OSCARTOPSY 2008

i watched the harrison ford bit of that annual barbara walters abomination. WTF WHY IS HE STILL ROCKING THAT RETARDED EARRING?!

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lolzz

This CGI intro thing is heinous.

those are some big-ass pillars

omg they're CRYOTUBES

Jennifer Garner, yowza

Stewart's monologue was eh

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i thought the cgi intro was going to turn into grand theft auto.

from the other thread:

OK, I laughed like a fool at the Olympia Dukakis gag.

god, musical theater is weird

i would cry if I were Amy Adams.

there needs to be an oscars chatroom

Can't believe I missed Enchanted in the theater. Looks like a real winner.

Julie Christie looks great!

The Rock is non-congruent with the rest of the universe this evening...

seriously every time i see that giant Oscar:

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me and skots childhood friend billy westenhoefer just won for golden compass,,,,go billyyyyyyyyyyyyy

oh cool! yay for them!

the cuba gooding jr clip has aged even worse than his career

j ho has sum crazy decolletage

jennifer hudson looks rowr, but that dress er she needs more support up there

no waus @ rata over persepolis?

not surprising at all! it's the oscars

Javier Bardem = rowr

rat is cute

rat was a foregone conclusion, no matter how great persepolis was

yea javier looks great

brad bird is always so hot to tell his stories

also lol @ dixie carter sighting

i wont see august rush ever

and god bless you for it

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soulful blacks

exactly

th flacidity of bill contis crew is whelming..cabbage patch shout out..owens on placidyl

I tried to kill myself, can I be a mod?

french scoring big tonight

seinfeld needs a lonnnnnnng vacation

a montage of bees in movies ooooooooooohkaaay

seriously this is Worst Oscars Ever so far

tutli putli is alot of gsbx crew and is great

gsbxe

fuck peter and his dumb wolf.x\zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"wrap up those speeches, guys! we have a BEE MONTAGE to do."

Alan Arkin looks pissed or bored.

lol did anyone see at the v end of the red carpet segment regis called javier bardem "xavier bardem" and tommy lee jones "harvey lee jones" within like 5 seconds

arkin is always at th pizza shop in town looking pissed and bored

i'm glad french girl won, she seemed to genuinely enjoy her award.

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i was lolling at "you rocked my LIFE!"

"thank you, life! thank you, love!"

boo hiss

i dunno. I guess his was a high-profile death, given his age, but i'm sure there's a handful of behind-the-scenes artists who died last year, didn't make the cut (there's always next life), and had a greater impact on the industry. Is tragically young reason enough?

otoh, it would have taken 4 or 5 seconds.

i wonder how the academy even puts their "in memorium" together. Obviously actors are weighted way more heavily than any other profession. Then directors, producers, DP's on down the chain. Basically you better be the world's greatest gaffer if you're gonna make the cut.

I could sort of see why they might not include Renfro (didn't think he was big enough, known for getting into all sorts of trouble, etc) but then again, it was just a glaringly noticeable omission given that he died less than a week before Ledger, and was around the same age. I don't really see why he shouldn't have made the cut considering that he started acting earlier, was in a few memorable films, and had been noted for being a fine actor despite all his later problems.

yeah i mean it's not the crime of the century and it's mostly its recentness that made it a noticeable omission. but he did some interesting stuff. (onscreen too, ba-dum-bum). it would have been nice to see him.

yeah also apparently, both the BAFTAs and SAG included him in their tributes.

they left whooopi goldberg and steve martin out of the montage of oscar hosts as well, apparently (or so I've heard from EVERYONE ON EARTH WHO WATCHES THE FUCKING VIEW), I think this oscars was probably kind of slapped together.

None of the montages were comprehensive except for the one for Best Picture. The ones for the acting/directing categories were chronological but sometimes they'd skip five years or so to maintain momentum (as long as it was before 1990, so no one would really notice).

I would have rather had Renfro than Jack Valenti, that's for sure.

I don't think I realized how much I hated that guy until he was in the montage though, so perhaps it served a purpose.

Sorry, I know that sounds pretty Shakey Mo.

did Brad Renfro make one decent film besides Bully, aside from his brief role in Ghost World?

Edward Yang's films have been almost impossible to see in America, but Yi Yi did win a bunch of US awards (not an Oscar, characteristically).

omg, Jane Russell lives...

http://dlisted.com/node/24073

?!? Okay, I am honestly surprised, I had no idea she was still alive.

I was channel surfing last night and caught a story on Nightline about Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova. Apparently they'd agreed that Hansard would give the speech and then Irglova was only going to say "Thank You." She's also the first person in Oscar history who got cut off that was brought back to speak again.

FWIW, I have never heard of Brad Renfro

xp: and it was SO worth it...

probably was for her!

not a good standard.

Then why do you watch the Oscars at all? To grouse that no one in America remembers that Edward Yang died?

You mean man.

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I actually didn't watch the first 2 hours at all, bcz I was shaking my TV, trying to get a picture!

(EH is grumpy when Slant only gets 16/24)

Although yes, Yang (and Renfro) should have been included. Certainly that montage could have been six seconds longer.

Ummm who put Miley in Valentino?

I'm quite happy to defend Tilda Swinton, she rocks, posh or not. Derek Jarman too.

Fight the real enemy for once, 'Enery.

i thought tilda swinton was great! she made BATMAN jokes for crying out loud. i dont understand you brits.

i thought tilda swinton was great! she made BATMAN jokes for crying out loud. i dont understand you brits enrique

I thought she was great!

Gary Busey should get all Ryan Seacrest's jobs. At least for a month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDoAUJDcKU

I have been out of America too long to cope with Ryan Seacrest at all.

I laughed my ass off when I heard Tilda Swinton's speech. Also, yo, she's SCOTTISH. Of course she's going to give Clooney stick.

Oscartopsy call from my mother was very Mpls-centric and went YAY TEH COENS HOMEBOI RULZE, OMG DIABLO CODY LEOPARD FAT SUIT, HOW SHE WAS EVER STRIPPER?

The Ryan Seacrest red carpet interviews were great, he is so glib and creepy and horrible.

your mom thinks diablo cody is fat?

Not really. It's my mother's job to harsh on one woman each Oscars (nice, but for inventing the Renee Zellweger Blowjob Face we must all forgive) hence OMG LEOPARD FAT SUIT OH NOES TACKY TAT N BINGO WINGS, NOT FLATTERING.

Fuck, if I had my pick of ALL THIS DIOR the animal print would never be selected.

did she send you a telegram?

>_<

What did she say about the alien-like Tilda Swinton?

Renee Zellweger Blowjob Face

uh

tilda swinton rulez

Rulez what, the underworld?

NARNIA, duh

I should have figured that.

No offense to her, but I saw a pic where she was next to Marie Cotillard after the awards and let's just say she "pales" in comparison.

What a hottie Marie is though, damn.

What a hottie Marie is though, damn.

Yes, Best Actress is voted mostly with stiff dicks these days.

Helen Mirren gets nothing but hard statuettes and bubblegum

^^reference that will be totally lost on basically everyone in this thread

xxpost Yes, she is a hottie.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/filmslide/lavieenrose/pic3.jpg

hotties with ugly prosthetics do esp well (Charlize as Wuornos)

had I known the actress was a hottie (only knew pics like that) she would have definitely would have made my pool.

lol, Musto:

10:23 p.m.: It's time for the drippy "Once" song sung by the busker and the immigrant. This Czech should be bounced. So should this entire tuneless category. Can it, Oscar!

10:51 p.m.: What is everyone slipping on onstage? Did one of the pregnant people break water or did Julie Christie sprinkle some slime up there for Cotillard to die on? But here's a real slipup: The Once song wins! The best four notes I ever heard!

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