For those of us who missed it
by Nick
Or want to see it again.
A few of the highlights from the 78th Academy Awards.
Looks like a pretty fun show, even if I'm not unhappy I missed it.
A few of the highlights from the 78th Academy Awards.
Looks like a pretty fun show, even if I'm not unhappy I missed it.
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Now that I've figured out how to comment, let me add my two cents about the Oscars. I watch with friends, so any banality or bad jokes are met with convivial banter, so it's hard to tell if a show is bad or not. I thought Jon Stewart was okay. Monologue seemed to die on the vine, and he may be too droll for such a garish spectacle. Maybe (shudder) Jay Leno is the best person for this job.
What was interesting was the repeated imploring for us as movie fans to see movies in a theater. I'm one of the people they're speaking to. I use to see up to 90 movies a year in theaters. Last year I saw 40, and I work part-time in a movie theater and can see them for free! Frankly, and it's probably because I'm getting old and cranky, I prefer the comfort of my own home than an auditorium full of ill-behaved people. Usually it's teenagers, who don't care what movie they're watching, they're just interested in a night away from their parents, or text-messaging on their cell phones. But adults are getting ruder, too. "Sharing a communal experience with strangers in the dark" is just no fun anymore.
Well, as I said before, I thought Johnnny Carson was the perfect Oscar host, and Bill Maher actually is the closest descendant to Carson as far as monologue delivery goes. The way Chris describes Maher laughing at his own jokes too much is exactly that kind of grown-up smirking frat-boy attitude that Carson had, though for me it works as a character rather than being a weakness on his part.
I think the host should be someone who has been in movies, though not with much success. Carson, Letterman, Stewart, and Maher all fit that bill. Bob Hope liked to pretend that, though he was a very prolific actor. He just knew he wasn't going to win an Oscar.
Hey, wait, I thought Carson had a very brief film career, though all I can find is that he played himself in Looking for Love (1964). Huh.
And all Letterman did was Cabin Boy?
[Okay, this is getting ridiculous. It's taking me four, five, six ,seven, now eight tries to post this. I sit and wait for the word verification to finally load, and then by the time I enter and submit it, it appears to have timed out on itself or I get a blogger server error.]
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