I wasn't very impressed with any of the musical numbers. It was like they threw Carlos Santana up there at the last moment for some legitimacy. Actually, I take that back. I always enjoy Yo Yo Ma.

I was rooting for Don Cheatle (sp?). I've loved him in everything I've seen him in. Likewise with Johnny Depp. I think I'm happy for Jamie Foxx but I haven't seen "Ray" yet.

I wanted to see "Finding Neverland" get something, just because I really adored it. I was glad to see that "The Aviator" didn't take much though. It wa a cool movie but not spectacular, IMO. Well, except for Cate Blanchet, who was wonderful and deserved the Best Supporting Actress award.

All in all, pretty boring but it had some nice moments.

I was also rooting for Johnny (I said "just give it to him for the accent!") but I was very happy for Foxx. He must have really deserved it. It is tough for a less-than-heavyweight to win in that category. Makes me want to see "Ray".

It got 4 Oscars. I think that counts as a lot. After the first hour I was sure it had the Best Pic wrapped up.

Definitely a bummer about Finding Neverland. But I'm still glowing over the Eternal Sunshine win. :)

I didn't watch any of it...

And you work for a movie studio theme park. ;)

Indeed, and they were well-deserved in those catagories. I just didn't think it it was worthy of some of the others it was nominated for.

Although, who knows? I may have had too many high expectations when I went to see it. I was expecting more though. I've always been a Scorsese fan for a long time and just didn't think this was his best.

Funny, HTH and I had that conversation about an hour ago.

I haven't seen Ray, but I have seen Jamie Foxx perform as the Ray character on other shows(talk shows, etc) and they were all spectacular performances. Definitely has come a long way since the in living color days.

Sean Penn seems eternally pissed off. For God's sake, it was a comedic monologue. :rolleyes: Does he think Jude is going to call him tomorrow and say "thank you for upholding my honor"?

It's a context thing. Would I purchase an album of the Oscar song performances? No. Are they better than the actor’s speeches? Absolutely.

I see. Can't agree though. I watch it mostly for the results, and secondly because I think the excitement they feel in their speech is infectious. I'm so happy for all of them when they're totally blissed out in front of the mike. Total vicariousness on my part. I know I'll never win one, so this is as close as I'll get. ;)

I loved when the Spanish film won for best song, and the guy simply sang a few lines from the song and said "Ciao! Thank you!" Awesome moment. :snap: