To me it's all about immersion. Usually you get really noticeable sound design in action movies. Fury is a good example. There was so much gun fire and tank sounds during the entire movie. The team makes those sounds happen in production. It's as much as an art as special effects is because most of those sounds aren't happening on set. You're not going to notice it much during dramas or basically anything talky. There's just not much to do when the main focus is coming out of the characters mouths.

There are some gems though that aren't action. Wall-E for example is one of the best films to watch for sound. Half the film has no dialogue so the sound team was responsible for every creak and whistle from the robots. In a way, the sound told the story.

This may be on the action side but The Hunt For Red October was also fantastic to listen to.

I don't doubt it, I'm just unaware of how/why - I like movies but I wouldn't say I know much about them.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

so things more or less turned out the way i thought they would.....i was a little surprised that Boyhood lost best picture....but have to say that Birdman deserved the award just as much

that Sound of Music tribute tore me apart....Lady Gaga did a beautiful and simple tribute to one of my all time favorite movies....and when Julie Andrews came out my face turned into Niagara Falls in July :)

Same here.

That Glory performance wrecked me too, along with half of the folks in the theater.

So happy to see Julianne Moore win. And JK Simmons too.

To be honest I have a lot more respect for Lady Gaga after watching that. It's nice to see her turn off the persona she likes to project and give a genuine performance, without all the unnecessarily flair that she's accustom to. I never really thought of her as a particularity talented vocalist until last night.

Also pretty satisfied with last nights results.

I'm stoked that they opened the show with J.K. Simmons winning Best Supporting Actor, I've been waiting to see that happen. Great to see Whiplash winning 3 Oscars, although I'm very surprised that it beat out Boyhood and Grand Budapest in Film Editing. I was rooting for Birdman for Best Picture (very tough competition this year) so I wasn't too surprised that it won, after all it's a film about the film industry voted upon by the film industry. I love seeing a devotion to practical effects pay off and triumph over CGI (Interstellar). I was surprised that Julianne Moore beat Rosalind Pike in Best Leading Actress but Julianne Moore is a damn good actress anyway, I didn't see the film she was nominated for so I don't know. I was rooting for Michael Keaton as Best Leading Actor but it was pretty obvious that Eddie Redmayne was going to scoop it, and I think he deserved it, regardless of how mediocre the rest of Theory of Everything was. I'm glad Alejandro won Best Director and do believe he deserves it, he gets so much out of his actors and his recent films have been incredible. I can't wait for his upcoming revenge western The Revenant (with Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy).

Onward to 2015.
Incoming Mad Max.
Incoming The Revenant.
Incoming Hateful Eight.

Marion Cotillard got robbed.

Not so sure of that. Moore's been winning the majority of BA awards she's been nominated for.

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Cotillard was great on the red carpet. She gave a snarky answer to a question about her dress and it was really well said. Love her.

What I find annoying about the Lady Gaga performance is not the fact that she did so well, but how many people are now going to consider themselves "fans from the beginning" even when people have openly admitting to not liking her at all. It's another bandwagon that so many people are going to jump on.

I've always found Lady Gaga to be good, and I've never been afraid to admit it. Her performance at the Oscars was mind blowing and I really hope she furthers her career with a voice like that. She's got a lot of talent. And unlike a lot of people, I actually really like her work with costumes. It makes her unique and willing to go out of the box.