Overhead shots of the balcony showed large areas of empty seats; not just individual seats, but whole blocs. Which is odd.
Catwoman 2 was a joke?? Thank God. I thought it was serious.
Some random points:
Martin Scorsese is becoming the Clarence Brown or Alfred Hitchcock of his generation- lots of nominations, no wins.
Rock isn’t as good as Steve Martin, but he’s still better than Crystal, Letterman, and especially Goldberg.
Johnny Depp struck me as looking like an assistant professor at some second-tier college.
Some people have suggested that the Oscars should have liquor freely flowing, like at the Golden Globes. The presentations by Pacino, Penn, and Hoffman should put an end to that suggestion.
I second (or is it a third or fourth?) that the Sandler/Rock bit could have worked, but didn’t.
Am I the only person who saw the bit in the Magic Theaters?
Who wants to bet that “Blind Justice” and whatever the Stamos show is called won’t make the fall schedule?
You know, considering that writing’s his profession, Charlie Kaufman sure couldn’t come up with a speech at all.
Did anyone else have some sound problems buring the telecast?
Penelope Cruz is thinner and has a more prominent nose and a much thicker accent. I remember thinking earlier in the evening that her accent was actually thicker than the last time I saw her being interviewed.
However, I must admit that from a distance or if I am not paying close attention I also mix them up.
On a related note, Berry showed up at the Golden Raspberries award presentation (Razzies) to receive her Worst Actress award for Catwoman 2; apparently the last “winner” to show up was Tom Green several years prior. She said something to the effect that she’d been taught while growing up that if you can’t accept criticism, you shouldn’t accept praise either.
That’s classy – I truly admire that.
Notice that during Chris Rock’s monologue there were no reaction shots from the lampooned celebrities. Rock mentioned Nicole Kidman, Clint Eastwood, Tobey Maguire, Tom Cruise, Judd Law, Russell Crowe, Colin Ferrell and Cuba Gooding Jr – and not once did the camera cut to that person. Either none of them were in attendance (which is hard to believe, and embarassing if true), or the director made a conscious decision to avoid reaction shots.
I thought Chris Rock was good. I liked the man-in-the-street segment; nicely pointed out the disconnect between critically acclaimed movies, and movies people actually go see.
Too many mermaid dresses. No fashion disasters.
Hillary Swank’s acceptance speech…gag. Ran on so long thanking her agents and dog-walkers she got played off before she could get to her director/co-star.
“It’s not a technical award…I am an arteeeste!” Please. :rolleyes:
Sean Penn gets the Buzzkill of the Year award.
And…I LIKE FILMCLIPS. I miss filmclip segments, and I’m willing to stay up an extra 15 minutes to get them. Didja notice that we didn’t even see clips of the 5 Best Picture noms? First time ever, I believe.
Hardly. Salma Hayek is absolutely breathtaking. Penelope Cruz is excruciating. I see no similarities whatsoever, except maybe that they’re both Latina.
And they both speak English fine. I don’t think either should be expected to drop their accents just so they can sound like everyone else.
jsc1953, I had NOT noticed that they were missing! It IS a shame!
I must’ve been in the other room; what did Sean Penn do? I assume he was a presenter?
Did they ever identify the 3 women in Sidney Lumet’s box? Wife, mistress, daughter…some combination thereof?
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Hilary Swank is so…masculine looking. I get the feeling that they don’t put much makeup on her so she won’t look drag-queenish. Great dress, though.
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Salma Hayek has got to be the most beautiful woman on earth. She always looks fabulous. She blew away Penelope Cruz in the side by side comparison.
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Where were all the “big” stars?? No Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones (hee), Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman, Robert Redford…JACK NICHOLSON??? Where were they??
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I am not a big Julia Roberts fan, but she looked great. And it was a cute moment when she wiped the lipstick off of Clint’s face.
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I’m surprised Barbra agreed to share the stage for her appearance. And could she and Hoffman been a little more dignified? I guess they were playing off on their characters from Meet the Fockers, but it seemed tacky.
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Why must every Best Song nomination be performed in entirety? Seems the show would be that much shorter if they did some sort of medley, or better yet, play snippets of the song on top of clips of the movie so we can get the context of the song.
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Usually they have a presentation of each Best Pic nom and show clips, this year nothing. Guess it’s another time saver, but I kinda like it.
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Where did the trend of having the same performer sing several of the Best Song noms come from anyway? Beyonce is fine, but surely there are other performers they could have brought in for variety.
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Why was Puff Daddy–I mean P. Diddy–I mean Sean Combs even there!!! Why!??
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I thought Antonio and Carlos were terrible. The guitar playing didn’t fit with the song, is that how it was originally performed in the movie? And if the guy who DID originally perform it was in the audience why didn’t they let him sing it?
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Loved Clint Eastwood’s mommy in the audience!
Well, they’re making headway with bacteria , can celebrities be that far behind?
Whether it’s an ego problem or just a need to be prepared, I like to keep a short list of women I could beget an heir with naturally if the future of the land ever depended upon it once my Benevolent Oligarchy comes to my power and in case I’ve banished the artificial insemination specialists for pissing me off politically. Last night, gay as I am (and that’s pretty darned) I think I found a mini-harem: Beyonce, Salma Hayek and Charlize Theron. I think Salma, Beyonce and Charlize are absolutely all three (to quote my grandfather) “absolutely fine and magnificent she-beasts” and unlike most Hollywood gentry they look healthy and well nourished (Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox and crew- take notes- even GAY men want to see these women in revealing gowns).
As last year’s Best Actor, he presented this year’s Best Actress Award
I was just thinking last night that she’d be a great one to star if they ever film Middlesex (with Jamie Lee Curtis as the middle aged version).
Help me out here. I missed Sean Penns comments on Chris Rock. What did he say??
Chris Rock, during one of his monologues, joked about how producers should wait for a big star rather than settling: “You need Tom Cruise, wait for Tom Cruise… don’t settle for Jude Law”. Then he joked about Law’s ubiquity (which even Law has joked about) saying something like “Who is Jude Law and why has he been in every movie I’ve seen for the last three years? Watch the credits- if somehow he didn’t act he baked cookies or sumpin’.”
When Sean Penn came out, much later in the program, looking like he’d slept in his tux the night before, he opened with (I’m quoting as near as I can remember) “I hope you won’t think my sense of humor is lacking, but to answer your question Jude Law is one of the finest actors alive today… [applause]… but for every great actor working there are at least five… [pause]… great actresses”.
I thought this was either going to end with “there are at least five actors as good who are working at Kinkos and Starbucks” or, better yet, end it in IN & OUT style: “… one of the finest actors alive today… and he’s gay.”
I didn’t notice who was in Lumet’s box, but I do know that his daughters are Lena Horne’s granddaughters (so if there was a resemblance that’s why).
Speaking of, I wonder how long before the Jamie Lee Curtis urban legend leaves her and attaches itself to Hilary Swank?
Thanks Samp!
Ugh - just…ugh.