Looked that way to me, too. Couldn’t he wait to start drinking after the awards?
I was really surprised that Scorcese didn’t win. The Aviator seemed to be getting most of the awards early on - I figured they were leading up to the big prize for him. Guess not.
Million Dollar Baby. I meant to say “I thought THAT MDB was blah blah blah…” but I typoed “the” instead of “that.”
My god my brain must be asleep. Please ignore my ridiculously stupid question.
Will somebody check my eyesight? Was the next-to-last clip of Brando during the tribute from “Last Tango In Paris?”
It was the word “the” that messed me up. But still, my brain should have figured it out.
Was it just me, or did that whole little cluster up front by Leo DeCaprio NOT stand up when Jamie Foxx won? I realize Leo was up for it and everything, but I thought pretty much everyone else was standing. I thought it was kind of rude.
And Gwyneth Paltrow had a lovely dress but really (IMHO) shouldn’t have worn a pastel dress. It washed her out, and she’s so pretty.
Am I the only person who didn’t get the “Talk to my accountant” joke that Chris Rock made about Penn?
Was Beyonce scheduled to sing three songs? Or did somebody bow out, ala Whitney Houston?
I’m glad that MDB won, but rather surprised - Aviator is exactly the kind of movie the Academy luuuurves. A period drama about Hollywood? Thought it was a shoo-in. In fact, I hadn’t realized it until Ebert pointed it out in one of his columns, but of the 20 last Best Pictures before tonight, only 3 or 4 (I forget, and of course all relevant reference sources are swamped) were NOT period dramas. Which would be Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty, a couple others.
I didn’t either.
Is three hours 5 minutes a new record? Maybe giving them out in the aisle was worth it after all.
Anyone else notice how the intro to the song from “Motorcycle Diaries” mentioned Ernesto Guevara. Was that how Che was called in the movie, or were they just worried they’d be locked up for honoring a Commie?
Somwhere in the middle of the ceremony he introduced his “accountants” whom he hired in order to make sure he got his money. They were two large guys with bulging muscels you wouldn’t like to meet in a dark alley. On second thought, if you had some problems with them, you wouldn’t want to meet them in open during the day.
Oh, also Rain Man. But from 1984-2004, that’s it.
Yes.
I didn’t see this movie yet, but I agree with the statement above. I’d be happy if he won an Oscar for reading the phone book. He also seems like a very down-to-earth, classy man.
Yes, have good taste in wives.
I think he was defending the fact that sound editing is not being a technical award.
At one point in the movie, both he and his friend are referred to as “Che” - apparently, it’s a reference to a difference in accent between Argentineans and other Latin Americans. Apart from that, he’s never called Che. He has another nickname, but I can’t remember what it was. And Ernesto, of course, is his given name.
Because he died this year…not last year.
Earlier in the show, when Chris Rock introduced the accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers who had the vote tallies, instead of the two real guys, two huge black guys in tuxedos and shades came out and stood on either side of Rock. It was those two “accountants” that Rock was joking about to Sean Penn.
He wasn’t called “Che” in the movie. The movie was pre-Che. Actually, he was mostly called “Fuser”, which was the nickname his buddy gave him.
What I noticed was that Prince couldn’t pronouce “lado” correctly. El otro lato del rio, is what he said… twice.
Thanks. I saw the Price Waterhouse accountant bit, so don’t know how that swooshed me.
[big geek chiming in] Lord of the Rings: Return of the King [/ BGCI]
I guess this is probably the only venue I’ll have for this, so I’d just like to say that Sandra Oh is super foxy.