Monday, February 25, 2008
The Oscars
So the 80th annual Oscars have been given. If nothing else it was a very fast moving show with no major production numbers that grinded things to a halt. The nice thing about this year’s ceremony is that of all the major categories there were nobody that by winning would irritate me. As it turned out no one won that I thought was glaringly undeserving.
So what were my favorite moments:
So three questions for the Oscar trivia pile:
So what were my favorite moments:
- Marion Cotillard for Best Actress. An extremely strong performance in an average film. She carried La Vie en Rose more so than the favorite Julie Christie.
- Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová for Best Song. Once was my favorite film of the year and while I didn’t love the songs they have grown on me. And Falling Slowly was far better then the other four fairly average nominees.
- Tilda Swinton for Best Supporting Actress. She’s done consistently great work for years and it is time she got recognized. I would have been equally happy for Amy Ryan.
- Jon Stewart pulling Markéta Irglová back on stage for her acceptance speech. I’m all for moving the show along but when these people are saying something interesting let them have an extra minute or two.
- The speeches overall. I really enjoy the speeches when they are not a laundry list of people they pay well and then thank. With very few exceptions the speeches were quite interesting with Jarvier Barbem and Marion Cotillard given two pretty good ones.
So three questions for the Oscar trivia pile:
- With the Coen Brothers winning three Oscars in one night, has that happened before?
- At 97 years, 137 days is Robert F. Boyle, who received the Honorary Oscar, the oldest person when receiving an award?
- All four acting winners were born outside the United States. Has that ever happened?
Labels: Film
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