A Masterpiece, it works on so many levels…
He didn’t need the dog and pony show anymore to get good roles. Sean Penn has the same privilege, unlike younger actors and particularly older actresses.
That seems a bit extreme, but one thing I find is rather artificial is that when all the nominees in a particular category are great – and they usually are – it can be difficult and ultimately somewhat arbitrary to pick “the best one”.
That’s why I find the announcement of the nominees in any give year more interesting and meaningful than the actual final awards. Perhaps more attention should be given to the fact that all the nominees are winners, they’ve all done something extraordinary, and maybe should all be recognized equally. Which also removes the stigma of “you didn’t win”.
The presenters stopped using the w-word years ago.
I loved when Michael and Kirk Douglas came out for Best Picture a few years ago. Michael said, “And the Oscar goes to…”, but Kirk Douglas grabbed the envelop and said, “The WINNER is…”
The crowd loved it.
He won for The Revenant.
Reiner contributed a lot to cinema. So many of his films were not just hits, but influential. Spinal Tap, for instance: maybe not the very first mockumentary, but it started a trend. Keaton, similarly, had a long career, free of scandal, with a lot of high points, and never a real flop that I can remember. And Redford was not only a hugely popular actor and an Oscar-winning director – he founded Sundance! I had thought that would be the focus of his tribute: Tarantino, Linklater, Kevin Smith and the Coen brothers, to name just a few, would thank him for facilitating their careers. But what Streisand had to say was touching. And I’m not about to criticize her singing; everybody gets o-l-d.
(As for Duvall, I can’t believe, if they were going to show clips from more than one of his films, that they didn’t include him as Boo Radley!)
Yes, addressing Rob Reiner’s sudden and tragic death was appropriate. I think getting Streisand to sing made her segment worth it.
I remember when Gene Siskel died, they did not do a full segment, but they read off a bonus statement about him because his love for movies was so strong. I don’t know what they did or didn’t do for Ebert.
I blame whoever was mixing the sound; not Babs.
Midnight pajama party showing of “Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra Vixens”.
One of Ebert’s collaborations with Russ Meyer. Really terrible IIRC.
We all remember the glamorous glitterati who attended the Oscars, dressed in their finest, bedecked with jewels, clearly the superior beings that the rest of us could not hope to aspire to.
This is what the glamorous glitterati left behind at the Dolby Theater.
That’s pretty bad. It reminds me, one time at the end of a long flight and I’m de-planing and I saw how messy the 1st class section was (it looked like that auditorium). A flight attendant was standing right there and I commented on how messy it was.
Without hesitation she said, “Oh, 1st class passengers are the worst.”
To change subjects, I have not been following this thread lately but in the movie credits for Sinners (2025): Musician Jake Blount is my son’s former boyfriend (➜ Jake Blount - Wikipedia ■ ; ➜ https://jakeblount.com ■ ).
Congratulations, Jake! I texted him to see if he attended the Oscars, and he said he cheered them on from home.
Sinners, of course, won the Oscar for Best Original Score.
On the upper top mezzanine level? Ain’t no glamorous glitterati sitting way up there.
Filthy sound engineers and documentarians.
Good catch – but is that really the top mezzanine level? It’s not floor level, but it looks like it may be the bottom of the three mezzanine levels.
So, not glamorous glitterati, but perhaps charming tinsellati!
That is nothing compared to some movie theatres. That’s practically spotless compared to what a sports crowd leaves behind.
I go to both soccer and football games, and while soccer fans mostly clean up after themselves, football fans are pigs. I think it’s mostly about beer consumption.
That’s very cool!
The people in those seats were there for twice as long as a movie audience.
You know what? I occasionally (rarely) go to movies, and I sometimes go to live theater. And you know what I leave behind?
Nothing.
So if I stayed there twice as long, according to my math, 2 \times 0 = 0.
Why do we have to live in a thoughtless society of uncaring selfish cretins?