Wow, a lot of posts from last night.
I think that was one of the worst Oscar telecasts I've seen.
--The dresses were atrocious and/or boring.
--I hate that we weren't shown any clips of nominees. While the personal accolades were nice, it would have been nice to actually see what the actors were nominated for.
--Not that Hugh was bad, but this is the Oscars, not the Tonys, I don't need irrelevant music and dance numbers. Billy Crystal did it before you, and better.
--If you want to break up the show, I would have rather seen the best songs separately. I was hoping for a huge Bollywood number for Jai Ho, not that mish-mash medley.
--2008 animation got a whole montage? Seriously?
--The shiny curtain and glossy floor were really distracting.
High point: The best picture montage was brilliantly done, although, again, I would have also liked a plain scene from the movies themselves.
Mixed feelings: Ben Stiller. It was hysterical, but I feel a little bad that it was distracting from the actual category.
I liked the "coming soon" collection of 2009 movie clips that they played over the closing credits. I totally forgot about a lot of those movies until I saw them mentioned--Amelia (Hillary Swank looks amazingly like Earhart!), Public Enemy (Dillinger! Bale! Depression-era Chicago! It should be fun), and a few others that looked great. And a few new shots from HP&HBP, too, which was nice.
Eat a Muffin Whitey.
In this case, what I actually wanted was a cheese roll! Not a muffin.
I liked the "coming soon" collection of 2009 movie clips that they played over the closing credits.
Yes, that was also a good idea.
Watching a lot of the smaller films during my Oscar blitz, I realized I really need to try and see a lot more of these when they come out rather than on Netflix.
And for anyone that hasn't seen it, I highly recommend
Frozen River. Changeling
was also much better than I thought it would be and Angelina Jolie was quite good in it.
The insulators were gone by 11:30. I now have to ptach some drywall. And nap.
I need to call a broker today. Blarg.
sara, you can doooo eeeettttt.
why do the fug girls only have 2 dresses up so far? COME ON.
why do the fug girls only have 2 dresses up so far? COME ON.
Seriously, there is a lot of material there: Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Sophia Loren, Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep (and her daughter), even Kate Winslet, among others. Also, all the people wearing white that shouldn't have been. Kudos to Natalie Portman for at least wearing color.
I so want this: AT-AT Boom Box.
Except I really don't need the ability to play tapes. Also, no word on whether the thing actually walks around going, "Pew pew pew".
