Oscars, part 9

[cleolinda]

"There was a... there was a small technical glitch, so we're going to... have to restart the show." Well, God knows we have the time!

Here's Penelope Cruz (IN BLACK) with Best Foreign Film. Aaaaand the Holocaust movie, The Counterfeiters, wins. Am I just too cynical? This is, by the way, the first Austrian film to win an Oscar, according to our winner, and it's fitting, because the Nazis drove so many of their filmmakers out (he says. I mean, I believe him; I'm just saying that I don't just know these magical facts off the top of my head).

And here's Patrick Dempsey, the appeal of whom I don't really get, presenting the last Enchanted song, "So Close." Is that actual Amy Adams dancing down there? Because it's (obviously) not actual Patrick Dempsey. Very nice lavender dress either way. Wow, one of the dancers had, like, a jeweled earmuff crown. I kind of wasn't expecting that.

Here's John Travolta, as the dancers leisurely waltz their way offstage, to present the winner. Very nicely done. And of course all the Enchanted songs cancel each other out and Once wins. Which I'm kind of glad of, because outside the context of the movie? The Enchanted songs really aren't that great. "Make art! Make art!" urges Glen Hansard. Also, "All the people we have to thank, you know who you are, so we don't have to say them!" Despite that, it's mostly a very sweet speech. "Wow," says Jon Stewart. "That guy is SO ARROGANT." Okay, I laughed out loud because I really have heard that, although he was obviously being sarcastic. Also, Stewart announces that someone's left their Boeing's lights on out on La Brea, and John Travolta comes running through towards the parking lot. Heh.

Uh oh, Hilary Swank's up next, and I've heard now that she really is presenting the Death March. Tissues!

Comments

[dancingbarefoot.livejournal.com]

Cameron D's up before Hilary and the applause-o-meter March of Death.

Or so says: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/20786079.html

[gracefallson-me.livejournal.com]

i immediatly thought of John when he started reading that! i cracked up. and *tear* to the upcoming part.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

Also, Stewart announces that someone's left their Boeing's lights on out on La Brea, and John Travolta comes running through towards the parking lot. Heh.

HA! That's funny without even seeing it. Go, Cleo!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't decide if that was Amy Adams or not. If it wasn't, they found a dead ringer for her. Clearly that wasn't Dempsey. I think the costumes were real too.

[thansunshine.livejournal.com]

My dad took the TV back, and now he's watching Iron Chef and I totally missed the win by Once. D;

[ter369.livejournal.com]

This is, by the way, the first Austrian film to win an Oscar, according to our winner, and it's fitting, because the Nazis drove so many of their filmmakers out (he says. I mean, I believe him; I'm just saying that I don't just know these magical facts off the top of my head).

Billy Wilder, for one.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, he did rattle off a list of names--Wilder was one, and Preminger was another. But, you know: fast typing and all.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

But, you know: fast typing and all.

Of course!

Wilder's films are so sharply observant about American life, that maybe only a foreigner who fell in love with the country could have that viewpoint. Like Tom Stoppard and Britain.

Has anyone checked to see if Marion C. is the first Best Actress winner since Sophia Loren in a foreign language film?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but she is apparently the first French-speaking role to win Best Actress.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

"Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard are the only actresses to win this award for a foreign-language (i.e., non-English speaking) performance: Loren for her Italian performance in the Two Women (1960) and Cotillard for her French performance in La Vie En Rose (2007)."

source: wikipedia entry on Best Actress

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

wilder and preminger won for films made stateside, though.

[gracefallson-me.livejournal.com]

oh God here it goes.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

And here's Patrick Dempsey, the appeal of whom I don't really get,

Thank God I'm not alone!

[ambiguousreason.livejournal.com]

i don't get it either!

[quenbolyn.livejournal.com]

Neither do I!

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

I have found my people!

[quenbolyn.livejournal.com]

Hee! My least favorite part was when they announced him as "handsome" Patrick Dempsey. Thank you very much Ms. Announcer for allowing me to form my own opinion.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Hee, forming your own opinion? This is America. You're silly. ;)

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

He was good in "Enchanted".

I just don't get the appeal of McDreamy. He's more of a McDouche. And one of the reasons I quit watching Grey's in the first place...

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I know!

On a side note, icon love!

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

Nor do I get it.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

I don't get it either! I just do not get the appeal. So many more attractive men out there.

James Marsden (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005188/) for one. God he's cute.

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

Yes! Thank you! He was good in "Enchanted," but other than that: Eh.

[solielle.livejournal.com]

Also, "All the people we have to thank, you know who you are, so we don't have to say them!" Despite that, it's mostly a very sweet speech.

I kind of found that endearing, because that's totally what I would do if I won an Oscar. A "I'll call y'all tomorrow crying, so I don't leave anyone out tonight." sort of thing.

[lyricalnights.livejournal.com]

Damn, DeadRoll, did you just blow off Brad Renfrow? That's cold.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

IAWTC.

[gracefallson-me.livejournal.com]

it seems like they blew off several folks. but i figure since Brad wasn't an Oscar contender, yet, he wasn't important enough for the Academy Awards' In Memorium! if Heath hadn't been an Oscar nominee last year he probably wouldn've been included either.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

My fiance' and I expect that he (and anyone else who was left off) were cut for time, given how interested they seem in BLASTING through the show this year.

Guys! Half the fun of the Oscars is complaining about how long they are! CUT IT OUT!

[lyricalnights.livejournal.com]

Seriously. And if you want to save time, cut dumb montages, not dead people.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

PLEASE. SPARE US THE MONTAGES.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

My daughter announced that it would be even more depressing when people were on there that she remembers from when she was a kid.






Anyone want a teenager for free?

[agentsculder.livejournal.com]

Umm, I'm all teary here, but is it crass to mention that they put in Heath Ledger but left OUT Brad Renfro?

[splits_thesky]

Yeah, agreed (even as I continue sniffling :().

[splits_thesky]

Uh, agreed with the mention, I mean, not with your saying it being crass. Uhhh.

[sunihiroku.livejournal.com]

I think they have to have been involved in an Oscar-nominated movie to make The Roll, or to have been a member of the Academy. They're not going to include just anyone who's ever been involved in a movie, b/c when do you draw the line? Also, I don't think they're even allowed to include clips of movies/people or things that weren't already shown at the Oscars in previous years. Don't quote me on that, but it would make a helluva lotta sense.

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the Travolta moment, but my favorite minute of the Oscars so far is Jon bringing the woman from Once back out so she could say her thanks. I was upset when I saw how they cut her off - it was really classy that they gave her her moment.

[sweetcheri.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. Them letting her come back out and say her thank yous was pretty classy.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

omg was "Donfeld" a typo in the Deathroll? Because that would really really suck.

....dear God, the soldiers in Baghdad doing the Best Documentary Short all look about nineteen.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I went and checked--nope, that really was the name he went by. Donald Lee Field, shortened to Donfeld. He was a costume designer--Adrian also went by just the one name.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

Well thank goodness, that would've been _awful._

They're BLAZING through the previous-winners montages at a wtf speed!

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

And here's Patrick Dempsey, the appeal of whom I don't really get,

Oh, thank you for saying that - I totally agree. He does nothing for me (rather like Matthew Fox) and I can't understand all the swooning and "McDreamy" crap.

[silk-noir.livejournal.com]

Am I just too cynical?

Nope. My family figured it out a long time ago.

I was hoping for Mongol, myself.

[ms-treesap.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaah your icon! I saw one a few days ago that was a vagina in an apple *g*

[chrismarlowe.livejournal.com]

I think the reason Brad was left off because he wasn't a member of the union anymore? I doubt they would deliberately snub him like that.

[phantomess05.livejournal.com]

So glad Once won, also glad you were happy too... I actually left the enchanted community I was in because of all the bitching about Enchanted not getting it and Falling Slowly being undeserving.