Hence my hard-on comment.

No one has a bigger hard on than LDC fans who are purple in the face and believe he is always being cheated of an Oscar.
Peter O’Toole went to his grave with an honorary Oscar which he received at 70 years old.
I like the guy and enjoy watching his films, but from what I have seen he hasn't earned one yet.

And who are those on here? No one, not even me. I couldn't give two shits how "the Internet" feels. Just talking about dvdtalk.

DiCaprio's performance was harder to pull off than Tommy Lee Jones' that year, for what it's worth.

My bad. I have no idea where that mistaken perception came from. I stand corrected.

I'm pretty happy with most of the nominations. Save for Scott being snubbed. That was pretty shocking. As much as I loved "Room", Abrahamson's nomination over him is insane. I'm also bummed "Sicario" didn't get any notice for it's acting. Or even for Best Picture. I thought it and "The Revenant" were the two best of 2015. Also, I'm more than o.k. with "The Hateful Eight" not getting more nominations. I just felt it was QT's weakest film. Right up there with "Death Proof" as his most boring. And last, I'm thrilled that that terrible song from "Furious 7" was snubbed.

A few I would've liked to have seen nominated:

Crimson Peak-Costume Design, Art Direction, Production Design

And what may be my most favorite original song I've heard in years:

I hope so too...but then I remember Eddie Murphy getting snubbed for DREAMGIRLS and Burt Reynolds losing for BOOGIE NIGHTS (at least he lost to Robin Williams, though). I also remember Mickey Rourke losing for THE WRESTLER.

I hope Sly wins, but I can see the Academy giving that award to Mark Ruffalo (who, honestly, was FANTASTIC in SPOTLIGHT).

ALSO:

I really wish the Academy would have found a spot for THE FORCE AWAKENS in the Best Picture category. We all know it wouldn't have won, but since you can nominate up to 10 movies, why not give it some appreciation? It would have also guaranteed more people tuning in to your show I February.

I have the feeling that - aside from Best Supporting Actor and perhaps some technical categories - THE REVENANT is going to sweep this year.

Is it really an original with the bits it lifts? I like the song though. Not sure how the Academy words it to what it is.

I agree, even though I would have given the Oscar to Ralph Fiennes that year.
Tommy Lee Jones should have won in 1992 for JFK but they had to give Jack Palance his "career" Oscar.

Because it's not that great. Not compared to what we got and doesn't even come close to the badassery of Fury Road.

Yeah, it should have gotten in on Production Design at least. I know make-up it wouldn't have due to the CGI augmentations - hell, people though it was full on CGI, so that probably didn't help its cause.

Great example on Eddie Murphy--much like I think Mickey Rourke's WWE flirtations cost him the award, I think Norbit cost Eddie. Which is BS, but then again, so are awards for art when it comes down to it.

Yeah, it always annoys me when people win because of their long career or because the Academy was making up from a previous year. Russell Crowe really won for The Insider, not Gladiator, for example.

Ralph Fiennes played one of the greatest villains of all time.

He was fucking robbed.

Mickey was fucking robbed. He was also robbed of a nomination 20 years prior for "Barfly."

That was one of the all-time great screw ups. Crowe was outstanding in The Insider. He never should have won for Gladiator.

Yeah. It's no Best Film of any sort. It's not SW good. or Even ESB. Which the former was a game changer and the latter is just a damn good movie.

Agreed. Barfly is phenomenal. I cannot not watch it without getting drunk along with Bukowski there.

I have the German Blu-ray import of Barfly.

I'd love to see George Miller win the directing oscar, would have given it to Ridley Scott myself but as he isn't even nominated I'd be glad to throw my support to Miller. It truly was a master work of his.

Hoping best for The Hateful Eight...

Even worse when someone wins a career Oscar when they have made so many shyte films their career they would make Adam Sander blush \
*cough* you know who this year

A joke that he will win and get a standing ovation for a career of mostly crap.