I'm particularly well-suited to give a "tone-deaf" report because I haven't been to anything but a few children's movies in years. I'm a big fan of Shrek. I really want to see the four big winners, Million Dollar Baby (four Oscars), Ray (two Oscars), but particularly The Aviator (five Oscars) and The Incredibles (two Oscars) because The Objectivists liked them so much.
I liked the winning song, Al Otro Lado Del Rio, very much, though I liked watching Beyonce sing three of the other songs even more.
I was going to rip The Motorcycle Diaries, but the reviews I've read have sold me on it. (That damn Advertising!) It's Che's lifework I hate, though, not what inspired it, and it seems that that is what the movie is about. The admixture of politics and business deserves to be fought, but the means of violent revolution and communism aren't the proper tools for the job. At least they won't relieve the poverty and suffering of the people you're talking to.
The babes were hot, particularly Virginia Madsen and Scarlett Johansson. I enjoyed the women's dresses.
Jamie Foxx deserved the Best Actor for Ray, I think. Morgan Freeman deserves every award that comes his way. I find it hard to believe that Clint beat Scorsese, but it's probably true that neither film deserved a sweep.
Don Cheadle and Hotel Rwanda should have won something.
I actually thought Chris Rock was pretty funny and smooth, even with the pro-Michael Moore diatribe. The jokes that grew out of that cracked foundation were good. Too bad it's all the guy knows about politics. Somebody send him Michael Moore hates America.
I agree with the producers who decided that the technical awards needed a little speeding up; having their awards in the aisles was a nice change of pace. It sort of downplayed the grandiosity of the stage and played up the role of the audience. But when they lined up the whole editing and costuming crews on the stage it emphasized the fact that most of them were losers.
So there! I thought it was a good show.
Update Mar. 3: This dude shows me how it's done.
4 comments:
You could've spent the time blogging.
All blogging and no play makes Al a dull guy.
This is how I catch up with popular culture.
Of course, watching the Oscars makes you dull too.
Thanks for leaving a comment on our silly little blog. Regarding the Oscars, I only saw the last 30 minutes or so. Since Clint Eastwood had his mommy in the audience, I'm glad he won. I missed virtually all of Chris Rock. But I remember Hillary Swank's dress. That girl's got back. And I also liked the writer who responded to the audience encouragement to continue speaking after the music started, "No, I don't want to keep going, I want to get off the stage."
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