Clearly, the Writer’s Strike had an effect on this year’s Oscars. Even though Jon Stewart jokingly threatened the audience with endless montages the likes of “Binoculars and Periscopes” and “Waking Up From A Bad Dream”, there were no less than 42 montages over the 3+ hours. It’s obvious they were prepared for an unscripted show and said to themselves, ‘We did not sift through 80 years of Oscar footage to let these things sit on the shelf just because the writers are back!’ It blew Rocky IV out of the water as the reigning champ of time killing (although Rocky IV still has the edge in Apollo killing).

Not to say the Oscars were horrible. I loved Jon Stewart’s opening monologue. He delivered the best line of the night when he said, “Even ‘Norbit’ got a nomination, which I think is great. Too often, the academy ignores movies that aren’t good.”

And it was truly classy to bring back Marketa Irglova back on stage after she and Glen Hansard won for Best Song and Bill Conti played her off stage before she could say one word. You would think a fellow musician would have given her a bigger window than 2 seconds to step up to the mic. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a winner brought back to finish their speech, and she made the most of her time.

Other than that, there weren’t a lot of surprises. I feel like the right people won. “No Country” certainly dominated, snagging all the big prizes (Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor), and Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “There Will Be Blood.”

Honestly, the best part of the night happened before the show on another network. E! was doing the red carpet, and Ryan Seacrest brought Jennifer Garner over for an interview. Fortunately for anyone watching, he was accosted by Gary Busey before that happened. Busey spouted off something nonsensical before giving Jennifer Garner a creepy, boundary-crossing hug and kiss. I’ve never seen someone more frightened in their life than Jennifer Garner. And she’s seen “Elektra.”

This entry was posted on Monday, February 25th, 2008 at 12:27 am and is filed under Film, TV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Clearly, the Writer’s Strike had an effect on this year’s Oscars. Even though Jon Stewart jokingly threatened the audience with endless montages the likes of “Binoculars and Periscopes” and “Waking Up From A Bad Dream”, there were no less than 42 montages over the 3+ hours. It’s obvious they were prepared for an unscripted show and said to themselves, ‘We did not sift through 80 years of Oscar footage to let these things sit on the shelf just because the writers are back!’ It blew Rocky IV out of the water as the reigning champ of time killing (although Rocky IV still has the edge in Apollo killing).

Not to say the Oscars were horrible. I loved Jon Stewart’s opening monologue. He delivered the best line of the night when he said, “Even ‘Norbit’ got a nomination, which I think is great. Too often, the academy ignores movies that aren’t good.”

And it was truly classy to bring back Marketa Irglova back on stage after she and Glen Hansard won for Best Song and Bill Conti played her off stage before she could say one word. You would think a fellow musician would have given her a bigger window than 2 seconds to step up to the mic. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a winner brought back to finish their speech, and she made the most of her time.

Other than that, there weren’t a lot of surprises. I feel like the right people won. “No Country” certainly dominated, snagging all the big prizes (Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor), and Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “There Will Be Blood.”

Honestly, the best part of the night happened before the show on another network. E! was doing the red carpet, and Ryan Seacrest brought Jennifer Garner over for an interview. Fortunately for anyone watching, he was accosted by Gary Busey before that happened. Busey spouted off something nonsensical before giving Jennifer Garner a creepy, boundary-crossing hug and kiss. I’ve never seen someone more frightened in their life than Jennifer Garner. And she’s seen “Elektra.”

This entry was posted on Monday, February 25th, 2008 at 12:27 am and is filed under Film, TV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.