Oscar Thoughts 2013
I'm not going to try to organize them, so here, in no particular order, are my thoughts on the 85th Annual Academy Awards.
1) It's absolutely stupid that they refused to call them the 85th Annual Academy Awards. "Oh, but 'The Oscars' makes them sound so much cooler, so more people will watch them." Really? Use the nickname in conversation, fine, I do, but do not strip them of their proper title.
2) Seth MacFarlane - terrible. Like Hobbitsister said, you don't have to be offensive to be funny. And if you do, clearly you're not classy enough for the Academy Awards. Go host the MTV movie awards or something.
3) It is absolutely not the First Lady's place to hand out an Academy Award. She has nothing to do with the Academy. This is Hollywood's night. Good grief. As if we don't get enough of her butting into our lives by telling us what we can and can't eat.
4) Adele is crazy amazing. I just wish she would learn that she doesn't have to dress like an old lady. (Though like I told my family - I'd rather have someone dress like an old lady than not dress at all, like some other famous people.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OERwenALdZQ And I love how "Skyfall" sounds so Bond-y.
5) The "Les Miserables" cast performance was wonderful. I don't know what else to say about it. (I wish I could find a better quality clip, but this is fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxbYP83Wdc) Also, I like how Eddie Redmayne is holding Amanda Seyfried at the end.
6) Why they claimed they had a James Bond theme and musical theme, I do not know. It seemed random and disjointed. When have they ever had themes before? And why two? And why, if those are your themes, is your James Bond theme just one little montage and a song, and your musical theme just 'Chicago' and 'Dreamgirls'? How dumb.
7) Hugh Jackman rushed to save Jennifer Lawrence. *swoon* If I ever go to the Academy Awards, I am so falling on purpose.
7a) On ET tonight, they showed someone interviewing Jennifer Lawrence, asking her about Hugh Jackman saving her. "He did!?!" Shocked face. "Really!?! He did!?!" About-to-die-of-swooning face. "Oh my gosh! And it's on film!?!" And then she did a happy dance.
7b) From an interview after that:
""I didn't know 'cause I was so in my cloud of, like, 'I want to die'. I had no idea. That actually fixes the whole moment."
Hugh didn't think twice about jumping from his seat to help Jennifer. The Australian actor was "feeling for her" in the moment she tripped in full view of the audience and cameras.
"I thought, 'she's caught in that [dress] and she's falling into the abyss', but she was fine. She didn't need me," he said." - stuff.co.nz
8) Kristin Chenoweth is the most annoying red carpet interviewer person ever. Everything was "me, me, me." Seriously, give me the flaming guys with the I-can't-stand-to-listen-to-their-so-gay-voices voices instead.
9) And while it annoyed me that Kristin Chenoweth took off her shoes to show how short she is while asking Bradley Cooper's mom about what she was wearing, it was very swoony to watch him then Prince Charmingly bend down to help her get them back on.
9b) Bradley Cooper also ran to save Jennifer Lawrence, though that was not caught on camera.
9c) See next post.
9cI) Which I put below this post so you wouldn't accidentally read it first.
10) What's with not showing Denzel til the end? Especially when he was nominated? Stupid male cameramen.
11) An interviewer on the red carpet asked Liev Schreiber about his bride Naomi Watts. Wait...bride? Nobody (*hem hem Diddy*) had told me that Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts had finally gotten married. How am I supposed to marry him now? Because I so could've given Naomi Watts a run for her money.
11a) I'm not, however, finding any evidence of a marriage online. There still might be a chance I can sneak in there.
11aI) Perhaps by choosing a much prettier dress.
12) I like this interview answer that I found:
Q: When did you feel a tipping point in your favor for this film?
Ben: When they gave us the trophies I was confident that we would win. I don’t get too much into the Oscar-ology and the pontificating. It doesn’t help me to read up on that stuff. - huffington post
That's what I've got for now. Stay tuned for my Oscar fashion policing.
1) It's absolutely stupid that they refused to call them the 85th Annual Academy Awards. "Oh, but 'The Oscars' makes them sound so much cooler, so more people will watch them." Really? Use the nickname in conversation, fine, I do, but do not strip them of their proper title.
2) Seth MacFarlane - terrible. Like Hobbitsister said, you don't have to be offensive to be funny. And if you do, clearly you're not classy enough for the Academy Awards. Go host the MTV movie awards or something.
3) It is absolutely not the First Lady's place to hand out an Academy Award. She has nothing to do with the Academy. This is Hollywood's night. Good grief. As if we don't get enough of her butting into our lives by telling us what we can and can't eat.
4) Adele is crazy amazing. I just wish she would learn that she doesn't have to dress like an old lady. (Though like I told my family - I'd rather have someone dress like an old lady than not dress at all, like some other famous people.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OERwenALdZQ And I love how "Skyfall" sounds so Bond-y.
5) The "Les Miserables" cast performance was wonderful. I don't know what else to say about it. (I wish I could find a better quality clip, but this is fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxbYP83Wdc) Also, I like how Eddie Redmayne is holding Amanda Seyfried at the end.
7) Hugh Jackman rushed to save Jennifer Lawrence. *swoon* If I ever go to the Academy Awards, I am so falling on purpose.
7a) On ET tonight, they showed someone interviewing Jennifer Lawrence, asking her about Hugh Jackman saving her. "He did!?!" Shocked face. "Really!?! He did!?!" About-to-die-of-swooning face. "Oh my gosh! And it's on film!?!" And then she did a happy dance.
""I didn't know 'cause I was so in my cloud of, like, 'I want to die'. I had no idea. That actually fixes the whole moment."
Hugh didn't think twice about jumping from his seat to help Jennifer. The Australian actor was "feeling for her" in the moment she tripped in full view of the audience and cameras.
"I thought, 'she's caught in that [dress] and she's falling into the abyss', but she was fine. She didn't need me," he said." - stuff.co.nz
8) Kristin Chenoweth is the most annoying red carpet interviewer person ever. Everything was "me, me, me." Seriously, give me the flaming guys with the I-can't-stand-to-listen-to-their-so-gay-voices voices instead.
9) And while it annoyed me that Kristin Chenoweth took off her shoes to show how short she is while asking Bradley Cooper's mom about what she was wearing, it was very swoony to watch him then Prince Charmingly bend down to help her get them back on.
9c) See next post.
9cI) Which I put below this post so you wouldn't accidentally read it first.
10) What's with not showing Denzel til the end? Especially when he was nominated? Stupid male cameramen.
11) An interviewer on the red carpet asked Liev Schreiber about his bride Naomi Watts. Wait...bride? Nobody (*hem hem Diddy*) had told me that Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts had finally gotten married. How am I supposed to marry him now? Because I so could've given Naomi Watts a run for her money.
11aI) Perhaps by choosing a much prettier dress.
12) I like this interview answer that I found:
Q: When did you feel a tipping point in your favor for this film?
Ben: When they gave us the trophies I was confident that we would win. I don’t get too much into the Oscar-ology and the pontificating. It doesn’t help me to read up on that stuff. - huffington post
That's what I've got for now. Stay tuned for my Oscar fashion policing.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:50 PM
10 Comments:
I did not watch the Academy Awards because Hollywood annoys me...however, I do like Adele and that was beautiful. And I disagree about her dress...I thought it was classy and modest and refreshing.
I love Hugh Jackman...I want to see a video of him saving Jennifer!! One Day More is my favorite Les Mis song and I loved how they performed it. It reminds me of the first time I saw it performed when they used more moving sets than actually moving around on stage and the acting was done in the facial expressions and tone of the music bringing me to tears (before the last one I saw...UGH!).
I love Hugh. :) And now Jennifer Lawrence -- she seems so real and charming (and humble, compared to Kristin Chenowith apparently). Like her whole night (tripping, interviews, etc.) could've been a romantic comedy, she'd make a great leading lady (makes me think of the old man's talk about that in "The Holiday":).
I agree about Michelle Obama. However, I'm not that surprised. It's indicative of their whole philosophy of government in the first place, getting involved where they shouldn't be. And that's all I'll say about that. :)
I didn't watch either. And I haven't clicked on any of your links yet, so I"ll probably be commenting again later... :)
Oh -- I also agree about Seth McFarlane. I didn't see him, but over the weekend I was introduced to the movie, "Ted." Where he voices a very crude teddy bear. Ugh. It was awful. I had to leave in the middle of it and still felt violated watching only part of it. Why do guys like that stuff?? Ugh. Actually, my 20-year-old friend posted a status about how awesome he was too, after the Academy Awards. So that was disappointing. Maybe I'm just too prudish. I haven't seen Adele's dress yet, but I'm betting it's right up my alley...
OK, I googled Adele and see like three dresses. Which one are you talking about?
i would love to be the leading lady in my own life.
it was kind of big brother-y to have michelle obama suddenly appear on a screen.
don't say 'why do guys like that stuff?' that's not fair. 'why do SOME guys like that stuff?' and you're not too prudish, you just have taste.
i'm talking the way adele dresses in general. it's totally possible to dress for one's body type and one's age.
and here you go, hm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mJrvbMK6W8
ditto to all you said, except liev schrieber. you can have him.
that's very noble, coming from a married woman
thank you
Post a Comment
<< Home