I'm so deleriously happy for Marty.

I didn't think tonight was going to be his night, either. Frankly, I was beginning to think that snubbing Marty was the Academy's favorite hobby. I was so sure they were going to screw him again, I put $5 on it. Oh well. Glad it was only $5. (Shoulda put lots of cash on Forrest Whittaker and Helen Mirren)

I was sure that Marty's first Oscar would be Irv Thalberg's head five years from now. Though on that subject, WTF, do they not give out Irv's head any more. It's just "Honorary Oscar" now, and they get an Oscar statue.

Also, I'm so very chuffed that we now get to refer to Mr. Gore as the Academy Award winning former Vice President Al Gore.

Officially, I don't think Gore has an Oscar, though.

Hmm. Yes indeed. He is technically not an Academy Award winner.

Though "Star of the Academy Award winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, doesn't look bad on a resume either.

[moved from Natter b/c the WiP is over] Does anyone know what was up with the matching sparkly earrings on everyone this year? Were they in the gift bag, or are they for charity, or did everyone just go to the same jeweler?

There was a definite bodice problem this year -- nearly everyone's boobs were smushed down in a very unflattering way.

Lives of Others was a HUGE upset! But I can't be mad -- Labyrinth won everything else it was up for, and Lives is an amazing, brilliant movie. Hopefully winning the Oscar will put it in more theatres, because it's a harder movie to sell (the trailer is just awful), but EVERYONE needs to go see it. I need to go see it again.

I was so happy for Marty to finally win Best Director. The Departed is way too long and not even remotely one of his most interesting projects, but it's a good film, and he has an Oscar now.

The Inconvenient Truth sweep also pleased me immensely -- it won everything it was up for! Both things! Leo's fanboy drooling over Al Gore = Teh Most Adorable Thing EVAR.

[eta: Oh, and West Bank Story SUCKED. It was a cute idea, but they didn't follow it through -- hell, they gave it a happier ending than the musical they were parodying! Eramos Pocos should have won that one, hands down.]

I'm with Jess--I saw Lives of Others this weekend and it was subtle and smart and moving and just So. Freaking. Good. Go see it if you possibly can. You do NOT want to miss it.

I really want to see Lives of Others. Thanks for the additional recommendation, it sounds great!

I saw Breach this weekend. Worth seeing for Chris Cooper; the rest has a particular B-movie feel to it. Ryan Phillippe is better than expected but a subtler actor would been appreciated in that role. And unfortunately I think the movie knows so little about Robert Hanssen that we spend too much time with Eric O'Neill and his trumped-up domestic crises than with the Really Interesting Character this movie is supposed to be about.

I finally got around to watching Little Miss Sunshine yesterday, finishing up late at night. Oh my God, when Olive started her talent routine to "Superfreak" I couldn't stop laughing.

It was very odd to realize that the movie was basically a better-executed National Lampoon's Vacation with the Little Miss Sunshine pageant substituting for Wallyworld.

It was very odd to realize that the movie was basically a better-executed National Lampoon's Vacation with the Little Miss Sunshine pageant substituting for Wallyworld.

This is *EXACTLY* how I've been describing it to people!

I've heard nothing but fabulous things about Lives of Others -- Hopefully it'll make it to this neighborhood some time in the next couple of months.

The only major disappointment for me was Children of Men not winning anything. God knows I loved Pan's Labyrinth, but I really thought that Best Cinematography Oscar should have gone to Emmanuel Lubezki.

Prettiest presenters on the podium: Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett. It seems like a criminal waste of an opportunity that these two haven't made a movie together yet.

Prettiest presenters on the podium: Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett. It seems like a criminal waste of an opportunity that these two haven't made a movie together yet.

They're in the sequel to Elizabeth together.

And I think I remember that Cate was offered Julia's part in Closer , but then she got pregnant and declined.