Some random Oscar thoughts:
-Jon Stewart was as funny as he needed to be. Even though I don't think it was, a lot of his stuff actually appeared to be spontaneous. And the campaign commercials (narrated by Steve Colbert) were hilarious.
-So, Clooney did win an Oscar. I suspect him to achieve the ego of God now.
-It was good to see that Ben Stiller had no problem embarrassing himself in front of millions of people. Great stuff.
-Speaking of embarrassing, the Wilson brothers got stuck with the task of performing opposite the animated characters. Had to happen to someone; may as well be them.
-Is it just me, or did Lauren Bacall appear to be suffering a stroke, right there on live TV? Either that, or she's gone waaaaay over the hill.
-No Oscar presentations in the aisles this year. That was fun while it lasted.
-The producers of March of the Penguins bringing up the stuffed penguins was a little too fucking cutesy for its own good.
-While it would have been nice to see Miyazaki or Burton win a Best Animated Feature Oscar, Nick Park winning is always appreciated.
-Why was Mickey Rooney sitting behind Rachel Weisz?
-The only thing more ridiculous than the on-stage performance of "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" was the acceptance speech that followed it winning Best Song. Jon Stewart's line afterward was classic, though.
-Does anyone actually care that Gustavo Santaolalla is from Buenos Aires? They thought it was important enough to mention, so I guess someone does care.
-Robert Altman was nowhere near as bitter toward the Academy as he should have been.
-The "In Memoriam" is always good. Who knew that the original "Cat Person" herself, Simone Simon, was alive in the past year? I thought she'd died years ago. And, apparently, the trio that died last week wasn't good enough to make the list.
-Could you tell that English isn't a first (or second) language for Ziyi Zhang? I bet you couldn't.
-Phil S. Hoffman wins an Oscar, and thanks his mom for five minutes. Not once did he even mention Truman Capote. That old homo just won you an Oscar! Throw him a shout out (even though he's dead)!
-And, in the (not really) most surprising shocker of the evening, Crash wins Best Picture out from under Brokeback Mountain. I say I'm not really surprised because the Academy was just keeping in line with giving the Oscar to the Not-Best Picture.
Oh well; a decent ceremony. We'll see what happens in another 364 days.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Oscar Recap
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I defend Million Dollar Baby only because it was directed by Clint. Otherwise, you're probably right.
Hold on!
"Crash" was, hands down, the BEST picture of the year because it makes me feel guilty for ever thinking of uttering the term "nigger".
Wait...nevermind.
I bet some heads were hurting though. I mean, who to give the Oscar to...the movie 'bout gay cowboys or the movie that force feeds thinking about cliche racism and stereotypes down our throats?!? Fuck both of them.
The best MOVIE of the year was Sin City. It was well done, entertaining AND had the volume of big names that Crash did (no Danza however). It's a damn shame that Sin City didn't make the twelve movies that were allowed to be nominated for EVERYTHING (i.e. Cinderella Man for Best Makeup...Walk the Line for Best Costumes).
And yeah...MurderBall (or Grizzly Man, for that matter) was a FAR better documentary than March of the Penguins.
Crash? Convuluted? Noooooo. Just take every racial stereotype, reverse them, and everyone feels bad. Great stuff. Munich, which was actually nominated for an Oscar, was like five billion times better.
Grizzly Man is a great flick. You reaaaally have to be fucking crazy to have Werner Herzog think you're a nut (insert Klaus Kinski reference here).
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