Geekadelphia 2010 Oscar Live Blog with Dustin and Dan

Dustin and Dan Geekadelphia’s own resident movie pundits have decided to live blog this year’s Oscars – in a steel cage-match of epic proportions. Its Team Avatar vs. Team Avatar Better Not Win a Damn Thing! Will Dan’s Pandoran Posse win everything or will cooler heads and better movies win the gold. Only time will tell.

Preshow Red Carpet

Dustin: Watching the Oscar Pre-show. Unfortunately they lined up all the supporting actresses next to Monique. Not a chance in hell anyone else will win.

Dan:Jake Gyllenhaal wishes he was as cool as his sister, he is stuck talking about his “hot new video game movie”.

Dustin: God is at the Oscars!!!

Dustin: Zac Efron got his hair tips from Goku.

Dan:I am waiting for the interviewer to ask Matt Damon “So what took you so long to get back here?”

Dan:”Christopher Plummer looks like the Crypt Keeper”

Dustin: Morgan Freeman is wearing sunglasses and chewing gum…Just like God wanted…

Dan:How did J.lo get invited? When was the last time she even did a film? At least she didn’t say she was rooting for Avatar.

Dustin: Cameron Diaz makes Sherri Sheppherd look like a hobbit.

Dustin: Steve Carrell and TINA FEY!!!

Dan:I love Tina Fey…..

Dustin: Uh OH! Dan has fallen for Miley Cyrus!

Dustin: Oh Kate Winslett…you are beautiful!

Dan: Kate Winslett is so … British.

Dustin: Taylor Lautner is on tv and he is just- adorable!

The Oscars are starting, see the rest after the jump.

Dan:The show is starting…

Dustin: They have  all the Actor and Actress nominees standing on stage. I want to collect them all!

Dustin: What is NPH doing at the OSCARS! Doesn’t matter, IT’S NPH!!

Dan: Waiting for Felicia Day to come out singing.

Dan: Felicia…..

Dustin: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Classy entrance.

Dustin: They are killing it!

Dan: How do you follow up a joke about Hitler Memorabilia with the Cast of Precious? LOL

Dustin: Avatar jokes from Alec Baldwin? AMAZING!!

Dan:These guys are on fire. They haven’t had a miss yet.

Dan:Those Curved screen are really cool.

Best actor in a supporting role Oscars 2010 nominees
* Matt Damon in “Invictus”
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger

* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”

* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Dustin: Let’s go Christoph Waltz!

And the Award goes to…

Dustin: YES!! CHRISTOPH WALTZ!!!

Dan:Holy Shit, I totally didn’t expect that one. This guy has such a man crush on Quentin.

Dan: Dustin reminds me Avatar has no wins yet. ….. But it will oh indeed it will.

Dustin: Dan is mad I brought to his attention that Avatar will never win acting awards…ever!

Dan:Ohhhh iPad commercial.

Dustin: Dan has to change his pants now. He will be back shortly.

Dan:It’s not like Tina Fey was holding it or anything.

Dan:What happened to Cameron Diaz? And where the hell is Ponyo!

Dan:Squirrel!!!

Best animated feature film of the year Oscars 2010 nominees:
*“Coraline” (Focus Features) Henry Selick
*“Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox) Wes Anderson
*“The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) John Musker and Ron Clements
*“The Secret of Kells” (GKIDS) Tomm Moore
*“Up” (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

Dustin: Kinda want Fantastic Mr. fox. But it will go to UP!

And the winner is UP!

Dan: Yay! UP won.

Dustin: Why wasn’t Avatar nominated Dan?

Dan: I would just like to note I love my wife very much. Now I look up at Miley….

Best in music written for motion pictures Oscars 2010 Nominees (Original song)
*“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
*“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
*“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″ (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Reinhardt Wagner. Lyric by Frank Thomas
*“Take It All” from “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
*“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Dustin: I’m going with The Weary Kind

And the Winner is THE WEARY KIND!

Dan: I am sorta surprised Princess didn’t, win but these guys had a great song.

Dustin: Tony Stark and Liz Lemon! And he’s wearing sneakers!

Dan: They should totally have a show together.

Best in Original screenplay Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino
*“The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
*“A Serious Man” (Focus Features) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
*“Up” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Dustin: Going with Quentin Tarantino!

And the Winner Is…

Dustin: Mark Boal For The Hurtlocker. Avatar is nowhere in sight Dan.  Just sayin’…

Dan: Tarantino looked PISSED!

Dan: Wow. MOLLY RINGWALD and Ferris Bueller.

Dustin: John Hughes tribute. You have to have seen at least one of his films. At least one! If you haven’t, please stop reading this and go instant stream The Breakfast Club on Netflix! NOW!

Dan: Macaulay Culkin went from cute to creepy. Some people don’t grow into their looks.

Dan: Waiting for Sam Jackson to say “Up Motherfucker… did you watch it!”

Dustin: Oh no! Zoe Saldana is trying to look like Netyiri! Nooooooo!!!

Best animated short film Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“French Roast”A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production Fabrice O. Joubert
*“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
*“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production Javier Recio Gracia
*“Logorama” (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production Nicolas Schmerkin
*“A Matter of Loaf and Death” (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park

Dustin: I have not seen any of these. so random pick: Logorama

And the winner is…LOGORAMA!!! Wow. I’m on fire!

Best documentary short subject Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
A Downtown Community Television Center Production Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
*“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
A Just Media Production Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
*“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” A Community Media Production Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
*“Music by Prudence” An iThemba Production Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
*“Rabbit à la Berlin” (Deckert Distribution) An MS Films Production Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Dan: Talk about rapid fire. They are breezing through these.

Dustin: Music By Prudence wins. Not sure if this woman is supposed to be there. Kinda weird.

Dan: That woman was like the white Kanye West.

Best live action short film Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“The Door” (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
*“Instead of Abracadabra” (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
*“Kavi” A Gregg Helvey Production Gregg Helvey
* “Miracle Fish” (Premium Films) A Druid Films Production Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
*“The New Tenants” A Park Pictures and M & M Production Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Dan: The winner was The New Tenants..   these guys could be happier, they just won an Oscar.

Dustin: @dan…And Avatar wins…nothing. Granted it wasn’t nominated. But still.

Dustin: Ben Stiller is making Avatar jokes. Dan is not laughing.

Dan: I just don’t think Ben Stiller is funny… and hasn’t been for a very long time.

Best in Makeup Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Il Divo” (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
*“Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
*“The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Dan:The winner is … Get Ben off the stage he is a carwreck… Yay Star Trek! Congrats!

Dustin: Star Trek has an Oscar. one more than Avatar. YES!!

Dan:….. This is all your fault Ben Stiller.

Best in Adapted screenplay Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
*“An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Nick Hornby
*“In the Loop” (IFC Films) Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
*“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
*“Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Dustin: Might Go To Precious but I’ll go with up In The Air. Kinda want District 9 to win though!

And The Winner Is… PRECIOUS!!

Dustin: So many black people are winning Oscars this year! Go Obama!! God looks pleased.

Best actress in a supporting role Oscars 2010 nominees
* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”

* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Dan: Come on Maggie Gyllenhaal….

Dan: I love Robin Williams.

Dustin: Monique has this in the bag. Not a coincidence Robin Williams is there. Comedian for Comedian. Wild card possibility: Vera Farmiga.

And the winner is MO’NIQUE!!!

Dustin: Mo’nique thanks everyone but Morgan Freeman,

Dan: I can stop thinking about her hairy legs from the Barbara Walters interview…… Damn you Barbara

Dan: Salute to Horror Films?

Dan: Best Cervical Cancer Commercial ever not quite as frightening as Whoopi and her “leakage”

Dustin to Sigourney Weaver: I see you.

Best in art direction Oscars 2010 nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
*“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro
Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
*“Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
*“Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
*“The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Dan: AVATAR. AVATAR. AVATAR.

Dan: YES! DUSTIN EAT IT!

Dustin: No Acting need for art direction Dan…No acting needed. OMG “This Oscar sees you”? Really? You said that? Ugh… But I’ve already made peace with avatar winning art awards.

Dan: I even thought that was corny.

Best in costume design Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Bright Star” (Apparition) Janet Patterson
*“Coco before Chanel” (Sony Pictures Classics) Catherine Leterrier
*“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) Monique Prudhomme
*“Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Colleen Atwood
*“The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Sandy Powell

Dan: The winner is The Young Victoria. Sara Jessica needs to fix her hair.

Dustin: Wow Dan. That was catty.

Dustin: Coming up. K-STEW and Wolfboy!!!

Dustin: Dan has to change his pants again. Another iPad commercial.

Dan: You’d think Steve Jobs was in Star Trek. Everytime they show the iPad with a movie it’s showing Star Trek.

Dustin: Paranormal Activity Parody. Ok. Girls brains have exploded seeing Taylor Lautner. Kristin Stewart has about as much charisma as Sam Worthington. Horror montage is pretty cool though.

Dustin: Definitely just showed New moon in the horror montage. Oscars have lost their damn minds.

Dan: Loved the Horror Tribute.  Leprechaun represent.

Dustin: Morgan Freeman Just Narrated The Dark Knight!

Best in sound editing Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Wylie Stateman
*“Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
*“Up” (Walt Disney) Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Dan: and the winner is .. The Hurt Locker? Me and Dustin both lost that one.

Best in sound mixing Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
*“Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
*“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Dustin: The Hurt Locker again!!!

Dan: I didn’t know hobbits were sound Designers. And WTF is up the ET theme?

Dan:Holy Crap they let Eli Roth in the Oscars!

Dustin: They thought he was Zachary Quinto

Best in cinematography Oscars 2010 nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore
*“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Warner Bros.) Bruno Delbonnel
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Robert Richardson
*“The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Christian Berger

Dan: Avatar…… YES! Called it

Dustin: Whatever…it looked pretty. Can’t deny that.

Dustin: They’re dancing to music from films…um. Okay. Dan is right. it does look like a GAP commercial. Capri pants for Sherlock Holmes? Really? This is pretty silly.

Dan: Somebody should lose their job over this. This is just plain horrible. But I do want a pair of Capri Khakis .

Dustin: Doing the robot for the Up score. Impressive dancers. Wrong time to use them.

Dan: Waiting for Britney Spears to come out singing Toxic. Poor Avatar song, you deserve better.

Dustin Just wasting so much time!

Best in music written for motion pictures Oscars 2010 Nominees (Original score)
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) James Horner
*“Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
*“Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
*“Up” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

Dustin” CALLED IT! Michael Giacchino!! Go buy the Up!, Star Trek and Speed Racer scores. Michael Giacchino is Awesome!!

Best in visual effects Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
*“District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
*“Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Dan: Tough call but Avatar. Yup Avatar won.

Dustin: Avatar wins. Can’t say it doesn’t deserve it.  But it’s not acting awards it’s winning.

Dan: This is true. But it’s still winning.

Dustin: As is The Hurt Locker.

Best documentary feature film Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Burma VJ” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
A Magic Hour Films Production Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
*“The Cove” (Roadside Attractions)
An Oceanic Preservation Society Production Nominees to be determined
*“Food, Inc.” (Magnolia Pictures) A Robert Kenner Films Production Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
*“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
A Kovno Communications Production Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
*“Which Way Home” A Mr. Mudd Production Rebecca Cammisa

Dan: Me and Dustin both agree on The Cove

And the winner is… THE COVE!

Dan: They Cut them off before they really said or could do anything.

Best in film editing Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
*“District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Sally Menke
*“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Joe Klotz

Dan: Hurt Locker James Cameron Denied. Whoops.

Best foreign language film of the year Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Ajami”(Kino International) An Inosan Production Israel
*“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production Argentina
*“The Milk of Sorrow” A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru
*“Un Prophète” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production France
*“The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany

Dustin: Either A Prophet or the White Ribbon

And The winner is… *“El Secreto de Sus Ojos”

Dan: James Cameron does not look pleased at his joke, that he was glad that Na’vi wasn’t considered a foreign language.

Dustin: They are talking about Avatar now. Next up Acting awards….which Avatar wasn’t nominated for.

Best actor in a leading role Oscars 2010 nominees
* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”

* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Dan: 5 people to do one award?

Dustin: I like this praise for the nominees thing. It’s great buildup. Jeff Bridges has it but Colin Firth might sneak up and take it. Wild Cards: Morgan Freeman or George Clooney.  I know, I’m the biggest Morgan Freeman  fan, but I gotta give it to Jeff Bridges.

And the winner is… JEFF BRIDGES!!!

Dan: Why wasn’t Sam Worthington nominated anyway, wait don’t answer that. Wow, Jeff Bridges is so wasted.

Dustin: Oh No! Another iPad commercial…poor Dan.

Best actress in a leading role Oscars 2010 nominees
* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”

* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Dustin: Oprah “Look under your chairs! You all have Oscars!”

Dustin: I’ll call Sandra Bullock.

And the winner is.. SANDRA BULLOCK!!

Dan: Wow, and she just picked up her Razzie earlier. What’s the chance both in the same weekend? Wow Jeff Bridges should have taken a page from Sandra. Great Speech.

Dan: Best Director is next. (Puts on Na’vi Ears)

Best Director Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
*“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels
*“Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Jason Reitman

Dan: Avatar come on one more….

Dustin: Kathryn Bigelow will win.  My heart longs for Tarantino to win this.

And The Winner is…KATHRYN BIGELOW! DOWN GOES CAMERON!!!

Dan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Dustin: While I think it’s awesome Ms. Bigelow won. It’s depressing to realize in 2010, this is the first female director to win this award. BTW Dan is crying.

Best motion picture of the year Oscars 2010 Nominees:
*“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
*“The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production Nominees to be determined
*“District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
*“An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
*“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production Nominees to be determined
*“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production Lawrence Bender, Producer
*“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
*“A Serious Man” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
*“Up” (Walt Disney)A Pixar Production Jonas Rivera, Producer
*“Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

And the winner is the Hurt Locker man this has been a bag of hurt of Avatar fans.

Dustin: I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Dan:Facepalm.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed it.