Originally Posted By LadyKluck I'm sorry I brought it up sheesh. I don't like Sean Penn. I don't like him as an actor. I have no interest in any of his movies. Just like I avoid Tom Cruise movies, I intentionally avoid movies he's in too. The comment I made was regarding the very end of his speech. As I already said I'm not saying I don't agree with his opinion I just don't think the Oscars is the place for political rants. IN MY OPINION. Sheesh. If it was any other actor in that movie (Milk) I would have probably seen it. I wasn't trying to turn it into an argument, just giving my opinion. So sorry if I ticked someone off.
Originally Posted By mele I don't think anyone is ticked off at your for your opinion, Klucky. We're just giving opposing opinions.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs *smacks head* I apologize to both Cyd and Chita... *looks in Mrs. Glitter's pantry for cookies*
Originally Posted By Ursula I loved Queen Latifah's song and singing, but I also agree that they should have kept the entire montage on screen the whole time. You couldn't see Cyd Chariise's name, nor a few others who I would have liked to have seen.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs *hands Klucky an ice-cold glass of milk (no pun intended) and some Mickey-shaped Rice Krispy Treats*
Originally Posted By LadyKluck I wasn't referring to you mele, though I appreciate the response. Yours I took as just an opposing opinion and it's ok, we can still be friends even if you like Sean Penn! *Thanks Bear!*
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I clapped for Ollie though And only Paul Newman had "talking bits". Seems unfair to the others who had passed... That montage reminded me of watching "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" on the Food Network: the camera just keeps bouncing around from person to person instead of just staying put for a little bit. I also liked the "movie studio" look when Daniel Craig and Sarah Jessica Parker were presenting.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I wonder if they'll start making "Got Milk?" shirts with Sean Penn's or the real Harvey Milk's face on them... Hmmm...how about this for cutting time? Next year, the winner of the award presents the next category, noms and winner. And then THAT winner presents next, lather, rinse, repeat
Originally Posted By kennect I was working and came in midway through the whole affair...But it is recored to watch later! Wow...An Oscar show that was actually sort of entertaining for a change...Or at least I thought it was...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Loved: The 5 actors/actresses presenting the acting awards. An excellent change; generates interest, honors past winners, and as mawnck said, underscores the whole "really IS an honor just to be nominated" by giving each nominee a tribute by a highly-esteemed peer. Nice. Hated: The in memorium segment. The idea to have Queen Latifah (good choice) up there live singing "I'll Be Seeing You" (PERFECT choice) was inspired, actually. But then they ruined it by not zooming in on the screen with the clips and staying there after a few bars of the song, and instead "treating" us to a view mostly of an empty-ish stage with the clips taking up a fraction of the screen and weirdly oscillating back and forth. Much of the time you couldn't even see who was being showcased. Awful, awful, awful. As everyone seems to agree, I doubt they'll make that mistake again. Liked: Hugh Jackman. He's a very personable guy and a legit singing/dancing talent, but I still wondered if the comedy quotient would be high enough. Smartly, they let people like Steve Martin, Tina Fey, and Ben Stiller take care of that (each of whom WERE funny by doing what they're good at, rather than giving them lame lines as sometimes happens). Disliked: Shoehorning the 3 best song nominees together with 90 seconds of each (no wonder Peter Gabriel decided not to come). And why only 3 nominees? The Springsteen song from the Wrestler would seem to be a no-brainer nominee (it won the Golden Globe). And surely there was a 5th in there somewhere. They just dissed songwriters this year. Boo. Liked: That they included a couple of kisses from Milk in the "romance" montage. It would have stuck out pretty badly if they hadn't, but it took a while to get there so I thought they might have wimped out in deference to the sensibilities of some of the world audience (or some of the US audience for that matter). But they didn't - yay. Liked a lot: the general feel of the show, which did seem to move better than most. They did do that annoying thing a lot of shows do with hardly any commercial breaks for the first part of the show, then too many near the end, but I guess that's par for the course.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Is there anywhere you can see the Oscars. I missed the first half since I was driving home and I forgot to set the DVR.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 This was the first Academy Awards show in a very long time that held my interest the entire time. I hadn't seen any of the movies other than WALLE, Dark Knight and Tropic Thunder, yet the whole darn show was so entertaining that it was a show in itself! I'm pretty sure that as the memorial montage was starting that Hugh Jackman or someone yelled, "open the curtain"...someone missed their cue LOVED that each nominated actor/actress had a special moment just for them and it was fun to see the winners again. I was feeling really badly for Sophia Loren's arms until I realized that it was gauzy material and not her skin! LOVED it when Kate called out to her dad HATED it when they panned to Angelina during Jennifers presenting. LOVED Hugh Jackman, he was great and very good point Dabob2 about leaving the humor to the comedians DH still hasn't seen the Letterman interview but thought Ben was hilarious anyway Who was with Sean Penn last night?
Originally Posted By mele Sean was with his wife, Robin Wright Penn. Love her and love that they got back together and seem to be happy.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Ah ha! Thanks mele, she looked so familiar and I was too lazy to google
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I loved the show this year for everything mentioned. I thought the nomination of actors and actresses gave the awards a new depth and it was very touching.
Originally Posted By leobloom Worst Oscars broadcast in recent memory. I didn't have any issues with the winners (although Dark Knight was slightly snubbed in a few minor categories). But what was up with having the past winners speaking to the nominees? In some cases, it actually made the award seem less impressive. I mean, great to remind us that Cuba Gooding, Jr. won the Supporting Actor Oscar, since his career is DOA. It made the present award seem less monumental, for me anyway. And whoever directed this year's broadcast needs to be banned from working again. The camera work on the Memorium (R.I.P. Montage) was pathetic. The camera roamed so much it was virtually impossible to read the occupations of the people who were being saluted. Severely detracted from the gravitas of the montage. Not to mention Queen Latifah howling in the background. What was wrong with some somber, orchestral music to accompany the montage? And the High School Musical kids?? What were they doing there? I thought this was a night to celebrate Hollywood's BEST. But apparently, for Disney it's just another chance to PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCT. And Jack Nicholson wasn't there either. That dropped the cool factor down by at least half. (Actually there were a lot of stars I didn't see in the crowd...) Better luck next year, I guess.
Originally Posted By DAR <<HATED it when they panned to Angelina during Jennifers presenting.>> See I was hoping we'd get a scratching the nose with a middle finger. Or coughing an obscenity. Tell me that wouldn't have been awesome.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Maybe Angie should've worn that giant emerald on her middle finger. That would have been the perfect alibi!
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I really enjoyed this year's Oscars (well, the first two hours I saw, anyway). I got teary when Heath won and his family accepted the award. It was nice to see that some of the celebs found it as emotional as I did. I loved the opening number. It's been a long time since I laughed so hard at something during the Oscars. Hugh Jackman was a great host, and I really hope they bring him back. I also liked having previous winners introduce the acting nominees. At first, I was kind of turned off by it, but the more I saw, the more I enjoyed it. I especially liked Cuba digging at RJD for playing a white guy playing a black guy (can't wait to see RJD's Shaft! ;-)). My quibble is with a couple of the awards given out. I was truly disappointed that Benjamin Button won the Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects awards. I have seen the film, and I think it was more the Academy members giving the awards to a more "reputible" film than to action/comic book films than for achievement. I think Iron Man should have won the Visual Effects award & Hellboy II should have won the Makeup award (heck, just the market scene should have done that! Hellboy & Abe Sapien are just icing on the cake!). All in all, it was an enjoyable show, and it didn't lag at all for me this year.
