SAG Awards liveblog #2

[cleolinda]

Please welcome Evan Rachel Wood in--is that blue, green? I think it's green? She looks so much better now that she's got red hair instead of the Dita von Teese Special. She's here to introduce a montage of trailblazers: Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, Jodie Foster... Haley Joel Osment? Fred Astaire, Bruce Lee, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, and... okay, now I'm starting to see a pattern with the Brave Gay Roles and the Maude abortion thing and the... Planet of the Apes? You've lost me again.

Ladies and gentlemen, Claire Danes in red! Our nominees sell things to help keep the economy afloat! Except for the nominees that don't! Best Comedy Series! I don't understand a damn thing that's going on in this show. 30 Rock wins! Congratulations, you can all go home now. They've made yet another deal as to who gets to speak this time, and Jane Krakowski has won. Except that she is not funny. Okay, "I was on Ally McBeal and this cast is a thousand times... heavier," I'll give her that one.

Frank Langella (GIGANTIC CHEERS. Seriously, we nearly had a standing ovation) and Michael Sheen (sorry your movie got beat by a mall cop, dude) are here to present a Frost/Nixon clip! It's shouty. God bless thirty-second clips taken out of context.

Please welcome! Greg Kinnear! Man, where has he been? Female actor in a supporting role! DAMN, Amy Adams has got some diamond chandeliers going there. Also, I love Kate Winslet's royal blue dress. And she wins, because the Screen Actors Guild is not going to be outdone by the Golden Globes! Three deep sighs: "Wow. What a year it has been in movies." Everyone should be given a medal! She is a bit lost for words! Hannah was a wonderful role although it made her insane! Applause for a mention of the late Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. In the audience, Sean Penn looks dour, as if to remind us at home that this is the great triumph of his performance as Harvey Milk: actually smiling.

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[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Sean Penn looks dour, as if to remind us at home that this is the great triumph of his performance as Harvey Milk: actually smiling.

HEE. Lord, so true.

[syustat71605.livejournal.com]

Hannah was a wonderful role although it made her insane!

It really did, didn't it?

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

WHAT!?! 30 rock again!?!

[abbreviated-kt.livejournal.com]

:[ IDK where else to bitch about this

Micheal C Hall deserved the SAG award! When is it his turn?!

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Kate's dress is beautiful. And seriously, yeah, where the hell has Kinnear been? I miss him.

I think the Planet of the Apes was there as a string of makeup-y things? Since all the old Universal monster flicks were there, too.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Kinnear was in that flop, apparently recent movie with Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni (Ghost Town...?), being charming as usual. Wish I could see more of him more often, too. :(

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's right, I remember those commercials. Kinnear looked all snazzy in his tux, but even him being fantastic was not enough to make me go see that film.

Oh! But I did see him in Baby Mama! He ran a smoothie shop, it was great.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Oooh, didn't see that one. *makes mental note*

Ghost Town wasn't bad, though. I actually enjoyed it--I just have to agree with whoever said that it that only then that people finally realised that, although Ricky Gervais is Teh Awesome, he is not a star, certainly not enough of one to open movies.

Might I add, not enough of a star to open a film that neither allows him to be sarcastic enough for it to be fun, nor sufficiently nice for it to be sweet. The film just got sort of stuck in the middle. Personal opinion, of course.

[moongirli.livejournal.com]

Please welcome! Greg Kinnear! Man, where has he been?


Greg Kinnear has been... um... doing a movie with Tina Fey. In which he shows he is remarkably well-preserved.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

You know, I can't help but feel bad for Michael Sheen. He keeps doing these movies in which his co-star gets all the glory (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) and he gets squat, even though he more than holds his own. And then just to add insult to injury, he gets his ass kicked monetarily by a mall cop on a Segway.

Also, I love your icon's dress.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

But he does look like a total fox tonight, so he's sort of getting revenge.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Damn, I'm not even watching. I'll have to check out some pics later.

He's one of those weird guys who can look so dorky and...English, I guess, and then turn around and look frakking hot. The only reason I ever saw Underworld was because I was flipping channels and I saw him and I was like "who is that hot werewolf dude who is not the dude from Felicity?" And then I had to check his IMDB page several times when I saw The Queen, because how could the hot werewolf dude also be Tony Blair?

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Yes, poor Michael Sheen. :( I have to say, though, that I just came back from Frost/Nixon and, whereas he definitely did extremely well, it's very much Langella's film. *pats Michael Sheen's back* You need your agents to get you parts where your character isn't playing second fiddle (even if their name is in the title), babe.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Oh absolutely, Frank Langella owns that film. But he wouldn't be half as interesting if Michael Sheen weren't matching him every step of the way. His performance was a supporting performance in every sense of the word, and it's sad that he's not getting more recognition for it.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Totally agree. I... wouldn't mind saying Frost is as leading a character as Nixon, though--it's as much about the story of Frost's personal and professional growth as it is about Nixon, after all.

I was just mentioning to someone else, I thought Sheen was terrific as Frost, but it's pretty unfortunate that, as well as he did it, it wasn't necessarily something... new. I'm sure getting everything just right was one heck of an ordeal, but then Langella comes in and actually gives layer upon layer to Nixon's character without turning the whole thing into a sympathetic sobfest for himself, and what chance does poor Sheen have? Hopefully he'll get some recognition soon.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I think Frost is a leading character until he and Nixon actually sit down, and from that moment on, his purpose is to get Nixon/Langella to spill his presidential/actorly guts. It doesn't diminish the character's personal/professional growth; his journey in the film is entirely tied to what happens with Nixon.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

True, that.

I still (personally, of course) think Sheen's quiet double take when Nixon blurts out the "if the President does it, it's not illegal" line is the stuff of great performances. It's just such a great look, even the way he murmurs his "I'm sorry...?" is fantastic, and it's just the sort of stuff that is so hard to replicate take after take, and I can't even imagine how many times he's done it, both on stage and during rehearsals. I love that sequence. I'd nominate him just for that.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of the billion times I've been told "acting is reacting." What you're talking about is a perfect example of that. Listening to dialogue can be just as hard as reciting it.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

... well, if poor Michael gets no recognition elsewhere, he certainly has two vehement supporters in us, lol!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I am proud to call myself a Michael Sheen fangirl. :-D

[etod.livejournal.com]

haha! Glad to see I wasn't the only scratching my head at the montage. It might've made sense if they played the Montage song from Team America over it while it played?

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

No award will ever beat K-Win having a five minute panic attack on stage while she tried to remember everyone she wanted to thank and resurrected everyone's slavering love for her and Leo. Seriously, game over.

That said, I think your snark is perfectly on tonight. =P

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Frank Langella (GIGANTIC CHEERS. Seriously, we nearly had a standing ovation)

Glad to read it, because Langella gave such a terrific - and so incredibly understated and soon-to-be non-awarded - performance in Frost/Nixon that he deserves every little clap these people can possibly muster.

*suddenly hearts Langella*

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

Oh, Michael Sheen. You were the only bearable thing about Underworld, but I still can't find it in my heart to feel sorry that you got beat by Mall Cop. Mostly because I'm bitter for the time I wasted on Underworld

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I narrated that montage at the TV while I was cleaning my room and when it got to Apes I was confused. "Gay people need love! And ugly people! And...apes!" (Hey, they were doing the Brave Disfigured Actor clips.)