<p>I thought the red carpet interviews were painful and embarrassing, and a lot of the dresses were dreadful–the ruffles didn’t work no matter where they were. I thought Demi Moore looked surprisingly good in a very elegant dress when she read the memorial section. Sandra Bullock may not be the most subtle actress around but she gave a lovely and thoughtful acceptance speech.</p>
<p>The only one of the ten nominated “best” movies I have seen is An Education–it is delightful and I strongly recommend it (too bad Carey Mulligan looked so much less appealing at the Oscars though). I want to see The Blind Side and Crazy Heart but probably will have to wait for Netflix. (I thought Invictus probably deserved a nomination, since it was an extremely entertaining film that also was somewhat socially conscious–Damon and Freeman were both very good, as were all the other actors in it.)</p>
<p>Maybe Tyler Perry because this was a change from his usual type of movies…one where he could be legitimized as a serious contender and not slapstick.</p>
<p>I wondered about the shout-out to the lawyers. Interesting.</p>
<p>Agree Demi Moore looked great. I’m probably in the minority, but I also really liked JLo’s dress. The big poofy thing on the side was a little odd, but it did add visual interest. At least she wasn’t being swallowed whole by her dress like Vera Farmaggia (sp?) – she liooked like she was being eaten by a giant sea anemone.</p>
<p>Interviews were awful; I flipped to the Amazing Race.</p>
Wow, I don’t understand her issue with that. Isn’t stumping for your movie just part of the job? Why shouldn’t she expect to do the work required, and really, as a new actress, why wouldn’t she jump at the chance? All the big names have to do it, why does she think it should be different for her?</p>
<p>I absolutely hated Avatar. My nerves were jangled for two days after seeing it. I thought it very manipulating, violent, and far too loud.</p>
<p>We taped the show because I was singing in a concert last night. Although I missed the “live” aspect of the awards and the suspense factor, it was a great way to watch the show. We just fast-forwarded through anything not of interest to us.</p>
<p>I love Steve M. and Alec B., but I don’t think they had very good material to work with.
This show seemed rather disjointed and awkward in a lot of ways to me compared to previous shows. I missed the song and dance interpretations for best songs as in previous years.</p>
<p>“Isn’t stumping for your movie just part of the job?”
She had already stumped for the movie. They wanted her to go out again and stump for the Oscar. She thought her performance should be all that is awarded. She was right.
It is just another award, and I could really care less. My H is in the film industry and we generally watch to see who wins in one particular category. But I did think her refusal to promote herself for the award( after she had already done her contracted work required) was refreshing.
I also enjoyed S Bullocks remark referring to the same process. “Is this award for my performance, or did I just wear you down?”</p>
<p>Agree that the show didn’t flow at all. I kind of liked where fellow actors lauded the nominees for best actor/actress, but that was awkward, too. Thought the hosts were good, would have liked to see more of them later in the show.</p>
<p>Mo’Nique did a little press, including that Barbara Walters special.</p>
<p>I noticed that the short films - live action and animated - were being shown at one - possibly others, also, idk - of the movie theaters in Houston. One of the theaters with 24 screens reserved one for the short films. Google and see if a movie theater near your location does the the same thing.</p>
<p>I find it interesting when people speculate that someone didn’t deserve an award when they admittedly haven’t even seen the movie!</p>
<p>-Did anyone notice they omitted Farrah Fawcett from the Memoriam?!</p>
<p>For whomever asked, I have seen A Single Man-it is a beautiful performance by Collin Firth. The film is also exquisitely filmed and I got a kick out of the classic 60’s authenticity. </p>
<p>The Hurt Locker was a wonderful film. It wasn’t BIG in the sense that many BP winners are, but my whole family watched it one night and we all agreed it was deserving of acclaim.</p>
<p>Haven’t seen Avatar, but feel like I “should” just to be able to get all the cultural references.</p>
<p>Question: do the 3D glasses strain your eyes after an hour or so?</p>
<p>Maybe it is the curse of HD TV but didn’t Sarah Jessica Parker look like she’d gone overboard on the spray tan? </p>
<p>I loved the joke that Katheryn Bigelow sent James Cameron a “gift basket with a timer” and he reciprocated with “a Toyota.”</p>
<p>Finally, I loved it when Steve Martin came out after the tongue tied winner and said “I wrote his acceptance speech.”</p>
<p>I haven’t seen Avatar, but “our” heritage? Are you aware that there are people other than European heritage in the US? I’m of European heritage myself. How we treated Native Amer is nothing to be proud of, Cuse.</p>
<p>Thought the same thing about Sarah Jessica Parker’s “tan.” </p>
<p>Nobody has mentioned this, but I thought the dance sequence to all the nominated scores was excellent. Great dance. Also, a neat way to showcase the scores.</p>
<p>Well said. In fact, speaking up when our leaders “go astray” is our patriotic duty and, in light of how many people in the world don’t have that option, a privilege.</p>
<p>Farrah was omitted, and I did not see that piece, but was it really a slight? Farrah didn’t do film, she was known for tv, so it would be more appropriate for her to be acknowledged at the SAG and Emmy’s.</p>