I should have known we were in trouble when they had a salute to the epic
I seriously thought Jack Nicholson was joking when he said “And the winner is Crash.”
Seriously. Crash?
I was convinced Brokeback would sweep. Ang Lee is crying tiny tears right now, along with the entire population of Taiwan. At least he won best director. It’s about time.
Jon Stewart was perfect as host; he was laidback, but he still made fun of the montages. Plus, Stephen Colbert snuck in on the attack ads. Hi-larious. Also, can we discuss the opening scene, where Jon Stewart wakes up in bed with George Clooney? It was prematurely grey heaven.
Though Clooney’s speech made him fall a wee bit in my esteem. He started off self-deprecating and gracious, but “This academy gave an award to Hattie McDaniel in 1939″? Ridiculous.
Again, Crash? I somehow managed to mostly remember how good Ludacris was, but totally forgot the whole story with the Hispanic locksmith and “It’s a good cloak.” That shit won an Oscar people.
Alex would like me to point out that Hattie McDaniel is one of our greatest actors.
8 Responses to “I should have known we were in trouble when they had a salute to the epic”
Rach on 06 Mar 2006 at 1:24 am #
I prefer to refer to them as My Silver Foxes. God. I still love Jon, but I’m on such a Clooney lovetrain lately, and the two of them together? My brain shorted out. Guuuuuuuuuh.
I liked Clooney’s speech. The man represents everything the religious right hate about Liberal Hollywood, gets a good share of crap tossed at him, and the whole thing struck me as both a good old-fashioned “Screw you” to that entire demographic, and also incredibly sincere. I love the Clooney. I do.
Seriously – Crash? The fuck?
sara k. on 06 Mar 2006 at 9:41 am #
“Though Clooney’s speech made him fall a wee bit in my esteem. He was started off self-deprecating and gracious, but “This academy gave an award to Hattie McDaniel in 1939″? Ridiculous.”
yeah there’s the facets to this, definitely. just because the academy was nice to black people in 1939 doesn’t mean it’s not a completely racist institution. the only non-white winners this year were ang lee and the three six mafia. everyone else was from new zealand.
brenda on 06 Mar 2006 at 9:46 am #
Like Gone With the Wind was a triumph of civil rights. Totally.
Don’t worry Rach, I still love the Cloon.
sara k. on 06 Mar 2006 at 7:47 pm #
what i totally WAS a big fan of were the self-depricating jewish jokes by jon leibowitz (YES, that’s stewart’s real name :) ) esp. when he says to senor spielbergo, “what’s going to happen to us next…TRILOGY!” haha amazing. also, here’s my jon stewart combo fantasy:
i really hope i’m allowed html in this comment.
sara k. on 06 Mar 2006 at 7:48 pm #
apparently not?
Lemon on 07 Mar 2006 at 12:39 am #
yeah, Crash = WTF?
I really wanted to see Goodnight and Good Luck get it, just because watching that movie was like having my eyes swallow velvet.
In my mind Crash is a poor lesser child of Do the Right Thing. Everything that I’ve heard people praise Crash for I can’t help but sit back and say “Spike did that over a decade ago…” Characters who are simultaneously racist and sympathetic? People who aren’t necessarily racist, but do racist things? A cataclysmic climax that leaves you with more questions about the ground the main character stands on?
brenda on 07 Mar 2006 at 12:46 am #
Yeah, but Do the Right Thing also wasn’t stupid. “It’s a good cloak.” The characters were all interconnected because of actual believable connections.
I knew they weren’t going to give best picture to a black and white movie shot (as far as I can remember) entirely in interiors. But velvet, yes.
Lemon on 11 Mar 2006 at 11:40 am #
Shot in colour, inside, then turned into Black and White in post-production.