Chris hates Keanu, it's that simple
Well. When you do an Oscar story, you really do an Oscar story. I agree with
many of your choices. However, The Sixth Sense was not THAT great. Frankly,
I'm surprised to see it on there. I totally agree with the Miramax "Cider
House" campaigning. Just trying to buy another award.
Keaneu Reeves cannot act Paul!!! Ever, never, ever!!! He sucks!! Always has,
always will.
Bravo to "Blair Witch" on your worst of the year! A complete rip-off!
I think "Malkovich" should take best original screenplay, or at least MOST
original screenplay. I'm pulling for Denzel but I haven't seen "The
Hurricane" yet. I'm going to try to see what films I can see for free with
my SAG card this week. Those awards are being given out in a few weeks.
Chris Cooper was nominated for a SAG Award for "American Beauty"...Sorry
dude, but I'd replace Cruise with him in a heartbeat. Other than having one
of the best lines of the year ("Respect...the cock!") and showing that he
was obviously having a good time up there, it's way too easy to see that guy
acting. His "process" was laid out in front him for all to see. You wanna
see a REALLY skilled actor in his thirties, watch Penn in "Sweet and
Lowdown" or Phillip Seymour Hoffman in just about anything he's done. THAT'S
the work! Hoffman even made "Flawless" (a little) bearable. Talk about a
stink bomb!!
My hands are hurting (I can't imagine what yours were like after all that
typing) so I'll wrap this up.
Picture- "Beauty"
Director- Same
Actor- Denzel
Actress- Benning or Swank (i know, that's a cop-out)
S. Actor- Haley or (gulp) Cruise
S. Actress- Jolie (although I haven't seen it-don't want to-it's a Winnona
thing-the Keaneau of Hollywood women)
I'm not familiar enough with all the nominees in all the other categories so
I'll stop there. I've seen more movies in the past year than ever before and
this was the first year maybe ever that I've seen ALL the best "pic" "noms."
(how's that for Hollywood entertainment magazine abreviations) Anywho,
let's talk soon regarding this.
Chris
Steve chimes in...
Hey Paul,
I watched the whole thing, and the only movie I'd recently seen among the bunch of nominees was Being John Malkovich. Bummed it didn't get directing or original screenplay. Guess I should see American Beauty now . . . .
King Gimp looks great! Really! When the human spirit triumphs over the physical being to express itself, that's art.
Loved Billy. (Whoopi who?)
Caine was the best speech of the actors.
Best Sup. Actress DOES look like the "who'd-we-want-to-sleep-with" choice. And has anyone brought up the "sexy hostess of Technical Achievement Awards given in a ceremony held earlier" syndrome? Selma is not the first.
Hillary Swank and Helen Hunt and some other actor in the past few years have studied with a NYC acting coach with the last name of Ross. Heard a profile of him on NPR a few days before the awards. Speculation is that he helps bring the academy award perfomances out of people. But it's not guaranteed--his other student this year was Michael Duncan Clarke.
All in all, a good show. Didn't always seem as long as it turned out. But I did miss your birthday cake . . . . :)
Peace & Two Bricks,
Steve
...twice!
(PAUL HARVEY VOICE) AND ONE THING MORE . . . . .
Phil Collins should've won for "take a look at me now/Against All Odds" back in the 80's. NOT for Tarzan. Cliche-ridden, artificial sounding, and calculatedly commercial. Yeeeeeesh!
I know, it's a Disney thing, big deal. Newman was my pick, and I was also hoping for Aimee Mann.
Blame Canada was awesome!
Steve
Mark is pissed. The Oscars do that to him.
Paul,
Just some quick things to comment on about your Oscar observations. I was
curious to hear your reaction to the big, overblown, and, in my opinion, total
lame, musical tribute to all the slow, boring, and dull best song
nominees/winners from years past? Was this thing really needed? It was 15
minutes long, and as soon as I saw Garth Fucking Brooks come out, my mute
button was pressed faster than Jar Jar Binks merchandise going to the bargin
bin. Even Billy was making fun of it later in the show (the fact that the dry
ice machine went haywire and totally enveloped Isaac Hayes). If the crappy
dance number from LAST year, where we got to see people tapping to the score
from Saving Private Ryan, was enough to kill all dance numbers THIS year, maybe
this will be enough to kill all musical numbers NEXT year! I don't know. My
friend Randy says that they must put those boring, long, bullshit things in to
give everyone in the audience a chance to go to the bathroom, because a minute
long commercial break really isn't enough time.
What did you think?
As for the rest of it - the only things I really would like to have seen
differently were for Halley Joel to win Supporting Actor, and for Alexander
Payne to win for best adapted Screenplay; ironically, the only two awards that
were given to Cider House Rules, which, in my opinion, should never have been
nominated over Being John Malcovich.
As far as that is concerned, the movie itself was enjoyable; but it never
really seemed to succeed in its emotional draw. For such heavy subject matters
(abortion, incest, drug addiction, and abandoned children), it never really
took a strong emotional stand in either defense or condemnation of any of it.
It stayed pretty safe, and thus, pretty predictable. Well acted and nice
looking, though.
We were all set to go see Boys Don't Cry last Saturday before Oscar night, but
at the last minute they replaced it with a sneek preview, so no dice.
Oh well, I've got to go pick up Jenn from work. I'll talk to you again soon,
and definitely before we come down there.
Tooch
Adam rocks
Sorry to hear the Bahamas didn't have some of the Oscar picks. I think I
join all of my friends in feeling really really bad for you.
Here's my wrap up:
-Amount of time between the beginning of the show and first "Oscars were
stolen" Joke: .03 seconds.
-Length of telecast: 4 hours 5 minutes
-Length without "oscars were stolen" jokes: 3 hours 42 minutes.
-Billy Crystal's Anger Meter: 5 out of 10 (The year Robin Williams won
BestSupporting Actor: 9.75 out of 10)
-Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie for Reindeer Games
-Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine for The Fire Down Below
-Best Song: "Disney! Disney! Disney!" by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim
Rice, Elton John, Phil Collins.
-Next Years Winner: "DISNEY!! DISNEY!! DISNEY!!" by Howard Ashman, Alan
Menken, Tim Rice, Elton John, Phil Collins.
-"Girl Interrupted SWEEPS OSCARS!" - Or so Miramax reported in
thisnmorning's Variety.
-Angelina Jolie and her brother: Are fucking each other.
-Factoid: This years telcast presented the most evidence ever to answer the
question "Should Pepsi go fuck itself with THIS ad-campaign?" (Closest
runner-up "You got the right one baby, Uh-Huh" followed by every other
ad-campaign they've ever done)
-I love Tobey McGuire, or so they tell me.
-Denzel Washington refuses to smile at things Michael Clarke Duncan has no
problem laughing at.
-Russel Crowe very very very serious actor, just like Denzel. Grrrr.
Grrrrrrrrrr. This Oscar telecast, no laughing matter. Grrrrrrr.
-President of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tells George Lucas to "Eat
shit if you refuse to live in Hollywood and suck dick like the rest of us."
But not in so many words. Matrix 4 Star Wars 0. That's what you get for
saving Hollywood George.
-Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie, and Charlize Theron seen in same place at same
time, many theories put to rest.
-Phil Collins finally receives much needed recognition.
-Binigni's acceptance last year overshadowed by The Gimp's acceptance this
year. America's love affair with The Gimp begins.
-After that I don't know what happened because I think my cable company
clicked over to some British Awards Show.
later,
adam
Jen was pregnant, but still ranted!
I would have to say that I am totally tired of the movie montages (and what
was UP with the Burt Bacharach/Queen Latifah show?), and that if they
eliminate the interpretive dance section and still run over 4 hours, they
need to do the following: Have Billy Crystal come out and be funny for 15
minutes, and then have him just list off the winners and then go home. If
people want to see the outfits of the stars, there will be a post-oscar
runway show that you can watch if you desire, but CUT THE CRAP WITH PEOPLE
LIKE TYRA "YOU GO GIRL" BANKS in the beginning! I think that what's her
face from The Cider House Rules (I know her name but it's gone from my mind
now) was the most beautiful woman there that night, period. The cutest guy
was probably Jude Law but I didn't appreciate his mike-over-dubbing of "yes,
that's the one" when Topsy-Turvy won (I can't remember which award it was
for but was I the only one to catch that??). I knew "American Beauty" would
kick ass, and very pleased with "The Matrix" whoopin' butt. Hillary Swank
was favored, so there ya go. I knew I could go to sleep after the "In
Memoriam" section of the show and not miss any surprises. Although I heard
Jack Nicholson staggered to stay standing for Warren Beatty's speech for his
special award. But then again, I hear Warren went on about as long as his
sister did at the Golden Globes when she introduced what's-her-face for her
lifetime achievement award (I'm so slipping in memory tonight! Who am I,
Barry Goldwater? And would I know if I was????).
Hope you two are enjoying yourself on the boat! Take care - J
Randy with a one-liner
You MUST see "the Straight Story". Richard Farnsworth's performance is an acting lesson. Notice all the other actors in the movie "acting".
Love Randy
Matty back from the dead, apparently
Howdee, back from the dead I am. Oscars...I was pleasantly surprised how much I
enjoyed the Oscars this year (No Debbie Allen production numbers). It
went by at a nice clipped pace and the tributes were pleasing to a wide
range of people instead for catering to special i nterest groups. Maybe
it was that the honorary awards were given to people with personality?
OK, so I wasn't a fan of the Matrix until I rented it the day before the
Oscars and changed my Oscar pool vote. Great movie, great message as
well, especially feeding those paranoid people some self worth.
jar jar who?
I understand you were upset about the sixth sense, but it did get
nominated for several awards, which nonetheless is something more than
nothing.
Boys Don't Cry is a must see, Paul: It was the best performance by a
female actor ever. I saw it the Thursday before the Oscars. I literally
could not talk for 2 hours after the movie. (the writing is not great
though, the film editing is pretty sad, the cinemotographer will go far
some day, it seemed like the first movie though. the movie as a whole
was not tip top quality, but it is a must see in terms of a
performance.) My friend tells me though, that certain key points to
this true story movie were very very wrong. I won't say them now: let
me know when you have seen the movie, but two points which give the
movie great dynamics are simply not true and one of the characters
portrayed in the movie won a lawsuit against the filmakers,
soooooooooo......
re: " Again, I agree with critics who think Best Supporting Actress is
usually the "who-do-we-want-to-sleep-with" Award (see Marisa Tomei, Mira
Sorvino, etc.)."
Add Juliet Binoche, Kim Basinger, Geena Davis, ....Anna Paquin, Judi
Dench, Dianne Weist X 2, Brenda Fricker.....hee hee.
re: Oscar for Score, I think it changes everything now that there is
only one catagory: what do you think about that?
Did Michael actually deserve it, or is he just friends with everybody?
Cider House Rules was the only movie I did not see.
Hope you are all well!!!
-Matty
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