5 Favorites #171: 5 Favorite 86th Oscar Moments

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March 4, 2014

Wesley Lovell

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Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.

This will be our first post-Oscars 5 Favorites post. We’ll hit favorite Oscar winners next week, but this week, while the show is fresh in our minds, what were your five favorite moments of the evening. Do not include winners, speeches are ok.

What are your 5 Favorite 86th Academy Awards ceremony moments?

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4 responses to “5 Favorites #171: 5 Favorite 86th Oscar Moments”

Mike Kelly

March 6, 2014

I’m rather embarrassed to say that in nearly 60 years of watching Oscar broadcasts, I’ve never been all that interested in the show itself. It was watched primarily to see who won; and today, that info is immediately available from Wes and other internet sites. That said, I can point to a few highlights:

In Memoriam – I liked the accompanying Somewhere in Time music. I’ve never been a fan of Wind Beneath My Wings – a very unmelodic song with, however, great lyrics.

Lupita Nyong’o’s acceptance speech. She is without a doubt the find of the season.

Ellen’s funniest comment: To Jonah Hill: You showed me something in that film that I haven’t seen in very long time.

I was gratified to see Spike Jonze win for Original Screenplay. “Her” was my favorite film this past year.

I’m old fashioned and like the movie tributes. I thought the first one saluting everyday heroes was the better of the two.

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Peter J Patrick

March 4, 2014

1. 12 Years a Slave’s win which still hasn’t silenced the know-it-all so-called Oscar experts who said it couldn’t win. They are now saying it had to have won by a small majority over Gravity; American Hustle and Philomena. Never will they admit they were wrong.
2. Jared Leto’s speech.
3. Lupita Nyong’o’s speech.
4. Alfonso Cuaron’s speech.
5. The on-screen reference to Oscar.com for a more inclusive In Memoriam segment.

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1. Mike Kelly
  
  March 6, 2014
  
  Peter, I’m not sure where you are coming from regarding 12 Years a Slave’s Best Picture win. As far as I can see, it won the most critics awards, it was the favorite to win from groups like the Guru’s of Gold, Gold Derby’s experts, and even held the majority in UAADB’s Oscar contest and other informal polls. Sure, some individuals picked other films to win, but that’s always the case.
  
  I think it is logical, based on how on-target most pundits were this year, that it indeed was a close race, especially among the top three. You, me, nor anyone other than Price Waterhouse will know whether it took one round or many to select 12 Years a Slave. Personally, I think it was a fine choice and I’m not the least bit disappointed.
  
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Almasy

March 4, 2014

1) The Selfie. I think everyone is going to have this as a favorite, it’s the most retweeted tweet of all time and in the past 2 days the photo has been used to thousands of internet memes.

2) The Pizza joke. There’s no denying that Ellen was a wonderful host to a kind of boring show. She got every moment right, both the Selfie and the Pizza.

3) 12 Years a Slave winning the Best Picture Award, even though it only got 3 and Gravity was on a roll with 7. This year was like 1972 The Godfather, which won best pic, actor and screenplay while Cabaret won 8 oscars including director.

4) Jared Leto’s Speech. I’m from Venezuela so his speech got me on the personal side.

5) U2 played beautifully their song live, an acoustic version with great vocals from Bono and lots of emotion. I’m not fan of the song (I Loved Let it Go and I’m happy it won) but this was a memorable moment for me.

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