The Oscars - Best Picture

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Ponine

and I forgot to say earlier... How thrilled was I for Wallace and Grommit?!?!
I *adored* the mini bow ties...

I felt so good for those two men, whom I feel did get a 'body of work' prize. Regardless, I was so happy for them, and they looked very pleasantly surprised and elated.

Though I never did figure out who they were to state , or show, was the voice of Wallace.

I, too, was elated at Nick Park & Steve Box winning for W&G. They so deserved it as the film was wonderful. Peter Sallis was shown, albeit only briefly. He was the elderly man with the red vest (I think it was red) the camera panned only for a few moments. Sallis actually took to the stage for the BAFTA award a few weeks back, he's in his 80's and was rather unsteady on his feet. I suspect that was part of why he did not make the stage last night. I think it was wonderful of Park and Box to bring him along to acknowledge his contribution to the magic and appeal of W&G by his vocal art.
Which is considerable if you ask me.

Here is a picture of Peter Sallis, must be about 10 or so years back. Genial fellow to be sure.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I, too, was elated at Nick Park & Steve Box winning for W&G. They so deserved it as the film was wonderful. Peter Sallis was shown, albeit only briefly. He was the elderly man with the red vest (I think it was red) the camera panned only for a few moments. I think it was wonderful of Park and Box to bring him along to acknowledge his contribution to the magic and appeal of W&G by his vocal art.
Which is considerable if you ask me.

I'm with you all the way... and yes, they panned to him, he was a row in back of the person it "seemed" they were focusing on. I knew the guy I was looking at had to be too young.
It was a wonderful tribute to his contribution, and a wonderful way to end a year that cost them so very much, but has repaid them in so many different ways.




*** NA and Euro.. you two crack me me up.. you must have been writing those at the same time!

[tracilicious]

I'm going to have to disagree with NA and E about Michelle Williams dress. Easily the ugliest thing I've seen in a while. Selma Hayek is beautiful, but it looks like her boob actually inverts where her nipple should be in that pic. Zhiya Zhang looks amazing. Charlize looks like she got tangled in her dress, but it would be hard for me to ever think she looked bad. Reese's dress was my favorite, so classy. Uma did look quite divine.

As far as the actual Oscars, I missed a great deal of them, and the only film I'd seen was Crash. I thought Crash was ok bordering on semi-good, but if that was the best movie of the whole year I'll be pretty sad.

I only saw a bit of Jon, which was sad becasuse he's the whole reason I wanted to watch. He did seem a bit off his game to me though. And I LOVE Jon.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I'm going to have to disagree with NA and E about Michelle Williams dress. Easily the ugliest thing I've seen in a while.

Yup. I mean, The Bow That Ate Charlize was probably the scariest, but Michelle Williams dress was just ugly. Hate the wide neck, hate the boob pancake ruffles, hate the weird belt thing, and now that I've seen the back I hate that weird Y-shaped patch arcoss the butt. The whole thing screams scary polyester to me, even if that's not what it's made of.

And I hated what Uma was wearing, but that's so often the case that it's hardly worth noting. Her hair was great, but the dress was so mish-mosh. And every time I saw her I was reminded of Lucky Charms and the horseshoe marshmallows.

And Helena Bonham Carter was inexplicably wearing bad stripper shoes. I mean, the dress was bad enough - not totally awful, but a little prom-y for the Oscars. But the shoes! Somewhere a half-naked woman named Candi can't find her shoes.