Yeah, I have to hand it to her that she did some wonderfully bare, painful work there.

However, time travellers did not go back to 1993 and switch In the Bedroom for the Academy voter's tapes of My Cousin Vinnie. She still won Most Champagne Spit Takes in tandem with that award.

I'm watching Exodus. (It was on TCM a few days ago, along with Judgment at Nuremburg.) I'm finding the casting of Paul Newman as Ari just completely wrong. Sal Mineo as Dov is perfect, though -- he gets the right mix of anger and vulnerability.

There were a lot of changes from the book (clearly), but one in particular I noticed is the story of how Dov survived Auschwitz. In the book, he was an excellent forger, and the Nazis had him fake a bunch of documents for them. In the movie, when Akiva badgers him to reveal what he did at the camp, he breaks down sobbing, "They used me! Like ... like you use a woman!"

Also, the movie ends in the middle of the war. Which is just odd. The book went through the entire war, and discusses lots of battles and tactical stuff. It also mentions the destruction of an Arab village by Jewish soldiers, which the movie completely ignored. In the movie, it gets to the point where one of the main characters is killed, and then just ends.

I believe that P-C mentioned the Joss/Wonder Woman break up somewhere. . . possibly in Other Media?

Yep--in Astounishing.

However, time travellers did not go back to 1993 and switch In the Bedroom for the Academy voter's tapes of My Cousin Vinnie. She still won Most Champagne Spit Takes in tandem with that award.

Seriously? Over Anna Paquin winning for THE PIANO? Not that she wasn't good in the role, but SHE pretty much did a spit take at the podium.

On a completely different note, I caught the last hour of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? tonight, and damn. I have the DVD, but have never watched it. I don't think I've seen the movie since 5 years after it came out (it would have been on VHS at that point), partly because I thought it would age badly. Nope. Still hugely entertaining, and reconfirms my feeling in '88 that both Bob Hoskins and Jeremy Irons were robbed by not even being nominated in a year that they either acted to props or (for DEAD RINGERS) acted towards their double. This being the year that Dustin Hoffman won for not having to act to anyone for RAIN MAN. I was so chuffed when Irons thanked Cronenberg when he won for playing Klaus Von Bulow (sp?). The only weak part in ROGER may have been Hoskins accent, which was kind of a generic tough guy voice, but I give him props for what he was working against with a fake accent.

I am so very happy to hear of Julie Taymor's next project. She thrills me and kills me.

But does she kiss you?

I have yet to find out. Somebody give her my number!

Franken, my DH just said the same thing about Roger Rabbit. I may need to see it again; I saw it once when it came out and just felt like I didn't get it.

I like Beej's categories. I think the Foamies this year should be Categories That Should Exist But Don't.

Random Oscar note: One of the Greek channels is carrying the Oscars this year so there are ads all over. They show famous movie quotes. The only 3 quotes you can read without glasses are:

1. "Rosebud!"
2. "I coulda been a contender"
3. "Frodo!"

Is it just me or does one of these not fit?

So, continuing with The Great Oscar Nominee Rewatch of This Weekend, I am very pleased to say that Little Miss Sunshine holds up beautifully. The performances are so wonderfully committed and grounded, and the direction is just understated enough that there's a definite visual style, but it doesn't distract from the actors, who are what makes the movie work.