick to the truth. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #10
Truth in movies? marshall Feb 2015 #34
They were afraid Eastwood would get up on stage and spend 15 minutes Rex Feb 2015 #11
Hey go easy on Neil Patrick Harris! NuclearDem Feb 2015 #13
I've already begged people to forgive him for being in Starship Troopers! Rex Feb 2015 #16
?? That movie was brilliant satire. He needs no forgiveness for being in it. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #30
I loved that movie. trumad Feb 2015 #33
DAMN. joshcryer Feb 2015 #17
Disney knows how to make a fantasy flick Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #15
Yes, it was snubbed in favor of truth. I have a newfound respect for the Oscars. I expected it to sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #18
Why was Imitation Game snubbed? onenote Feb 2015 #40
Imitation Game got an Oscar for Adapted Screen Play and the acceptance speech from sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #57
Totally agree about Graham Moore's acceptance speech onenote Feb 2015 #58
Moore's speech was magnificent. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #61
So was Foxcatcher Renew Deal Feb 2015 #19
..."even" Cumberbatch....? Wot? nt truebluegreen Feb 2015 #38
A lot of people get googley eyed over him Renew Deal Feb 2015 #41
Yep. truebluegreen Feb 2015 #47
i rather prefer "elementary" unblock Feb 2015 #55
Tastes differ: the reasons you pick "Elementary" truebluegreen Feb 2015 #68
HAHAHA blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #20
Did anyone in this thread actually see American Sniper? ARMYofONE Feb 2015 #21
No, but I saw Theory of Everything and Birdman. xmas74 Feb 2015 #23
Redmayne earned it! JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #29
Agree. ananda Feb 2015 #53
We do have very well trained actors JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #63
Redmayne was outstanding. xmas74 Feb 2015 #59
I saw all 8 best picture nominated films Beaverhausen Feb 2015 #24
Though I have not seen... ReRe Feb 2015 #31
Maybe next year there will be a special category for sick fascist propaganda mwrguy Feb 2015 #22
Good. I'm glad to see Mexican directors doing well in Hollywood LittleBlue Feb 2015 #25
the RW did it MFM008 Feb 2015 #28
Not completely; it took the Sound Editing trophy jmowreader Feb 2015 #32
and that was ALL it won. ONE fricken trophy. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2015 #35
Academy Award Winning Picture American Sniper Renew Deal Feb 2015 #43
right wing loons ar hasing a sadz. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #36
The RWNJS will be unhappy Gothmog Feb 2015 #39
Good madokie Feb 2015 #42
Hey, remember when The Hurt Locker beat out Avatar and every Sci-Fi geek on the planet alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #44
was a much better picture than Hurt Locker... JCMach1 Feb 2015 #62
Hurt Locker definitely had a short shelf life. onenote Feb 2015 #64
I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Paladin Feb 2015 #45
War porn? Clearly you didn't see it Beaverhausen Feb 2015 #46
You're entitled to your opinion of it, I'm entitled to mine. Paladin Feb 2015 #50
How can you be surprised about a subject you know so little about onenote Feb 2015 #49
The relative I lost in 1980 didn't make millions off a book and movie about his PTSD. Paladin Feb 2015 #52
It would have win if nichomachus Feb 2015 #48
I am not sorry to hear that... Phentex Feb 2015 #54
All I have to say is: muntrv Feb 2015 #56
He doesn't care glasshouses Feb 2015 #65
Conservative heads explode en masse. Oneironaut Feb 2015 #66
Rush isn't going to like that napkinz Feb 2015 #67
Can't wait for Chris Matthews and Hardball get the news Rowdyboy Feb 2015 #69
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