Topic: THE OSCAR WILD PARTY (Read 41021 times)

td · « **Reply #330 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:04:58 PM »

Now is the time. . . . BEST PICTURE. . . .

td · « **Reply #331 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:06:33 PM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]A VERY, VERY CLEAN SWEEP![/move]

tied with BEN-HUR and sinking ship movie for most wins.

Matt H. · « **Reply #332 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:07:41 PM »

Jed, I'm sorry it's not been exciting for you, but if you had seen the trilogy, you'd feel such a joyous sense of rightness about this evening.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #333 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:08:20 PM »

Has any film won Best Film and a slew of other oscars without one single acting nomination (animated excluded of course)?

td · « **Reply #334 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:10:19 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 09:08:20 PM

Has any film won Best Film and a slew of other oscars without one single acting nomination (animated excluded of course)?

GIGI

Matt H. · « **Reply #335 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:10:36 PM »

Again, THE LAST EMPEROR and GIGI - no acting nominations.

Matt H. · « **Reply #336 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:12:51 PM »

Good night, all. Have enjoyed sharing the show with you.

td · « **Reply #337 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:15:05 PM »

No real "stand-out" moments, but how refreshing it is to see a work so deserving take the accolades with style. Annie Lennox looked both stunned and very, very happy. No real "upsets" either. Blah show, for the most part, but, it did move right along. I'm over to E! for the press room interviews and the late night quarterbacking.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #338 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:15:55 PM »

Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 09:06:33 PM

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]A VERY, VERY CLEAN SWEEP![/move]

tied with BEN-HUR and sinking ship movie for most wins.

Posidon Adventure didn't win that many!

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #339 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:16:38 PM »

Good night - and thanks all for the commentary. I was delighted with the wins for best actor and actress. Yes, Charlize certainly is a class act. And good for Sean Penn, too.

Jed · « **Reply #340 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:21:04 PM »

Another lively and sparkling Oscar night here at HHW!

MattH - I'm sure you're quite right that I would have enjoyed the awards more had I seen the LOTR movies. Just never piqued my interest. I am happy for all of you who are such fans of the trilogy.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #341 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:29:43 PM »

Well, I'm a bit tuckered out after all the festivities.

Next year: Oscars for everyone! Made out of chocolate! -Preferably Valhrona bittersweet!

Goodnight...

-Can't wait to see how many more pages there will be come morning...

bk · « **Reply #342 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:32:18 PM »

Hermoine Gingold and Maurice Chevalier were not nominated for GIGI? What is THAT about?

What a partay we had. And the evening is young so don't poop out just yet, late-night denizens. We must deconstruct Oscar and, of course, the sickening Barbara Walters.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #343 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:34:04 PM »

"The Lord of the Rings" has been a major favorite novel of mine since my introduction to it in the 1970s. For about seven years, I read the trilogy annually.

I have revisited it infrequently since then, being familiar with the story, but always fascinated by its themes and its scope coupled with its great spirit of humanity and continuation, despite the fact that certain things pass away, giving way to others.

The trilogy is my favorite moviegoing experience. It's a fantastic experience, but never moreso than seeing the expanded versions of the first two films that not only increase the films' running times by about 40 minutes each but also dramatically increase the films' enjoyability. I can't wait for the expanded TROTK.

I had a sense that this film might sweep the Oscars, but I wanted it to happen so much that I didn't trust my feeling.

The iffiest awards were editing, song and screenplay.

As for "Lost in Translation," I remember when "Good Will Hunting" was a nominee. Affleck and Damon won the Oscar, but I kept reading things about how "others" had to have shaped the script into usable condition.

And now Sofia will apparently get some of that....

Bottom line: New talent WILL out and take over the business. Nobody in the business makes it on his or her talents alone.

Re: "Gigi" -- MGM always advertised the film as having won "9" Oscars because the Academy gave Maurice Chevalier a special Oscar that year for his contributions to motion pictures as a performer. But that Oscar was not one of the film's nominations and does not actually "count" in the Oscar total.

MGM also advertised "10" Oscars for "Gone With the Wind" which won only 8 of its nominations. Technicians received special Oscars, for which no nominations had been issued, which the studio touted as part of that film's total. One was for the tracking shot devised for the Atlanta train station, so I think it's perfectly legit that it was attributed as an Oscar the film won.

Ditto "Star Wars" which won, I think, 6 of its 10 nominations, but Lucas and Fox advertised "7" wins because Ben Burtt won a special Oscar for creating alien languages...NOT one of the film's nominations, but certainly attributable as an Academy Award win.

bk · « **Reply #344 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:34:09 PM »

I see fourteen users, I see six GUESTS, I see dead people, not necessarily in that order. Who was the worst dressed? Best dressed? Who was the dopiest presenter? Who gave the best speech?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #345 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:42:17 PM »

Well, if it's okay to be a bit dishy, I have to say that I thought virtually everyone looked fantastic.

BUT....yes, it had to come...Liv Tyler is a unique (or has a unique) beauty. It has never been more obvious than in LOTR in which she portrayed the Elven princess Arwen. There, a team of professionals created her look. It was VERY nice.

But in real life, poor Liv does not have the first clue that the narrowness of her face, plus the angles of her cheeks, are NOT complemented by the totally weird, zany hairdos she favors. It throws her looks way off kilter. Someone please toss her a CLUE!

Jennifer · « **Reply #346 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:42:18 PM »

I agree, that sweeps make the awards show a bit boring to watch. And could someone please send the LOTR Director (& his wife) to the Queer Eye salon.

As for fashion, I wish I could have seen more (I don't get E - but will see more tomorrow on ET).

I LOVED Jennifer Garner's orangy dress. I loved Charlize Theron's gold shimmer. I loved Sandra Bullocks elegant white dress. I also thought Catherine Zeta Jones (in red) and Nicole Kidman (in what looked like silver on my tv, were lovely.

I thought the Billy Crystal songs in the opening sequence were very funny (the first 3). I loved Maria/Sophia.

I also thougth the Will Farrell/John Black song was hiliarious.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #347 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:44:05 PM »

That reminds me:

Jack Black can sing, man! He's got a good voice! I was stunned!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #348 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:44:57 PM »

Will I now bother to watch the awards? I am so pleased that Peter Jackson has been so rewarded for such a labour of love and for the joy he has given to so many with his commitment. The LOTR fantasy trilogy may not be to everyone's taste but excellence has certainly been rewarded.

Jennifer · « **Reply #349 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:44:57 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:34:09 PM

Who was the worst dressed? Best dressed? Who was the dopiest presenter? Who gave the best speech?

Worst dressed: Diane Keaton
Best speech: Charlize Theron - she is the only one who brought tears to my eyes - I LOVE HER!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #350 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:47:07 PM »

Oooohh.....nooooo.... Diane Keaton was wonderfully attired. "Annie Hall" LIVES!

No one BUT Keaton can pull that look off as well. LOVED the hat!

I wish she'd won Best Actress....but youth continues....

MBarnum · « **Reply #351 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:47:11 PM »

I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Z. were both extrememly glamorous looking this evening! Beautiful, beautiful gowns! Actually most of the women looked wonderful!

I enjoyed that Billy the interview guy. He was kinda funny...and I loved it when he made Keisha Castle-Hughs go over and meet Johnny Depp! I thought that was funny!

And Billy Crystal singing to Clint Eastwood was great also!

Otherwise I didn't find this years Oscars to be all that exciting and I am so disappointed with the "in memoriam" from the last few years. They used to show so many people, but now they only seem to show a select few. I was surprised that Karen Morley was shown, however!

td · « **Reply #352 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:47:35 PM »

Charlize Theron, IMHO, gave the finest speech of the evening.
Peter Jackson ran a close second.
The Canadian winner for Best Foreign Film.
Annie Lennox was brimming with sincerity.

I'm with DR RLP, in that I wasn't trusting my feelings about the Oscar wins for LOTR:ROTK.

I'm overjoyed with their wins, but, first and foremost, I am happy to be alive at a time when such historical film making is taking place.

I would also like to add that this will have been the 40th year (quite possibly the 41st) that I have watched the Oscar cast. . .that first one I watched was rather special, too: Julie Andrews was shown what American hospitality was all about.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #353 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:49:23 PM »

As for Sean Penn:

HOO-RAY!

And I hope Bill O'Reilly (Fox News' resident YELLOW JOURNALIST) is slobbering all over his hate-mongering self because of it.

Last year, in mid-year, O'Reilly declared that Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin were DEAD in the film business. That nobody would hire them. That their daring to have and speak their opinions in opposition to Bush policy about Iraq (and Penn's visit there) had made them poison and that their careers were finished.

HAH! And HAH-HAH!

Michael · « **Reply #354 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:49:31 PM »

If Lord of the rings was nominated for best cinematography and sound editing they probably would have won those too!!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #355 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:54:35 PM »

DR td: I thought Theron was just fine during the first minute, but she lost focus and rambled histrionically after that...much like the babbling done by Halle Berry two years ago. She was excited, I know.

I felt so sorry for Fran Walsh...she won two Oscars and barely managed to say anything except at the end of the Song Oscar playout....Lennox took up all the time, but she was only a third of the composing team. Shore had already won the Score Oscar and was glad to let someone else talk. When Walsh won the Oscar for Best Film with Jackson and the man who rambled on and on and on...again she got no opportunity to speak.

Fran Walsh SHAPED the screenplays with Peter Jackson and co-produced all three films and wrote lyrics for Into the West and Gollum's Song. She deserved a moment in the spotlight.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #356 on:** February 29, 2004, 09:57:59 PM »

Time to say good night.

It was a satisfying Oscar cast for me. No major surprises EXCEPT that the best film won everything it was nominated for! That so SELDOM happens!

Oh, yes. I do have a comment about the trend to give Oscars to young actresses on their first nominations:

Where are Helen Hunt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry and WHAT are they doing that continues their careers down the path toward future Oscar-worthy performances?

Huh?

What?

Nobody Knows?

Harrumph!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #357 on:** February 29, 2004, 10:00:56 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:38:31 PM

Best throw away line:

"Yes, I bet on baseball!"

Best visual: Roger Moore getting tromped!

MICHAEL Moore. Dumb shi...take mushroom.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #358 on:** February 29, 2004, 10:02:18 PM »

I'll have to catch up with the commentary later, like tomorrow. I've got a shrinkage appointment early tomorrow, and must have my beauty rest.

bk · « **Reply #359 on:** February 29, 2004, 10:21:01 PM »

Liv Tyler played Eve Arden?

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