The Oscars

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Actually, the dresses were the nice s urprise of the evening. So many beautiful gowns with that 1930's flair that I love so much. Gwynth Paltrow wore my favorite gown, although I'd order it in another color . Rachel Weisz's Vera Wang, Penelope Cruz's Versace, J Lo, Helen Mirrin, Kate Blanchett, Kate Winslett and Caterine Deneuve's Gautier gown were all high on my list.THe men.....ummmmmmm there was some goodness tonight. Clive Owen, Daniel Craig, Robert Downey Jr, Hugh jackman - all nice eye candy.

Worst dress, hands down - Sally Kirkland. Why was she even there?

Best dressed to me:

J Lo
Rachel Weisz
Cate Blanchett
Reese Withersppon
Kate Winslet
Catherine Deneueve
Penlope Cruz

Worst Dressed to me:

Meryl Streep (okay, you knew you had no chance of winning and you showed up, but what were you wearing? Your daughter looked lovely, however)
Jennifer Hudson going in (she looked like one of the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz with that horrible jacket)
Sally Kirkland


Jack Nicolson looks scarier every year, the shaved head this year did nothing for him but he's always good for a reaction shot.

Clive Owen looked HOT, so did Daniel Craig, Leo looked cute, as did Robert Downey, Jr.

Sherie Lansing looked classic

The schtick with Spielberg, Coppola and Lucas was pretty funny, even the nod to the Three Stooges.

I think Ken Watanabe was also robbed, should have been nominated.

Overall, I thought the show was smooth, Ellen was Ellen, but almost not even there. Her second outfit of the evening was lovely, though and Portia looked stunning on the red carpet too.

[Alex]

Overall a very boring show, especially once it really bogged down in the second half.

The clip jobs were mostly ok though (Morris's was amazing; Mann's was horrible).

Can't really complain about any of the winners, even when I disagree. I haven't seen The Lives of Others yet, but someone whose taste I have a lot of trust in thinks it is one of the best movies he's seen in recent years (and he did also like Pan's Labyrinth) so I'm confident it is worthy.

Ellen did a nice introduction but everything after that could have been dropped without any real impact. I liked the way she dressed throughout the show but didn't really notice anybody else's clothes.

The 8 o'clock hour was mostly focused on watching The Amazing Race but I still managed to catch the big moments of that hour.

Mostly though, I'm reminded why I rarely watch the actual show. It is just as good to wait until morning and read the winners list online. Also, stop telling the nominees not to read a paper since thta just means they'll waste 5 seconds telling us that they're going to read off paper anyway. Finally, don't thank your fellow nominees. That makes no sense. Acknowledge them, sure, but thanking them is just stupid Ms. Mirren.

[Gemini Cricket]

I found it very suspicious that Copolla, Lucas and Spielberg just happened to be presenting the Best Director Oscar this year. Methinks they knew something the rest of us didn't. I found it fishy. Yes, Marty was due but I found it very interesting. Spielberg has been a presenter often, but not Copolla or Lucas.

[RStar]

Okay, I know that Hollywood can be a bloated bunch of Baboons at times (sorry, I don't mean to degrade our primate friends), but I love the movies so I enjoy seeing the Academy Awards.

I found it to be much more intertaining than last year, and Ellen did a great job hosting. I really loved it when she worked the audience and particularly when she wanted a picture with Clint Eastwood, so she had Steven Spielberg take it. "Make sure it's lined up, Steven!"

Anyway, there must be at least a few players here. How'd you do on your predictions?

I got 12 out of 24, exactly 50% right. I didn't get a chance to see all of the films, The Last King Of Scotland, Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Marie Antoinette, and Letters From Iwo Jima mainly. So when those won, I had no idea what their chances were in the first place.

I thought Leo would get for Blood Diamond. Leading Actor, but Forest got it for Last King. And it was nice to see Martin finally get one with The Departed, which got 4 total. He said it was the first film he did with a plot!

[Not Afraid]

The only award I really felt strongly about was Best Actor and it hurt.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

The only award I really felt strongly about was Best Actor and it hurt.

William wasn't nominated!

[Snowflake]

I got 13, considering I did not see all of the nominated films, I was guessing. Tanked on the shorts and documentary shorts.

[Alex]

I don't think I ever got around to making predictions anywhere. But I didn't do so well with my personal preferences matching reality.

[Not Afraid]

Oh, and ISM.....

James McAvoy

[wendybeth]

Thank you for posting that link, NA! I watched the Best Actor segment and could not figure out where I had seen him before. He's Mr. Tumnus! (And he's adorable).