So far …. almost one hour in …. a bit of a snoozer. Not one major award. Oh, wait. Okay. Here we go. Something. Alan Arkin just won for “Little Miss Sunshine.” Good. (As I wanted, thank you!) But why the lengthy close-up of his Oscar — which he put on the floor? Weird.
Ellen talking to the stars in the audience … painful.
Lots of dancing and choral groups and interpretive movement. Is this Cirque du Soleil?
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1 hr. 5 minutes in.
LOWEST MOMENT so far: The PSA behind Melissa Etheridge while she sings her — really bad, actually — Oscar-nominated song about waking up or somesuch. The screen behind her was filled with helpful tips about how to stave off our looming global warming crisis. You know, things like “Stop farting,” and other inspirational ideas. My favorite: Pray that everyone has the strength to change. Oh, yes. Do. Let’s.
You knnnow, I was gonna blog the entire Oscars, but I have lost my will to go on. This is boring because I’M BORED because the Oscars are boring. That’s the circle of life right there, see? Or maybe more like the vicious circle. Or — I know! — maybe that there is Pan’s Labyrinth.
(Which I actually thought was Pam’s Labyrinth, you know, the story of a lost, bored, confused housewife or something. And then I started laughing about Pam’s Labyrinth and all the possibilities of Pam’s Labyrinth and then I couldn’t get past just the sound of it: Pam’s Labyrinth. Paaaaam’s Laaabyrinth. And then I just kept writing about it on my blog because I’m horribly sleep-deprived with the anxiety of a stupid-crazy business venture. All righty.)
This is now just stream-of-consciousness blogging, so may I please say that Helen Mirren looks gorgeous? Yes. I think I may.
Helen Mirren WAS gorgeous, and I went to bed after Jennifer Hudson won. It was a snoozefest.
I kept staying up past my boredom point b/c I like the Dear Departed feature. Ghoul. But couldn’t stick it out.
Gave up after Etheridge won for the song for “Inconvenient that What I Want to be True, Hard Science Refutes”.
Hollywood used to be so much more fun before they all had to be so serious about EVERYTHING.
Happy for Scorsese.
Helen Mirren – indeed gorgeous. Of the dresses I saw: props to Dunst, Hathaway, Lopez, Hudson and the little girl. Paltrow- not so much. Was Meryl Streep being the anti-Prada? What was behind all that ethnic jewlery?
Sal — About Meryl Streep — I know! I love her, but that outfit had a very “let me look into my crystal ball” kind of vibe to it.
I thought Beyonce looked gorgeous in that burgundy number she wore when she sang. JLo, yeah, liked that. Abigail Breslin, so cute in her little floral dress. I thought Reese Witherspoon looked SMOKIN’ hot. She was working that dress! And I loved the long straight hair on her. She looked sexy.
I’m glad you picked up on that, Tracey – I was beginning to get annoyed about the whole “Pray for the power to change the laws of physics” thing, and then I thought that maybe it was just me, and I shouldn’t get upset. Then of course it won the flippin’ Oscar. I think it’s impressive that these people don’t need a stunt coordinator for all the patting of their own backs.
The Leo/Algore bit was a little stilted, too, and Leo left a great joke on the floor because he was stuck in the lame-o scripted gag. I’d have dropped the “The Oscars are green – that means the only harmful emissions are from the presenters” joke.
Agreed about Streep – I felt like telling her that Emma Thompson was already cast as Professor Trelawney. The Best Costume presentation was sort of fun, though, with the two of them worrying about getting Meryl’s capuccino. (You didn’t open fast enough!)