tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post6271051582310160446..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Oscar Night in Review: Most Wonderful ThingsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35315999452429093212010-03-12T18:44:26.180-05:002010-03-12T18:44:26.180-05:00The Hurt Locker was not the best movie in the bunc...The Hurt Locker was not the best movie in the bunch nor of the year 2009. Let's get real. Many good things, yeah sure. A terrific movie that will be remembered for years? Not at all.<br /><br />I loved Precious winning screenplay. Great surprise.<br /><br />Friends presenting nominees ? Yay!<br /><br />Some presenters were great others were... not. Great to see longer clips. Last year it was all done in seconds, people could'nt appreciate anything.<br />Not showing cinematography clips? Isn't that insane ?<br /><br />Sorry but Pedro and Quentin were not that great. Quentin read the nominees (Pedro would have been better as two of the movies were in spanish) and Pedro announced the winner in english... Wouldnt it be better to announce the winner of that category in the original language? The presenter should obviously be a person that knows to speak a wide array of languages. I know it seems dumb, but people around the world hate to hear their languages torned apart by awful accents or by incorrect translations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-56830485963779304862010-03-12T18:41:20.782-05:002010-03-12T18:41:20.782-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84228976619146275992010-03-11T06:13:18.695-05:002010-03-11T06:13:18.695-05:00@ anon 10:12, I'm pretty sure they are dating....@ anon 10:12, I'm pretty sure they are dating. I noticed it first at he Baftas that there might be something in the air. And lo and behold, in the following week I read two interviews with Boal, where he was mentioned as Bigelow's "beau" and she as the "girlfriend".Laranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78779681384902613502010-03-11T01:37:51.681-05:002010-03-11T01:37:51.681-05:00yeah, I hated this year's presentation. Embarr...yeah, I hated this year's presentation. Embarrassing stuff like Farmiga's Clooney stuff and Julianne Moore's "we only worked together for three days but i know he's an incredible man" thing. Yikes. Terrible.<br /><br />I too remember the broad comedic scene they used for Kidman in <i>Moulin Rouge!</i> I wish they'd used a the big moment of "The Show Must Go On" because it's very serious and also musical. Out of all the performances from musicals that have been nominated this decade only ONE had an oscar clip that included the actor singing and that was Penelope. Catherine, Renee and Jennifer all just got straight acting clips.<br /><br />Of course there was also Penelope and Marion's clips from <i>Volver</i> and <i>La Vie en Rose</i> in which they used clips of them MIMING to music, but that's not the same. Although whoever chooses the clips clearly has a thing for Penelope Cruz singing.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58753014600755714612010-03-11T01:19:07.792-05:002010-03-11T01:19:07.792-05:00I remember that moment in the 2002 telecast! They ...I remember that moment in the 2002 telecast! They cut to Nicole Kidman's reaction and she truly looked embarrassed. Weird I remember this, as I was 10 at the time...<br /><br />Well, considering I know MR!'s dialogues by heart, I guess it's not THAT weird.Bernardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535653809166347030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52180758110031956152010-03-10T22:25:20.059-05:002010-03-10T22:25:20.059-05:00@Max - I like Hilary Swank, as an actress, more th...@Max - I like Hilary Swank, as an actress, more than most but my God, does anyone's faux-humility come off more overtly smug as hers? (No wonder Oprah glommed on.) It's like a weird delusion.Cluster Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536270677455131262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3855987285150491422010-03-10T22:12:51.052-05:002010-03-10T22:12:51.052-05:00Wait, why do we think Boal and Bigelow are dating?...Wait, why do we think Boal and Bigelow are dating? They had different (and more age-appropriate) dates with them right?<br /><br />My guess is people misstate that they are dating because they're listed as partners -- producing partners that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32420526887769868722010-03-10T21:12:21.206-05:002010-03-10T21:12:21.206-05:00Nathaniel, I have to respectfully disagree with yo...Nathaniel, I have to respectfully disagree with you that Quality Wins Out at the Oscars this year. While Sandra Bullock did give a good speech (she really had to if only to validate her presence onstage), her performance in TBS was not quality winning out. Hers was the weakest of the 5 nominees. She did not give the best performance of the 5 nominees. Everybody knows this to be true. She certainly does have charm though.brandznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33836048501205479752010-03-10T18:56:52.502-05:002010-03-10T18:56:52.502-05:00Which was the last movie to win for modern costume...Which was the last movie to win for modern costume? Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?The Jaded Armchair Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511211427198395696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-90968971063723914872010-03-10T18:53:38.877-05:002010-03-10T18:53:38.877-05:00I totally agree with you on Stanley Tucci, Nat. I...I totally agree with you on Stanley Tucci, Nat. I love it when an actor is nominated for a dud, and it's clear they know it. It makes the dud a little bit more forgivable ;-)<br /><br />I love your description of your holy quintet, too! I nominate Winslet to take Streep's spot; Meryl can be general of the queen army, and Vera Farmiga can be head seductress. And maybe Monique can be secretary of comebacks?<br /><br />I loved your chaotic stair-pushing and swirling and earth-heaven allusions; never before have you posted something that reminded me of Paradise Lost...Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-70440239939241110322010-03-10T18:08:07.875-05:002010-03-10T18:08:07.875-05:00well, obviously i knew it was a coded message of l...well, obviously i knew it was a coded message of love<br />(ssshhhhh - the kids'll be jealous)par3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54343707030876320372010-03-10T17:49:25.548-05:002010-03-10T17:49:25.548-05:00par... no praise for my six wide worst and weirdes...par... no praise for my <i>six</i> wide worst and weirdest list. I even thought of you!NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78492574986295811072010-03-10T17:41:52.559-05:002010-03-10T17:41:52.559-05:00i hated the acting presentations this year; all th...i hated the acting presentations this year; all the good friend/great humanitarian stuff just reminded me of ben vereen praising roy scheider in <i>all that jazz</i>; especially after julianne moore admitted to knowing colin firth for all of three days<br /><br /><i>the sexy locker</i>'s six oscars is hardly excessive when you recall that the dreadful <i>slumdog millionaire</i> won eight<br /><br />ps - kidman's scene was embarrassing <i>in</i> contextpar3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41967344695617175762010-03-10T17:40:59.739-05:002010-03-10T17:40:59.739-05:00I also don't have Mo'Nique tops on my list...I also don't have Mo'Nique tops on my list due to some of the earlier scenes but that final scene is becoming more and more difficult to shake off...Burning Reelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240650652319642523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-67266584872878076922010-03-10T17:00:43.199-05:002010-03-10T17:00:43.199-05:00amir... Mo'Nique third? holy hell... who is be...amir... Mo'Nique third? holy hell... who is better than that??? i'm so curious.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3489349020875267872010-03-10T17:00:04.067-05:002010-03-10T17:00:04.067-05:00VAL -- yes! that's what i'm talking. it wa...VAL -- yes! that's what i'm talking. it was one of the broad comedy bits from atop the elephants. and I just remember thinking "why? why would they do this to her when she gave teh best of the nominated performances?"<br /><br />so that's what i was feeling sorta when they showed the fried chicken scene in Precious.<br /><br />IILNA ... it's really a holy quintet ;) in a majestic throne room atop the cinematic universe with MOORE & PFEIFFER & STREEP & KIDMAN & one alternate (whomever i'm feeling at the moment) It's often WINSLET but right now it's totally SWINTON ;) in the throne room there's a skype connection to France for the French tower where DENEUVE has *absolute* power but other Gallic goddesses roam freely about.<br /><br />and then there's the Second Circle Corps on a lower floor here in America which is a far more volatile unruly and unstable bunch always jockeying for goddess promotions. and sometime falling (being pushed?) down whole flights of stairs whlie they're trying to move up. It's all very exciting. It should be a tv series! <br /><br />of course that's just the "working cinema" tower of the mount olympus situation for the film experience mythology. There's also a retired/dead/in limbo tower...NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61088726690228948652010-03-10T16:58:23.505-05:002010-03-10T16:58:23.505-05:00*Ahem* VAL, see above, I noted that already. :P
...*Ahem* VAL, see above, I noted that already. :P<br /><br />I LOVE Lauren Bacall even more because of twitter!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400225646381596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2631067763177143382010-03-10T16:33:27.710-05:002010-03-10T16:33:27.710-05:00And I was so overwhelmed by the Oscars this year -...And I was so overwhelmed by the Oscars this year - so much was wrong about them and this season seemed quite arduous to follow - that I've just had to let them wash over me.<br /><br />The Hurt Locker winning was great (only because it was the least offensive option of the two frontrunners) - but six Oscars? Hmm...<br /><br />And Sandra Bullock as an Oscar-winner? It's really devalued the Best Actress accolade for me - the first time I've felt this way about the Oscars, despite knowing they've a penchant for celebrating mediocrity a lot of the time. It's just frustrating that when they do get it right, oh they get it right and how sweet it can be.<br /><br />I can't agree that the acting winners were super-great this year, Nathaniel. I suppose Bridges was second choice, Mo'Nique my third, and Waltz my pick in his category. But last year, for me anyway, was an example of stellar acting winners, the right people won in every category, picked from nominee pools that were largely deserving. It kind of tempered the whole Slumdog sweep (worst Best Picture winner ever?) Anyway, old old news I know.amir_uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25353165732532051472010-03-10T16:30:47.873-05:002010-03-10T16:30:47.873-05:00That's not the real Lauren Bacall doing those ...That's not the real Lauren Bacall doing those Tweets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40701963823701792942010-03-10T16:26:07.380-05:002010-03-10T16:26:07.380-05:00Puh-lease.
Someone tell Bacall that "Grace K...Puh-lease.<br /><br />Someone tell Bacall that "Grace Kelly would have died if..." she knew Lauren f-ing Bacall was on Twitter.amir_uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-88655344933402469172010-03-10T16:09:49.562-05:002010-03-10T16:09:49.562-05:00oh, the third person is most definitely Renee Zell...oh, the third person is most definitely Renee Zellweger. I'm sure of it. ;)<br /><br />and I'm loving these Bacall tweets. God, i love when people reach that age where they don't really give a shit and tell it like it is.Derreckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753119043647198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-8185321583382708932010-03-10T16:02:39.055-05:002010-03-10T16:02:39.055-05:00nathaniel i always forget who is the third part of...nathaniel i always forget who is the third part of your holy trinity along with Julianne Moore and Michelle Pfeiffer...is it Renee Zellweger or Hillary Swank???illnaanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-12650514741284045782010-03-10T15:15:23.605-05:002010-03-10T15:15:23.605-05:00I didn't see everything but from tour favorite...I didn't see everything but from tour favorites that I saw, I liked them all. But then, I also liked the horror montage.<br /><br />By the way, Bacall rulezzzz!James Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055933146552583102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-8107539187232237622010-03-10T15:06:59.740-05:002010-03-10T15:06:59.740-05:00You guys call yourselves Oscar buffs!? The clip th...You guys call yourselves Oscar buffs!? The clip they showed for Kidman came right after "Your Song". It's when Satine is distracting The Duke so he won't see Christian. High on slapstick, and in lingerie no less. The "I'm leaving" clip would've been much better, but I was hoping for "a real actress" leading up to the "I believe you were expecting me" line at the end of "Sparkling Diamonds". Talk about waste of a perfect moment. <br /><br />-VALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71444182379861885522010-03-10T14:58:31.777-05:002010-03-10T14:58:31.777-05:00Is anyone following Lauren Bacall on twitter? Yike...Is anyone following Lauren Bacall on twitter? Yikes!<br /><br /><i>Let's see what else, oh yes why do starlets today have such bad posture? That Montana girl and that Twilight girl slouch like potato sacks.<br /><br />I am just glad Avatar didn't win or I would have had to drop my membership.I voted for Precious but The Hurt Locker was my 2nd choice.<br /><br />Enough of me being a negative Nancy, its just that I am glad I got to see the Oscars of the 40s & 50s.Grace Kelly would have died if she...<br /><br />...Saw what I did at the red carpet (a tattooed gum chewing woman with too much cleavage and a man in sneakers).</i><br /><br />The sneakers guy was Robert Dowey Jr. but who was the lady?NoNohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973204564841048976noreply@blogger.com