The Oscars - Best Picture

[The Shadoe]

I disagree with Jon Stewart. He did not seem tasteful or classy at all. His performance seemed to be the epitome of "horrible" when he couldn't even make the Hollywood types laugh when he basically went after mainstream America about Hollywood being "too liberal, a place of atheism, sex, etc." or whatever it was that he said. It was dismal. I remember watching some awards from WAY back when, and it seemed like past hosts had a lot more class.

I take back what I said earlier about the movies. When I heard that song about how hard it is to be a pimp, it just seemed like things have gone downhill. I think that most of American families would find that offensive. If I had children, I certainly would not want them listening to crap like that.

At least someone with talent won something... Witherspoon is excellent!

Anyhow, there were rarely any pans across the audience, but the couple of times there were, it seemed like there were quite a few empty seats! So, while GC may be right about what Conservatives would say about the awards, it wasn't without merit or validity. A lot of people just don't care!

Hollywood... I don't know what to think of it!

"It's tough to be a pimp" *SIGH*

[Gemini Cricket]

Overall here's my take on the Oscars.

I loved the intro film. Steve Martin and Clooney were hysterical. Funny stuff.

John Stewart didn't bug me. I thought he was just okay. I think the problem was that he delivered his schtick as if everyone watches the Daily Show. Not everyone does. And it totally felt like not everyone in the audience tunes in to Comedy Central... His pacing was rather slow, but he did make me laugh a couple of times.

To pair up the president's speech with the in memory of section was a bad idea. It sllllooowed everything down...

Clooney's speech was great. He loosened things up early on.

Naomi Watts' dress was stinky.

Keira wins as Best Dressed in my book. Followed by Ms. Alba.

Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep win Best Presenters. I laughed all the way through. They should do a movie together now.

Now, is Joaquin Phoenix in a coma? He could smile once in awhile.

Loved the campaign commercials. 'Judi Dench put my eye out in a bar fight.' Funny shtuff!

Still grumpy about 'Crash' but I'll get over it.

Will Farrell and Steven Carel were funny. Ben Stiller was sorta funny. His bit went on for too long.

Poor Lauren Bacall. But it did seem that a few people had probs with the teleprompter...

[Gemini Cricket]

(Oh, and George Clooney and Eric Bana are hot hot hot.)

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Clooney's speech was great. He loosened things up early on.

Did you see the interview with him after the Oscars? That was bloddy brilliant. Essentially, "I knew everyone was thinking it anyway, so why not just say it"

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Naomi Watts' dress was stinky.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Keira wins as Best Dressed in my book. Followed by Ms. Alba.

They were beautiful.. but I felt that Keira was dressed too old.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Poor Lauren Bacall. But it did seem that a few people had probs with the teleprompter...

But here's my question, has she had a stroke? She wasnt walking so great, and we felt she memorized her piece, and just lost her place.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ponine

They were beautiful.. but I felt that Keira was dressed too old.
But here's my question, has she had a stroke? She wasnt walking so great, and we felt she memorized her piece, and just lost her place.

A tad too old, yes. Then again, I had no idea she was only 20. Wow. So very talented. I liked her necklace.

I'm not sure if she had a stroke or not. Weird to see her thrown off...

Did anyone else catch this? Towards the end of the broadcast, I think for screenplay adapted (not sure) you could hear the Director in the booth talking over the nominees. He said something like 'Okay, okay here we go.' It was funny.

[Ghoulish Delight]

An interesting observation I heard on why Crash might have won it: Crash won the SAG award for best cast. So it seems to be a favorite within the acting community (thanks to its ensemble cast), and actors make up a large block of acadamy votes.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

An interesting observation I heard on why Crash might have won it: Crash won the SAG award for best cast. So it seems to be a favorite within the acting community (thanks to its ensemble cast), and actors make up a large block of acadamy votes.

Ralphie's sister, who is in the Academy, thinks that may be part of it. She also thinks that voters like films shot in LA, about LA etc. She said that there was also some negative buzz for BBM because it was shot in Canada, you know a non-LA place... (She voted for 'Brokeback' from what I hear.)

[Prudence]

I *loved* the campaign spoofs! They were probably the highlight of the show for me.

BT and I both liked Jon Stewart as host a lot, but nationally we seem to be in the minority.

Keanu Reeves needs to lighten up on the downers already. Somnolence, thy name is Keanu.

I loved Reese Witherspoon's speech. I'm not a huge Reese fan, but she actually seemed like a real person. I loved her thanking her parents. I also remember thinking "what a pretty, tasteful dress!" and, again, I'm apparently in the minority.

Charlize Theron was a walking disaster, from her woman-eating bow to her frizzed out beehive.

Naomi Watts's dress looked like one of my cats had eaten a tutu and thrown it back up.

I'm not a big fan of enormous stones dangling from earlobes. Less is more. Less is less likely to get ripped off your head by snagging on Naomi Watts's dress.

Why is Michelle Williams getting raves for her dress? I thought it was hideous, although the color was nice and looked good on her.

Felicity Huffman looked like she was wearing formal overalls. Not a fan of the vertical-straps-as-bodice look.

Jessica Alba did look very nice. Full points there.

Loved the penguins and the bow ties!

I'm a little mixed on Kiera Knightly. I think Ponine's right. The dress itself was lovely, but too old for her.

When will Nicole Kidman go red again? And why was she doing a Keanu impression? Her dress wasn't bad, though.

Ludacris cleans up nicely.

ummm....can't remember anything else. Except that Meryl Streep is a living goddess.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Why is Michelle Williams getting raves for her dress? I thought it was hideous, although the color was nice and looked good on her.

I have no idea. Maybe it was where she was sitting. Her dress did stand out. Lots of camera time for that dress. Everyone was raving about how she lost all of her pregnancy weight. I think what bothered me also was the red red lipstick she had on. Too much.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't know if it was nerves, or if he was trying to adjust his style to the less-niche audience, but I thought Stewart's delivery was a bit off. Maybe he's just too used to reading everything as in "news caster" mode. I thought some of his lines were hillarious, though.

I think it's great that Philip Seymore Hoffman won. I recently read one reviewers top-5 favorite PSH movies, other than Capote. Seeing the list (I'd seen 4 of the 5), reminded me just how talented of an actor he is, and just how memorable his roles always are.