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I really liked most of the speeches too. Bale was great, Sorkin and the other writer were very good and even the Best Actress speech was coherent - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:38 10
- All of which makes Melissa Leo look that much worse by comparison. - David Feb 28, 07:43 5
  - Yep, which I don't get given she was the favorite... - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:45 2
    - True. She looked shocked when her name was called. Didn't anyone tell her she was the favorite? -- nm - not2fast Feb 28, 07:51 1
      - just because we're looped into the hollywood hype machine echo chamber, doesn't mean the people who actually work in hollywood pay anyattention to it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:53
  - Sometimes I like the deer in the headlights. I think of Kaufman winning his award for Adaptation. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:44 1
    - I do too. For me it looked as though she had already talked herself into the fact that she wasn't going to win... - Jim Feb 28, 07:45
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  - It's baby steps....but I'll take a composed list of names over the expected winner falling apart into a blubbering mass - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:42 1
    - Gwyneth was the classic. Everyone knew she was going to win it. There was no excuse for that mess. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:47
  - and like, everyone knew she was going to win. practice, natalie. (he speech so irked me.) -- nm - amanda "bus misser" jones Feb 28, 07:40
Maybe they should have secretly replaced James Franco with his less strange/more charming brother? -- nm - Amy is not bipolar but bi-winning! Feb 28, 07:37 1
- Generalissimo Francisco Franco! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 28, 07:45
Oh, and John Powell was robbed. -- nm - TFox Feb 28, 07:36 10
- It was a really solid year for film music. - Reagen Feb 28, 07:38 9
  - This. -- nm - LMS Feb 28, 07:43
  - Reznor and Ross was - by far - the most deserving win of the night. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:42 7
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      - And editing was well deserved too. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:45 1
        
        although I'm with Dano - the best edited film of the year wasn't in there. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:46
    - I don't know if I would consider this a justification of their win or not, but I didn't even notice the score for most of the film - znufrii Feb 28, 07:44 2
      - Watch it again. Best score of the last 10+ years imo. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:44 1
        
        It's probably a compliment that given all that was going on in that film, that the score was remarkably unobtrusive. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:47
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And Mr. Sunshine? Sorry to say third time is not a charm for me. We are breaking up. When I think of how much I enjoy watching Community it becomes so - HdnAgnda Feb 28, 07:33 2
- I barely made it through the one episode. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:37
- It's anti-funny. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 28, 07:37
And Melissa Leo's Kate-reference f-bomb was natural, sweet, and (as a result) funny and endearing. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:31 2
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  - personally, I say as long as they're not rambling, let people speak as long as they want. It's the reason they're having the show, after all. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:44
Did they do any cutaways to Anne hathaway's ex-boyfriend watching from prison? -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:28
Also: I love art direction, but throw average America a bone and start with an acting award. - ty97 Feb 28, 07:26 2
- They do that every year, of course. This was a change from the norm. -- nm - con_carne Feb 28, 07:47
- I did like that they were down to 5 awards at 10:45, though. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:29
Little Miss Stanfield was an amazing interview. She's scary grown up when she talks. - ty97 Feb 28, 07:24 4
- I'm so glad she was dressed in a way befitting a 14 yr old. Stylish and not trying to age her upwards. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 28, 07:36
- I remember when the Coens were talking about why they chose her out of 15k auditions... - David Feb 28, 07:26 1
  - Plus, she's the only one of those 15k who liked A Serious Man. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:27
- Yeah, and then you got the normal 20 year old in Lawrence. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:24
i'm sure it's been said before, but watching ads for Beastly and then seeing Mila Kunis, i kept thinking that they should play sisters. - Andie Feb 28, 07:22 2
- (extremely affectionate sisters) -- nm - TFox Feb 28, 07:23 1
  - officer thinking right here -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:24
ABC News made a spelling error. "There gonna lose in court". -- nm - Amy is not bipolar but bi-winning! Feb 28, 07:22 1
- LOL, then they took it down and fixed it. -- nm - Amy is not bipolar but bi-winning! Feb 28, 07:23
another thing I thougth was weird was the lack of audience reaction to the In Memoriam montage. - znufrii Feb 28, 07:19 4
- you don't applaud over Celine Dion? -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:19 2
  - fwiw, I always hated the applause, since the lesser known folks were shafted. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:20 1
    - they should have tried harder -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:20
- yeah (discussed on previous board) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:19
Was there not a lifetime achievement award last night? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:14 10
- Those are presented at a separate ceremony in November now -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:16 1
  - that's criminal. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:29
- Given separetly back in November (Eli Wallach). -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:15 3
  - Seeing Eli Wallach last night made me want to re-watch The Holiday. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:22 2
    - It's so good a movie, Cameron Diaz's suck is overcome. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:36
    - yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 28, 07:32
- Apparently they have that in a different ceremony now, like the geek awards. - Jim Feb 28, 07:15 3
  - Huh, I always liked that cuz usually it was people you didn't really know...gave me a view of a history that I didn't always know. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:16 2
    - As I recall, it added 20 minutes to the show, and many viewers tuned out.. - ty97 Feb 28, 07:17 1
      - I can't lie, that was snack time. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:18
Spider-man musical producers might push the show's opening back to June -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:12
Where's Pippy (or other Dark Tower people)? So seeing Bardem and Brolin up there together...Brolin would be a kick-ass Roland. - Jim Feb 28, 07:11 1
- certainly him over Javier. Stridder would also rock. -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:13
Funny or Die has a great meme showing how Charlie Sheen is winning -- (link) - MDH Feb 28, 07:11 1
- after seeing the video clip from GMA, I'm having a hard time laughing at him. he ain't well. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:12
I didn't have a problem with Franco or Hathaway, both of whom I find charming. - David Feb 28, 07:09 49
- he was her foil. counterpoint to her exuberance. I think he did it well. - mafic Feb 28, 07:33 1
  - I think it's chicken/egg. She was overly hyper cuz he was giving her nothing imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:35
- Franco just always seems wasted to me. It's funny when he's on SNL, but not so much for the oscars. -- nm - pmb Feb 28, 07:29
- I only saw about 10 minutes of the Oscars, but I thought her song about Hugh Jackman was hilarious. -- nm - TFox Feb 28, 07:13 19
  - That was the high point. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:13 18
    - was jackman supposed to present but bailed? I didn't get it. -- nm - amanda "bus misser" jones Feb 28, 07:19 8
      - I don't think so; she was just playing off him and her from 2 years ago...but so many mentions of him, it was like he was the "Jack" role of kingpin. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:20 6
        
        Was Jack there? -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:22 5
        
        Nope, no one of true note was. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:24 4
        
        there were many people of note there, they just chose not to feature many of them on the broadcast. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:24 2
        
        You really think out of Hollywood royalty, they wouldn't focus on Jack/Clooney/Pitt/Jolie/Depp ad nauseum if they were there? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:25 1
        
        The camera did cut to folks like Gwynnie and Nicole. I'm sure they would have cut to one of these guys if they were there. - loosilu Feb 28, 07:29
        
        Probably why Hugh got (or was assigned?) the Jack role -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:24
      - he presented with Nicole Kidman -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:20
    - Kirk Douglas was the highpoint for me. Hilarious -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:14 8
      - I meant for the hosts. Douglas' torture was a lot of fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:15
      - That teetered violently between extremely uncomfortable and funny. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:14 1
        
        agreed. - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:17
      - I really thought Helena Bonham Carter was going to walk up on stage and kick his cane out from under him. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:14
      - the dude who needed the haircut was charming as well -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:14
      - He was great. Sharp as a tack. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:14 2
        
        Timberlake played off it well presently right after too -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:14 1
        
        yup. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:22
- I thought Hathaway was fine. I thought that Franco was....odd - prayformojo Feb 28, 07:12 2
  - I thought she did fine and that he was weird. -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 07:15
  - I think it was the spotlight monsters coming to eat his face that frightened him. - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:15
- I didn't mind them. They weren't anything special, they were just there. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:10 14
  - A lot of the problem seemed to be that they weren't given much to do after the first 15 minutes. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:12 13
    - Yeah....for an event that should be so planned and focused....it just wasn't. Worst produced show I can recall. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:14 12
      - No way. At least it wasn't 4+ hours like some of them in the late 90s. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:16 11
        
        I see both sides of this. They cut all the excess, but the show they produced is utterly forgettable. - David Feb 28, 07:21 9
        
        I feel like the guy who knows the first round of the NCAA is chalky...but try to outthink everyone and end up seeing only a 10 and two 9's win. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:23 3
        
        Well, I did horrible with my predictions, but I jumped on Social Network and not King's Speech. - Jim Feb 28, 07:44 1
        
        I don't know.....but he continually gets overlooked for things that are high quality. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:46
        
        This year's is going to be a bloodbath, IMO. -- nm - TFox Feb 28, 07:27
        
        No doubt. There were some odd choices. I just want to be mildly entertained, with a few fun/interesting moments, and some worthy award winners while - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:23
        
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        it's the echo chamber's self-fulfilling prophecy. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:42
        
        And even compared to those, Best Actor and Best Actress were as much of a foregone conclusion as I can ever recall. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:25 1
        
        Firth was the biggest lock since Ledger for Dark Knight. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:26
        
        For me, the writers and producers job is to put your hosts in the best position to star and entertain. They failed miserably last night - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:19
- That would be a potential train wreck and I wouldn't be able to turn away. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:10
- You didn't mind Franco? What did he do right in your mind? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:10 6
  - It's weird, I was watching the finale of Freaks and Geeks at the same time (coincidence), and he seemed more stoned yesterday -- nm - Guigue Feb 28, 07:13
  - A lot of it is that I've been watching him for ten years now and get his sense of humor. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:11 4
    - yeah, I think that's a lot of it. I liked him too. (nm) - Kim Pine Feb 28, 07:14 2
      - Oh yeah, the morning after stuff today is crucifying him. - David Feb 28, 07:20
      - He didn't really bother me. I saw where he was going most of the time but it seemed like no one in the auditorium got it. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:15
    - If it takes a decade of training to get a joke, the guy's not funny enough. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:12
I haven't even looked at anything Oscars--but I can quote Charlie Sheen ad infinitum. -- nm - Amy is not bipolar but bi-winning! Feb 28, 07:08 1
- I want to take this handle home and do coke with it in a hotel room. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:26
The highlight of the Oscars for me was when I realized Jennifer Hudson was only presenting the best song people and not actually singing. - Jim Feb 28, 07:05 10
- She strikes me as a computer generated attempt at a human head rather than a real one. - David Feb 28, 07:08
- I hate the best song bs. Rather have a nice montage (or nothing, to save time) instead. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:06 4
  - I enjoy Randy Newman's yearly performance...but otherwise, I'm blah on it too. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:08 3
    - I really disliked that he won for the typical Randy Newman song. - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:28 1
      - it was the worst of all 4 songs, that annoyed me. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:33
    - except for the audio mix being off (for the broadcast at least) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:09
- Jimskal? -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:06 1
  - Dude...I've haven't liked Jennifer Hudson since Idol. not because she's black or chubby...but because I hate her singing. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:07
- she was an awful presenter, too. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:06 1
  - and singer and actress. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:09
Well that was an Oscar show worthy of DVR FastForwarding. Yawn! Cate Blanchett gets my vote for worst dressed. It seemed as if some old portrait - HdnAgnda Feb 28, 07:03 16
- I'd watch it all again just to see mila kunis. -- nm - mafic Feb 28, 07:35
- ancient actors who don't give a rat's ass what they do are the best thing about awards shows... - x Feb 28, 07:11 2
  - I was hoping Dickey Ecklund bumrushed the stage again like he did at the SAG awards. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 28, 07:25
  - agreed. I would have liked more. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:13
- I generally don't get into the best/worst dressed...but Cate's dress was the only one of the night that made me say... - Jim Feb 28, 07:09
- I actually loved the Kirk Douglas thing. Didn't bug me like Dick Clark did. - Jim Feb 28, 07:06 2
  - him hosting would be great. And I bet the SNL guys would join in on any opening song number too. -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:16 1
    - ~Oscar in a box~ -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:17
- Cate goes for slightly edgy haute couture, which this was. I didn't care for it, but it wasn't awful. Melissa's, OTOH, was truly awful. - loosilu Feb 28, 07:05 7
  - It was horrible -- (link) - ty97 Feb 28, 07:08 [Image] 2
    - I am not in any way saying her dress was good, just for the record. - loosilu Feb 28, 07:11 1
      - I hated Leo's on the carpet, but it seemed to work for her. - ty97 Feb 28, 07:13
  - Cate looked awful....Leo's wasn't too bad outside the popped collar. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:06 3
    - I'm with you on Madsen and Stone. (and clearly we can go back and forth about Leo and Cate all day) -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:09
    - I barely recognized Mandy Moore. And that pixie cut on Michelle Williams - please change that! -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 28, 07:07 1
      - I kind of like it, but not that extreme blonde. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:10
SITWAP: James Franco tweeted the video he filmed walking out onto the Oscar stage -- (link) - MDH Feb 28, 07:02 2
- That's interesting...you can actually hear the moment his sphincter slammed shut. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:04
- That's great, James. Next time, can you instead focus on doing your job and actually putting some effort into hosting the damn thing? -- nm - Oscar producers Feb 28, 07:03
I wonder if Penelope Cruz can pinpoint the exact moment in their relationship that Javier Bardem stopped trying. -- nm - David Feb 28, 07:01 7
- sometimes couples gain weight together when they're preggers. - Diva Feb 28, 07:17 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:18
- ouch. It's so true, though. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:06
- it was either at "I do" or "I've taken that movie with Julia." Take your pick. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:03
- Maybe its for a role. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 07:02 2
  - What role? Simple Jack Lets Himself Go? -- (link) - David Feb 28, 07:05 [Image] 1
    - He somehow manages to take attention away from her. He should be shot -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:12

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