A Bit About The Oscars, Then We Can All Get On With Our Lives
-First, and most pissed-off, how does that totally whatever song from An Inconvenient Truth beat out all of the good stuff from Dreamgirls? How, I ask you??? While I support the movie and it's various bummer themes, it needs to leave the song-singing to the faux-50's girl groups and focus on getting us to use recycled napkins. Or whatever.
-So, apparently, the way to not win an Oscar is to make a movie like Norbit. Good to know.
-Abigail Breslin was absolutely adorable, in an Easter basket-y sort of way. And I loved how they kept cutting to her at every mention of Little Miss Sunshine; yes, I know she was the titular role, but still. Leave the kid alone.
-Maggie Gyllenhaal and Eva Green... Hi, how you ladies doin' this evening? Can I buy you a sexy, sexy drink?
-Reese Witherspoon, I'll buy you a girl-next-door-ish drink, too.
-Those shadow dancers will haunt my dreams.
-Clint Eastwood translated Italian about as well as I could, only much more squinty.
-The "Screwie" Award, awarded to the person most screwed at the Oscars, goes to: Guillermo Del Toro, for not winning, himself, a single award for his brilliant Pan's Labyrinth. Better luck next year, I'd say, as if this wasn't your only chance!
-Martin Scorsese won his first Oscar and I'm surprised at how emotionally melty I got at that. If for no other reason than this is a guy who absolutely, 110%, more than anyone else, looooves film, than he was the right choice. Also, The Departed was a fantastic movie.
-Oh yeah, The Departed also won Best Picture. Ha! Suck on that, Babel!!! Although I've heard you're a very fine movie. So... you know... sorry I told you to "suck it" just now.
-So, apparently, the way to not win an Oscar is to make a movie like Norbit. Good to know.
-Abigail Breslin was absolutely adorable, in an Easter basket-y sort of way. And I loved how they kept cutting to her at every mention of Little Miss Sunshine; yes, I know she was the titular role, but still. Leave the kid alone.
-Maggie Gyllenhaal and Eva Green... Hi, how you ladies doin' this evening? Can I buy you a sexy, sexy drink?
-Reese Witherspoon, I'll buy you a girl-next-door-ish drink, too.
-Those shadow dancers will haunt my dreams.
-Clint Eastwood translated Italian about as well as I could, only much more squinty.
-The "Screwie" Award, awarded to the person most screwed at the Oscars, goes to: Guillermo Del Toro, for not winning, himself, a single award for his brilliant Pan's Labyrinth. Better luck next year, I'd say, as if this wasn't your only chance!
-Martin Scorsese won his first Oscar and I'm surprised at how emotionally melty I got at that. If for no other reason than this is a guy who absolutely, 110%, more than anyone else, looooves film, than he was the right choice. Also, The Departed was a fantastic movie.
-Oh yeah, The Departed also won Best Picture. Ha! Suck on that, Babel!!! Although I've heard you're a very fine movie. So... you know... sorry I told you to "suck it" just now.
posted by Clinton at 12:23 AM
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Even though it sounds super-nerdy, I also was overcome with emotion when Martin Scorsese won. Not in a "I bawled like I won prom queen [even though I'm a dashing male]" but more in a "all is right with the world [at least the movie world]".
And you're right about how much he loves film. You can just see his love oozing out of his over sized glasses and eyebrow combination when he talks about movies. He's the one director I actually get that from; the blatant passion and obsession.
I wouldn't be surprised to just see a behind the scenes thing on a DVD of his where he's actually rubbing himself with copies of French expressionist movies much like I wouldn't be surprised to see the guy who runs Sam Adams brewery having sex with a big barrel of hops (watch any commercial of theirs and then watch this documentary about brewing on the History channel to catch my meaning on this one).
I like to think that I personally willed Alan Arkin to win. This, of course, means I lost focus on Best Foreign Film. I thought Del Toro was a lock. My bad.
There you go with the apology again.
I should stop commenting, because I feel like a weirdo now. I found this link through gawker the other day with the priest thumb forehead thing, and dang it if you haven't made me laugh a few times. Anyway, stop apologizing.
Chris W... Thanks, now I've got the image of a nude, Martin Scorsese rubbing himself with DVDs. Awesome. Totally with you on the Sam Adams guy, though; I've seen the History Channel thing of which you speak and that dude's waaaay too into beer.
Francesdanger... Yeah, I was bummed about Del Toro. However, I've heard that "The Lives of Others" is really, really great, so I guess that's okay.
Kathy... that was more of a joke apology than an actual apology. I don't really care whether I hurt Babel's feelings or not. It's a big boy; it can take it.
Pan's Lab won 3 awards: Art Direction, Cinematography, and Achievement in Makeup.
Which is cool, but Guillermo Del Toro, himself, didn't actually win anything. He was up for Foreign Film and Screenplay, both of which he lost.
Ah.
So basically here's 10 things I got out of the show.....
1) Lesbians... still in. Good to know.
2) The planet... getting hot. Al Gore invented Global Warming.
3) Shadows... creepy
4) Scorsese... Kinda pissed that I can no longer joke that Three 6 Mafia has more Oscars than him.
5) The Departed... One thing I never thought I'd say, DiCaprio= Badass
6) Peter O'Toole... Great actor but have they already injected the embalming fluid?
7) Jessica Biel and Reese Witherspoon... yeah I would! And maybe Helen Mirren too (she just seems incredibly classy).
8) George Clooney... If I was like that, yeah I would.
9) Jack Black... still don't get it. Ferrell and John C. Reilly are greatness.
10) Clint Eastwood... I think he completely made up that translation.
I like Jack Black, but I am fully prepared to admit that he's got exactly one shtick that he continues to trot out endlessly. Me, I find it funny. Will Ferrel, too, though I think he's much more talented.
George Clooney... totally. If I had to, it'd be him.
And, yes, Peter O'Toole died a week ago. Just nobody told him.
The Departed... maybe its because I'm Irish, maybe it was because there was hot as hell men, or maybe its because it was a fucking awesome movie but I almost cried when Marty finally won last night. Cheers.
~Irish
Irish, you'd have to be damn hard-hearted to not get a little emotional over Martin Scorsese winning. I'm just glad it was for The Departed, a genuinely excellent film (one of my top 3 of the year) and not for, say, Gangs of New York and/or The Aviator. Both of those movies, my opinion, were mediocre at best. Glad they waited for the good stuff.
No, I'm dead inside. Like DEAD. I've never cried watching a movie, but for the record that movied "Pay It Forward" yea that one almost got me.
Gangs... amazing movie... totally underated I mean not worth breaking the none winning streak for Marty but I loved it (again I'm a sucker for the Irish flicks what can I say).
~Irish
I cant help but think that when Jack goes, Clooney's gonna be the guy sitting front row center. The dude just oozes cool.
Also, does Randy Newman even know what song he's nominated for every year? I think he just shows up every year and they let him know then.
Irish... Yeah, I always get looks from people when I hate on Gangs of New York. I just... eh... I though it was kind of a mess. Also, not a Cameron Diaz fan. But that's me. Anyway, glad the Marty Win breathed a little life into your deadness.
Scotty... That's hilarious! And, I think, probably true. When Randy Newman gets senile, he's just going to keep showing up every year and they'll just let him sing something from Toy Story so as not to hurt his feelings.
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