I liked what I thought was a clubbier feel to the show, and I thought Hugh Jackman came off well, although I always feel there is something slight and lacking in gravitas about him.

I saw very few of the nominated movies this year, and I didn't think that the ponderous tributes by the acting presenters did anything to make me want to see them. I did, however, like Michael Douglas's comment that Frank Langella's performance made you forget all other Nixons--when Anthony Hopkins is standing right there on stage.

And I'm sorry: The memorial was terrible.

Some of my thoughts from the night:

I loved the Ben Stiller bit. I thought it was cool that they included the scenes from Milk in the "romantic couples" montage. Kate Winslet looked fabulous! I wish I could make my hair do that.

That was the one thing that Susan and I disagreed on. I loved Kate's hair with the classic look, but she thought it looked too "glued."

Get your own damned thread.

Oh wait...

I watched the three-minute Oscar summary video today, and I found even that to be tiresome and eye-roll inspiring, so I'm glad I spent last night curled up with a cat and a book.

The cat - Tsunami
The book - Dead Until Dark, the first of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. These are the basis for the HBO True Blood series, which I have not yet seen, but the book was hella fun!

Do Not, REPEAT, DO NOT watch the fim montage introducing the Best Director category.

Just trust me. Look away.

Yeah Baby! One of my latest favorite book series. MUCH better then watching the stupid tv show. I've read them all and really enjoyed them. After that series I highly recommend you check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood novels.

Was it the song? Or did you just not have the right crop of dead people to your liking?

For me, it was the nausea inducing camera movements. Just focus on the screen and stay still, damn it!

Nope, sorry. The first book I've ever read that was far worse than the film or television series based on it.


(There's nothing wrong with the book ... but since it's told first person by the protagonist, the other interesting story and character threads invented by the tv series are simply missing. Sorry ... no Jason Stackhouse adventures with V .... NOT AS GOOD by definition!! Hahaha!)


Sorry, we digress. Oh, um, ok vampires back to Oscars ... well, most people at the Chez party didn't recognize the cute actor from the vampire movie Twilight until we mentioned he was also Cedric Diggory from the HarryPotterverse. ;)

The song and singing of it. The view that this simple moment needed to be punched up with techno crap that made half the names unreadable from a distance. Too much dead Paul Newman.