Oscars in a nutshell
Mar. 24th, 2003 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silversolitaireDon't feel like posting much. I'm so so tired. I slept but 6 hours yesterday and now it's only around that, too. Watched the whole Oscars thing together with Fleur. It was much fun. Went to bed at the break of dawn and felt very sick because of it. I really really don't want to see the early morning light.
Beside that, Steve Martin wasn't half as bad as I thought he'd be. Two years ago he was awful, now he was actually kinda funny, so I'm appeased. I liked it when he said "Yeah, that'll show 'em!" Yup, I'm sure Saddam was crying into his handkerchief because we dropped the red carpet *nods*. Okay, okay, I know that's not what it was about, but that's what it looks like. Steve Martin made a bunch of very funny jokes. But also a bunch of kinda odd ones. I mean, it was funny, the bit with straight and gay and the bunch of people he slept with and all, but it was also kinda embarrassing. I liked it how he really lightened up the mood.
The things that kicked ass were that TTT got best visual effects, Catherine best supporting actress, that Zellweger didn't get anything (God, she was scary! That hair! That dress! And this horrible face she was making all the time when she was still nervous about winning. After not getting it she was relaxing and looking better, just JESUS, she really freaked me out). It's very cool that Eminem got the Oscar. Way, way cool. Nicole, wonderful. I was so happy for her. Adrien Brody surprised the hell out of me, but he absolutely won me over with his wonderful speech. I liked it how he cut of the orchestra and made his war comment after all. First I thought "Oh nonono, please don't ruin the mood now, please!" but then he said a very decent thing and I loved him for that. "Let's pray for a swift and peaceful resolution." Exactly. We can't make the war just go poof anymore, let's just pray that not so many people get hurt and that it'll be over soon.
Adrien was definitely better than Michael Moore >_<. I was really happy for his Oscar, but boy did he ruin the mood. Did he ever. It was so clear that he'd get into trouble with saying "In a fictitious time with fictitious elections and a fictitious president and fictitious for a war." I mean, this is what we all expected of him, but he totally fucked up the mood with that. Before that everybody was into it for some good fun, didn't want to be all that political and all, and then he did that and the audience started screaming and booing, some applauded, most just sat there, straight face, not betraying their thoughts. And after that the audience lost it a lot more often. They howled and yelled and called in things... I didn't much like that. So, I resented him for ruining the mood like that.
I wonder if Chicago wasn't a bit overrated, but fine. I'm glad they got their awards. About Nicole, guess you only have to put on a rubber nose and Oscar, here we come! *g*
I'm a bit sad that there wasn't anything cool, as in a nice showact. Okay, there was that Chicago dance bit thingy, but still... It was kinda lame, all in all. Just a couple of montages and that's it.
Okay, now I lost my point. *thinks* Oh well, that was the Oscars. All in all it was a pleasant experience. It was over faster than I expected, they really spared us the endless honorary and lifetime achievement crap. Last year it was extremely annoying with Redford taking forever and everybody giving standing ovations and clapping their heads off. Peter O'Toole was down to the point and really cool about it, so that was pleasant. I don't quite get why they had to show us 95 past Oscar winners. That was kinda annoying and lengthy.
Oh, and the best line ever? Steve Martin: "You know there aren't any losers in this house tonight. But we're about to change all that." hehehe
Beside that, Steve Martin wasn't half as bad as I thought he'd be. Two years ago he was awful, now he was actually kinda funny, so I'm appeased. I liked it when he said "Yeah, that'll show 'em!" Yup, I'm sure Saddam was crying into his handkerchief because we dropped the red carpet *nods*. Okay, okay, I know that's not what it was about, but that's what it looks like. Steve Martin made a bunch of very funny jokes. But also a bunch of kinda odd ones. I mean, it was funny, the bit with straight and gay and the bunch of people he slept with and all, but it was also kinda embarrassing. I liked it how he really lightened up the mood.
The things that kicked ass were that TTT got best visual effects, Catherine best supporting actress, that Zellweger didn't get anything (God, she was scary! That hair! That dress! And this horrible face she was making all the time when she was still nervous about winning. After not getting it she was relaxing and looking better, just JESUS, she really freaked me out). It's very cool that Eminem got the Oscar. Way, way cool. Nicole, wonderful. I was so happy for her. Adrien Brody surprised the hell out of me, but he absolutely won me over with his wonderful speech. I liked it how he cut of the orchestra and made his war comment after all. First I thought "Oh nonono, please don't ruin the mood now, please!" but then he said a very decent thing and I loved him for that. "Let's pray for a swift and peaceful resolution." Exactly. We can't make the war just go poof anymore, let's just pray that not so many people get hurt and that it'll be over soon.
Adrien was definitely better than Michael Moore >_<. I was really happy for his Oscar, but boy did he ruin the mood. Did he ever. It was so clear that he'd get into trouble with saying "In a fictitious time with fictitious elections and a fictitious president and fictitious for a war." I mean, this is what we all expected of him, but he totally fucked up the mood with that. Before that everybody was into it for some good fun, didn't want to be all that political and all, and then he did that and the audience started screaming and booing, some applauded, most just sat there, straight face, not betraying their thoughts. And after that the audience lost it a lot more often. They howled and yelled and called in things... I didn't much like that. So, I resented him for ruining the mood like that.
I wonder if Chicago wasn't a bit overrated, but fine. I'm glad they got their awards. About Nicole, guess you only have to put on a rubber nose and Oscar, here we come! *g*
I'm a bit sad that there wasn't anything cool, as in a nice showact. Okay, there was that Chicago dance bit thingy, but still... It was kinda lame, all in all. Just a couple of montages and that's it.
Okay, now I lost my point. *thinks* Oh well, that was the Oscars. All in all it was a pleasant experience. It was over faster than I expected, they really spared us the endless honorary and lifetime achievement crap. Last year it was extremely annoying with Redford taking forever and everybody giving standing ovations and clapping their heads off. Peter O'Toole was down to the point and really cool about it, so that was pleasant. I don't quite get why they had to show us 95 past Oscar winners. That was kinda annoying and lengthy.
Oh, and the best line ever? Steve Martin: "You know there aren't any losers in this house tonight. But we're about to change all that." hehehe
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Date: 2003-03-24 09:41 am (UTC)i never minded her in movies before, but what i thought immediately i'd seen her yestreday was 'god, how awful can you get?!' those grimaces she was making, and that face under the make-up actually looked like it had suffered at least four gone-wrong plastic surgeries. christ!