Originally Posted By Ursula ^ Okay, all but Mike's wa silly!!!! His also said that the Minklers consist of four generations of mixers. Maybe not interesting to the rest of the world, but I thought Mike's was good.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 But, DAR, you hear Al and Leo say it tonight: It will be a GREEN Escalade.
Originally Posted By DAR <<If they needed to cut time from the show, they could have chopped (the Will Smith intro and) the Michael Mann "salute to America as it sees itself on film" montage. Didn't quite get the point of that.>> I know exactly what the point of it was. It was Hollywood saying yeah this maybe be the "most diverse Oscar's ever" but let's these visitors know they're still in our country.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 LOL Inspector I thought Jerry Seinfeld was an ass. All of Hollywood (regardless of what your views are) were celebrating Gore's Truth flick and there stands Jerry on stage sending a message to a billion people to go ahead and litter. Aye yi yi!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Actually, Ursula, I didn't know Mike was your guy, but I thought that little tid-bit was touching. GO Ursula's company and boys!
Originally Posted By Ursula <Here's my little political rant for the night then I just leave well enough alone. There was a concerned look on everyone's face when An Inconvient Truth won. As if yes we need to save the planet(a noble goal to be sure). But I'm just wondering if Hollywood is going to take heed of that warning when they start blowing things up for the next big action film. Or are crusing in a 100k Esclade.> I think the first thing Hollywood can do is to stop throwing building materials into landfills after a set is struck. There is litearlly enough to build a few houses of immense size after a shoot. More people in Hollywood now drive a Prius over an SUV. Also, a long standing tradition of donating craft service left-overs still exists. Some of the shelters have started to get picky...that's how much food is donated nowadays.
Originally Posted By Ursula Poor Mike, he had a nice speech all set and he got nervous and tripped over his tongue. He is a good mixer, not an actor!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Poor Mike, he had a nice speech all set and he got nervous and tripped over his tongue. He is a good mixer, not an actor!>> But that's so understandable -- and endearing! The Academy -- and the network -- should be grateful for honest reactions like his. The fake-farklempt and canned acceptances are so off-putting that they discourage people from watching the Awards ceremony.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 I liked that the Academy's self-promotion was kept to a minimum and that it was done so cleverly. I enjoyed the 60-second message from the President in which he quickly ennumerated the charitable things The Academy does. Speaking of which... I missed the first half of the show, ironically, because I was volunteering at an Academy-supported fund-raiser. The Academy very selectively endorses/sponsors fund-raisers across the country in conjunction with the Awards. In my state there is ONE Academy-supported event each year. This year is was shared by a children's charity and The Michigan Theater, a local restored grand old 1920's movie palace. It operates as a non-profit community center for the cinematic arts. So there was a black-tie event tonight for which people could pay a hefty sum to come socialize, eat and drink, bid on charity auction items, play casino games, and watch the Oscars live on a huge theater screen. It was a VERY nice affair! Anyhow, I dealt cards at this event, so missed the first part of the show.
Originally Posted By kennect I loved the idea that it seemed that no one film walked away with everything...I personally was hoping that "Little Miss Sunshine" would upset the whole thing and win best picture...I thought it was a really great film....But I was glad it did win the awards it did...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <the Michael Mann "salute to America as it sees itself on film" montage.> The weird bit for me in that was the clip from "Paths of Glory" (the bit with the guy crushing the cockroach, if you don't know the film). Now, Paths of Glory is one of my two or three favorite films ever, but... a). it's set in France; b). it's based on a real incident in French history; c). all the characters are French or German, with no Americans at all. So even though it's an American film, it's pretty far removed from "America as it sees itself," and was thus a strange choice for inclusion.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The big surprise of the night, for me, was Pan's Labyrinth not winning best foreign language film, especially after it won several other design awards - I thought it was pretty much a shoe-in. I'm going to have to see that German film now.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Was George Lucas wearing a left-over wig from Dreamgirls?>> His hair is the pits! Yeah, buddy... We 'get' that you're proud of it - not cut it DOWN! *L* And what's with the bed-head looks of that Capote guy and Robert Downey, Jr. Comb it already. (Though I thought Downey's joke about special visual effects for him were present "on any weeknight in the '90s" was hilarious.)
Originally Posted By lilprincess I also liked Al Gore, he had a few little funny lines, unexpected humor.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Oh... And I loved the bit with Gore getting cut off by the music... He played that really straight and funny. And TDG is absolutely right about Jodie Foster... Beautiful dress, but her walk was more suited to a ladies' softball game.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Yay, for Ursula's friend Mike. I saved the show so now I can go back and catch some things I missed last night, like Mike's speech. Was anyone else holding their breath that Jennifer Hudson didn't have a "wardrobe malfunction", oh my! I loved it that Scorsese was so happy for his Oscar. The whole part from the announcements from the "3 amigos" to his watching the Departed win from the wings was just wonderful
