The Oscars

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-26-2007, 07:55 AM

And James MacEvoy was absolutely lovely in Last King of Scotland. Couldn't take my eyes off him (unless Forrest Whitaker was on screen.)

Speaking of which, I was surprised how bad I felt about O'Toole losing... but I really and truly thought Whitaker's performance was better. Here's the thing, though, I'm really not fond of awarding a performance or a directing award to someone for their previous work. If you love their previous work that was mistakenly overlooked [ie Laurence of Arabia or Goodfellas], give them an honorary Oscar (which the academy has already done with O'Toole.) I didn't actually think that the Venus performance, or Departed-at-large, were that notable.

I got 13 right, so I did less well than I have in, like, all previous years. But then, I took some risks (LMS for best pic, which I really thought was possible-- plus I hear it got some major late-in-the-game buzz) and got some surprises (Pan's losing best score and foreign film). Tom took less risks, and got 16 right.

When the night ended, we took stock and decided that it could have been worse. Far worse. Far, far, worse. Babel was nearly shut out, and that was enough to make it an acceptable year at the Oscars.

02-26-2007, 07:55 AM	#1
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	And James MacEvoy was absolutely lovely in Last King of Scotland. Couldn't take my eyes off him (unless Forrest Whitaker was on screen.) Speaking of which, I was surprised how bad I felt about O'Toole losing... but I really and truly thought Whitaker's performance was better. Here's the thing, though, I'm really not fond of awarding a performance or a directing award to someone for their previous work. If you love their previous work that was mistakenly overlooked [ie Laurence of Arabia or Goodfellas], give them an honorary Oscar (which the academy has already done with O'Toole.) I didn't actually think that the Venus performance, or Departed-at-large, were that notable. I got 13 right, so I did less well than I have in, like, all previous years. But then, I took some risks (LMS for best pic, which I really thought was possible-- plus I hear it got some major late-in-the-game buzz) and got some surprises (Pan's losing best score and foreign film). Tom took less risks, and got 16 right. When the night ended, we took stock and decided that it could have been worse. Far worse. Far, far, worse. Babel was nearly shut out, and that was enough to make it an acceptable year at the Oscars.
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