The Oscars

[Khev]

It was kind of cool to see Robert Downey Jr. sporting the Tony Stark look.

 

[tomandshell]

I also loved seeing Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg present the Oscar to Scorsese.

The other two highlights for me were Clint Eastwood on stage next to (and translating for) Ennio Morricone, and the pretentious naked silhouette group morphing into the logo for Snakes on a Plane.

 

[Gruson]

I despise Ellen but actually enjoyed the show a lot this year!

It kept you interested from start to finish.

 

[Giant Chicken]

I hate how 80% of the winners use note cards and fumble up their words...

We try and teach the children of America public speaking skills and these actors are horrible at it.

I know they are nervious and I know that public speaking is the number one fear...

but when this sophisticated event takes place every year all of the winners make fools of themselves. It just bugs me...

 

[tomandshell]

It's not like they had no idea that they might possibly end up on stage speaking to billions of people.

 

[Giant Chicken]

It's not like they had no idea that they might possibly end up on stage speaking to billions of people.

Exactly!!!

 

[darth dypshyt]

I am happy for Mr Scorcese...If anyone deserves an oscar for directing, (that hasn't already won one..), it is him. A true legend..my hat is off to you Marty!

 

[jedibear]

.... Hilarious about George Lucas though I imagine if he doesn't do anything else he'll get an honorary oscar. He should win an oscar for editing ANH a billion times

He already WON his honarary Oscar several years ago...the Irving Thalberg Award for all of his tech stuff he's done (THX, EditDroid, Skywalker Sound, etc)...

While it was nice to see him there with his old '70's buddies, I really didn't enjoy him being the butt of the joke about a directing award...I thought that was kinda lame.


And was it me or was that the longest Oscars in memory? The dumb Jack Black/Will Ferrell thing, the too-cute shadow-dance numbers for best pic noms, the artsy choral performance for sound or something....maybe some of those hot editors that were there to accept an award could've helped in chopping the whole thing down a bit....and at least Jennifer Hudson only thanked God four times instead of the 10 or 12 we were expecting...

As for Ellen....why do they even bother with a host anymore when the thing is mostly voiceover announcements? And not to knock her, but as Letterman and Stewart proved, bringing your TV schtick to the Oscar stage doesn't always translate well...

Oh well....another four hours wasted...when will I learn?

 

[Batty]

The thing I found most annoying was the totally obscure "facts" told about the winners as they made their way to the stage.

And if I had a giant screen and a bright light I could show what I thought of those shadow dancers with one hand.

 

[Giant Chicken]

And if I had a giant screen and a bright light I could show what I thought of those shadow dancers with one hand.

Thumbs UP...???

 

[PosterBoyKelly]

Why do documentaries that are based on few facts but lots of hype always win?

 

[Buttmunch]

I thought the funniest part was Jerry Seinfeld's presentation. He should be the host next year. Much funnier than any of Ellen's stuff. The Snakes on a Plane shadow was pretty funny as well.

 

[jgatienza]

i totally missed the oscars, oh well. i'm glad scorsese won an oscar, but i think the departed was over rated.

 

[jedibear]

Thumbs UP...???

I think it's safe to say Batty has a different digit in mind....

And while Seinfield make make an interesting choice for host, his remarks about movie theaters aren't going to endear him to the exhibitor (ShoWest) crowd...

 

[Batty]

I think it's safe to say Batty has a different digit in mind....

Right.

 

[tomandshell]

The thing I found most annoying was the totally obscure "facts" told about the winners as they made their way to the stage.

"Helen Mirren's road to the Oscars has been long and hard, as a Turkish palm reader once told her that success and fame would elude her until she reached her 40's."

Or something like that. I was scratching my head more than a few times with those bizarre comments from the announcers.

 

[Darth Caedus]

It's not like they had no idea that they might possibly end up on stage speaking to billions of people.

Yea, seems like the idiotic actors can't speak if a clever writer doesn't write their lines for them.

I thought it was an okay show. The shadow dancers forming the symbols was very cool, I have never seen that before. Jerry Seinfeld was great, he had me busting up for a good couple of minutes. Found it quite funny when they said about Martin scorcesee that The Departed was his first movie with an actual plot, made me laugh. I SOOOOOO wanted Kelly from The Bad New Bears to win best supporting actor. He came out of left field...and from the looks of him, drugs + alcohol + time = making you looks like a pedophile.

 

[pixletwin]

I thought Ellen was okay, but I would have preferred Stewart. It was kind of a boring show.

George, Francis and Steven presenting to Marty was probably the highlight.

I thought it was kinda funny when she brought out the vaccum cleaner. The bit with Spieberg, copola, and lucas was funny tho'.

 

[gideon]

Thought Ellen did a good job but would love to see Jerry Seinfeld get the gig next year. His two minutes were better than anything from Ellen we saw last night. Her Al Gore comments were her best lines.

J. Hudson - okay, role was perfect for her but what is in store for her future in the way of an acting career? Can she really act in a different role demanding much more than being a slightly different version of herself as a singer? We shall see.

Peter O'Toole looked like he was enbalmed already. Too bad one of the great acting performances in history - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - had to come up against Gregory Peck in MOCKINGBIRD. Speilberg was great playing along with Eastwood. Lucas looked like an idiot with Coppola and SS admitting that he really had no business up there since he never won - and is not really a great director either. Simply is not good with the human element. Really want to see CHILDREN OF MEN, SUNSHINE and SCOTLAND based on what I saw last night. Have not seen DEPARTED and have no resentment its big wins last night but hate drug movies on principle so will not see it for money but may try it on HBO in a year.

Hated the comedy song from Black and company as well as the stupid sound chorus early in the show. The dancers forming logos were okay since they kept that brief.

See how far we have come as a nation department: Ethridge thanking her wife for her support. Imagine that on telecasts from previous decades if you think that nothing has changed.

All in all not a bad evening of entertainment.

 

[screamingmetal]

I taped it last night and sped through the commercials and boring parts. Ellen was okay, not great but I think she was as good as John Stewart. I agree I'd also like to see Seinfeld host next year, he was funnier then Ellen, but we also didn't have to listen to him all night long.

Great that Pan's labyrinth won a few, but I just really wanted to see Del Toro up on the stage at least once. I didn't like the sound effects chorus at all but the Jack Black and Will Ferrell bit was okay, the funniest part was when Ferrell said Jack Black instead of John C. Riley. I thought the shadow dancers were interesting, it was good that they kept that part short. Of all the songs they played, I really only like the Mellisa Ethridge song out of any of them. I'm glad that song and An Inconvenient Truth won. Also great to see two actors I really like get awards, Alan Arkin and Forest Whitaker.
I haven't seen the Departed yet but did just rent it today, I wish Scorsese won best director on something other then a remake of another movie, but it's great that he finally won an Oscar. Even though I think United 93 was an incredible movie and that Paul Greengrass also deserved an Oscar, at least United 93 should've earned a nomination for best picture and won. The presentation with Spielberg, Coppola, and Lucas did strangely foreshadow that Scorsese would win it, I thought that bit about Lucas not winning an Oscar between the three of them was great.
Too bad Peter O'Toole didn't win, I didn't see what he was in but I really think that was his last chance to win an Oscar in his lifetime, a little sad about that one.