<p>Both TheMom and I said, “Damn, Diane Keaton still looks good!” at the same time. Two totally different tones of voice.</p>
<p>And you could see her neck!!!</p>
<p>Jack Nicholson does not look good. I guess he is supposed to be bald for his next movie, but why didn’t he read the nominations for best picture?</p>
<p>Diane Keaton does look good.</p>
<p>Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson can sing.</p>
<p>Alan Arkin has been one of my favorite actors since the Russians are Coming…</p>
<p>She looked good.</p>
<p>She looked okay except for the raccoon makeup around the eyes. (Meow)</p>
<p>In my opinion, Helen Mirren blew her way. Stunning woman. Great actress.</p>
<p>My friends and I were in agreement that Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman were beautiful. Ryan Gosling looked especially good tonight.</p>
<p>DStark, ah, you’re one of the cognoscenti. I remember Arkin back to the same movie. I’ll give you a trivia tidbit: I carefully copied down the Cyrillic lettering denoting the name of the Russian sub and went home to my Russian dictionary and looked it up: “sproot” = octopus. I was something like 14 at the time. </p>
<p>Some movies from that era hold up better than others, I wonder what it would be like to see it again.</p>
<p>“The Great Race” mostly holds up, except for the Natalie Wood then-obligatory song scene</p>
<p>“Those Magnficent Men In Their Flying Machines” I thought that was funny…?!</p>
<p>“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” still some great moments, and great to see so many cameos packed into one movie, but so much of the humor is incredibly sexist. Not surprising, since it was the era of “The Honeymooners,” and even “I Love Lucy.”</p>
<p>This was the first year I can remember when I’d have felt equally delighted about the outcome for the Best Actor and Actress awards regardless of who won. The only 2 categories I really had my fingers crossed for were Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, and my guys won in both! </p>
<p>Additional random thought: Ellen DeGeneres was excellent.</p>
<p>“The Russians Are Coming” is available on DVD and holds up quite well, provided you’ve got a fondness for the movie conventions of the times (I do). I had an enormous crush on Alan Arkin after seeing the film as a 10 year old. Carl Reiner is also terrific, and Paul Ford steals what’s left as an aging vet trying to fend off the Russians. Thanks for the reminder, TD!</p>
<p>Two of my childhood favorites - “The Russians are Coming” and “The Great Race” (best pie-throwing scene ever and fabulous mugging by Jack Lemmon).</p>
<p>Could Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith been any cuter?</p>
<h2>“And you could see her neck!!!”</h2>
<p>…and her hands! (And what WAS up with Jack’s bald head?)</p>
<p>Loved The Departed…so glad it won.</p>
<p>Honest Opinion:</p>
<p>We were never even remotely interested in watching it!</p>
<p>OK…I wanted that sound engineer who has been nominated (for some TERRIFIC movies with great sound mixing) nineteen times to win this year. He didn’t. Maybe 20 will be the charm for him. I was happy for Scoresce (oh that isn’t spelled right)…great director, finally acknowledged.</p>
<p>I, too, said “Wow, Diane Keaton looks great!” when she came out, and my wife replied, a bit acidly, “That’s because she’s wearing nice clothes and her hair is done. She looks exactly how she always looks, but in the movies her costumes are always a little funky and her hair a little disheveled.” </p>
<p>(But actually what I meant was “Diane Keaton looks really thin” and “Diane Keaton looks great next to Jack Nicholson, who looks awful.”)</p>
<p>I didn’t see any fashion disasters at all this year, although Jennifer Hudson flirted with it. The Anne Hathaway - Emily Blunt presentation duo was a treat and a half. I had no idea Blunt was almost as beautiful as Hathaway; the movie disguised that very effectively.</p>
<p>I felt badly for Peter O’Toole (who did NOT look good, however!) So many nominations, no wins…</p>
<p>I had to look up O’Toole’s age after seeing him last night – he is 75 this year.</p>
<p>He was 30 when “Lawrence of Arabia” was released.</p>
<p>Peter O’Toole is great. The Stunt Man is one of my all-time favorite movies. He obviously doesn’t look good.</p>
<p>Thedad, did you like the movie Catch-22? I think I’m the only person who did.</p>
<p>“Everybody to get from street.”</p>
<p>For some reason my kids do not find this nearly as funny as I do.</p>
<p>Oh, and Al Gore looked as if he’d put on a few pounds.</p>
<p>Peter O’Toole was on Leno last week and told some hilarious stories. I wish he would tour the country and do an “Evening with Peter O’Toole” similar to Gregory Peck.</p>
<p>I also like the movie Catch-22. I try to re-read the book every summer.</p>
<p>got a chuckle hearing this on local radio this morning…</p>
<p>After seeing so many liberal weenies assembled @ the oscars last night the French president was overhead commenting to his minister of defense, " Are you sure we can’t take these guys?!"</p>
<p>Al Gore’s gig, while a bit predictable, was fun.</p>