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They just showed the best 20 seconds of "Good Night and Good Luck."
Even though I am currently fascinated with Anthony Rapp, that still will not induce me to rent "A Beautiful Mind." I've seen it once, that's enough, thank you.
Ooooo noir! That was a great tribute.
OMFG. The best actress ads were hysterical.
And you got to love the winner for documentary short who thanked the Academy "for seating me next to George Clooney at the nominees luncheon."
March of the Penguins won Best Documentary. That was as foreseeable as the levees breaking. The Penguin guys are cute -- and dedicating their awards to "all the children of the world who saw this movie" was sweet.
OMFG. The best actress ads were hysterical.
And you got to love the winner for documentary short who thanked the Academy "for seating me next to George Clooney at the nominees luncheon."
March of the Penguins won Best Documentary. That was as foreseeable as the levees breaking. The Penguin guys are cute -- and dedicating their awards to "all the children of the world who saw this movie" was sweet.
Nice montage of "films that matter".
It's the one night a year that Hollywood concentrates on the magnificent things it does and ignores the rest -- such as the discrepancies in terms of available roles and pay for actresses versus actors, or the films over the years that in ways big and small have reinforced stereotypes.
I'm a cynic, I know.
It's the one night a year that Hollywood concentrates on the magnificent things it does and ignores the rest -- such as the discrepancies in terms of available roles and pay for actresses versus actors, or the films over the years that in ways big and small have reinforced stereotypes.
I'm a cynic, I know.
If you like "Travelin' Through" the song from TransAmerica written and sung by Dolly Parton that was nominated for an Oscar and which she sung tonight, it's available as a free download from the iTunes Music Store.
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brian1789 for bringing this to my attention.J's comment regarding Hilary Swank's dress: "If the laws of gravity were in effect, the Academy Awards would be a lot more interesting right now."
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Let's look at the movies nominated for Best Picture:
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Goodnight and Good Luck
Capote.
The first four of those were "social relevance pictures", albeit about different issues. So what? The Academy doesn't vote for "Most Important Picture" -- it votes for "Best Picture." What was the best movie as a movie.
(Every once in a while the Academy gets mixed up and doesn't vote for the best picture, instead going for the "Important" picture. Moulin Rouge was a better movie than A Beautiful Mind, for instance, although the latter won "Best Picture".)
I didn't see Crash. I haven't yet seen Brokeback Mountain, although I intend to. Or Munich, although I have seen Good Night and Good Luck and Capote. * I have no way of second guessing the Academy's choice here, nor does anyone who hasn't seen Crash, at least.
Just because someone has something important to say does not mean their movie is necessarily better than everybody else's.
*Of the two I did see, I would have to give the narrow edge to Good Night and Good Luck. Capote was an impressive movie, but somehow a very cold movie; Good Night and Good Luck engaged the heart as well as the mind. That said, I was delighted that Philip Seymour Hoffman won for his portrayal of Truman Capote. It was a tour de force.
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Goodnight and Good Luck
Capote.
The first four of those were "social relevance pictures", albeit about different issues. So what? The Academy doesn't vote for "Most Important Picture" -- it votes for "Best Picture." What was the best movie as a movie.
(Every once in a while the Academy gets mixed up and doesn't vote for the best picture, instead going for the "Important" picture. Moulin Rouge was a better movie than A Beautiful Mind, for instance, although the latter won "Best Picture".)
I didn't see Crash. I haven't yet seen Brokeback Mountain, although I intend to. Or Munich, although I have seen Good Night and Good Luck and Capote. * I have no way of second guessing the Academy's choice here, nor does anyone who hasn't seen Crash, at least.
Just because someone has something important to say does not mean their movie is necessarily better than everybody else's.
*Of the two I did see, I would have to give the narrow edge to Good Night and Good Luck. Capote was an impressive movie, but somehow a very cold movie; Good Night and Good Luck engaged the heart as well as the mind. That said, I was delighted that Philip Seymour Hoffman won for his portrayal of Truman Capote. It was a tour de force.
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