Random Oscar musings

[angela_o]

The video into was very funny. Although Letterman with the kids was a little bit freaky.

The crowd in general seemed oddly subdued. Were they afraid that Jon was going to jump them if they showed some semblance of life? Did like the Bjork joke though. Bjork! Whereforth art thou? The Oscars need bizarro grace notes like that. Then again, Three 6 Mafia winning Best Song may have provided that for this outing. "For those keeping track at home. Martin Scorsese 0. Three 6 Mafia 1." snerk.

In general, the clothes were oddly subdued as well. And what was with all the dresses with only one shoulder? Sorry, but most of the time those just make you look as if one breast is wildly larger than the other. I watched with my 14 year old and his reaction to Charlize Theron's dress was "what's with that bow? It looks like she has a dead rabbit in there." Of course, this is the same child who, when viewing the commercials for that new Miracles medical reality show announced that it was "Extreme Makeover Mental Edition". Have I mentioned lately that he really make me laugh?

Reese's dress was very pretty and I've got to say that between the Oscar and the hot husband, I may be a wee bit envious. Although, what's up with Ryan and the perpetual sneer? Could it have something to do with the fact that he got 2.5 million for his last movie and Reese got 15? Hmmm. I wonder. Plus, he certainly seemed a whole heck of lot more thrilled that "Crash" won best picture than he did when his wife won the Academy Award.

Heath and Michelle were very cute. As were the Wallace and Gromit guys and their wee little bowties for the Oscars. I also liked the Lilly Tomlin/Meryl Streep comedy show. That was a charming moment. Also, Clooney wins my award for classiest acceptance speech. Go George.

All in all, a passably entertaining evening.

Comments

[mockingbird39.livejournal.com]

Although, what's up with Ryan and the perpetual sneer?

That's just his face. He's looked like that since he was in junior high and modeling for JC Penney. And yet he could never figure out why people made fun of him. . .

I agree on the one-shoulder gowns, especially Charlize's. Blech. Her shoes were fabu, though, so I have to give her some points for that. Salma Hayek's dress actually put her boobs at substantially different heights on her chest, so she may win the prize for Worst Abuse of One's Own Mammaries. Between separating the girls like that and the shade of her dress, all I could think was that she was doing an homage to Picasso's Blue Period.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the Theron shoes, but I'll definitely take your word on their fabulousness. :)

Ah, so the sneer is a permasneer huh? Makes more sense. Although I may have to drag out my "Cruel Intentions" dvd to watch the good parts and see if he can, in fact, form different expressions. It has struck me though that Chad Michael Murray is the poor man's Ryan Phillipe. lol

Too true about Hayek and her twins. I felt the need to tilt my head when working at her and it was disconcerting to say the least. I guess it's better that she was channeling the Blue Period rather than her Kahlo phase. That could have been very scary.

[mockingbird39.livejournal.com]

Eeeek. The Kahlo phase would undoubtedly have involved some eyebrows that I am not willing to contemplate. I'll take Picasso over that any day.

And yes, it's a Permasneer. Didn't matter if he'd just made the winning soccer goal or failed a test--it was always present. If he hadn't been so wonderfully sarcastic, I'd have had no use for him at all.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Wait, I'm confused. Is this opinion based on his cinematic body of work (and yes, typing that without laughing was a bit of a challenge) or on personal interaction? Inquiring minds...

[mockingbird39.livejournal.com]

"cinematic body of work" *snort*

It's a personal observation. We went to the same school for a couple of years. He was a little older than me, but the school was really small (about 300 total, grades K5-12) and one of his sisters is my age. Also, he was my math TA. And not very good at algebra. *sigh*

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I wondered if you'd gone to school together. I'd seen that he was from Delaware and attended a religious school. That, coupled with the hint of familiarity in your comment, made me think that you might have gone to school together. Well, let's hope that the fact that's he cute and was sarcastic made up for his mathematical deficiencies. ;)

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

I think Ryan used up all his enthusiasm at the GG's. He was ecstatic for her there. It just goes to show again...too many awards shows results in so much less enthusiasm at Oscars. Jon Stewart was totally right that the rap group was the only one who showed any real excitement.

I really get the impression with RP that he doesn't really care about awards. He chooses his pictures very carefully, it seems to me. He hasn't done anything hugely budgeted in a while.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Good to know that he was happy for her at the Globes. I didn't watch any of the other awards shows. I do agree with you that so many of them in a row undercuts the impact.

I just wondered about his attitude because I remember seeing them present an award together several years ago and he deferred to her with a comment to the effect that she was the one making the big bucks. Oh well, you never know what's going on in other people's marriages. Let's hope she doesn't fall victim the Best Actress marriage breakup. Julia. Hilary. Halle. There's a trend of sorts.

[kieyra.livejournal.com]

Reese's dress was very pretty and I've got to say that between the Oscar and the hot husband, I may be a wee bit envious. Although, what's up with Ryan and the perpetual sneer?

TB and I were theorizing about bitterness over an off-screen romance between Reese and Joaquin.

(I mean, we were totally making it up, but that was what it looked like. Camera on Reese; camera on Joaquin; camera on Angry Ryan.)

Meryl Streep looks *awesome*.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Cynic that I am, I'm thinking more old-fashioned upset that she's more successful than he is. Sadly, the trend seems to be that when the wife in a celebrity couple (ie both actors) becomes more successful than her husband, the marriage hits the skids. Plus, any rumors of infidelity that I've ever heard have been about him, not her.

Meryl did look great didn't she? She and Lilly Tomlin played off each other beautifully. Almost made me want to rent an Altman movie. Almost.