I’m so late. My bad. Sorry about that. We had a party to get ready for and I had completely forgotten to get the laptop up and running. We’ve got a small group together to kick back and watch the Oscars tonight. Here’s a few of my thoughts (and theirs, just for the hell of it).
Where to start?
Jackman can’t sing. Panelope Cruiz looking like she hasn’t slept in about a year.
9:02 – Ben Stiller as Joaquin Pheonix was fucking awesome.
9:04 – Who’s the skeleton talking about Josh Brogen?
9:05 – Cuba said “black face”. Ha.
9:06 – I didn’t think Christopher Walken could actually look any creepy
9:07 – Ledger shouldn’t win for being dead, he should win because he was fucking fantastic in that movie. And the winner is…
9:08 – Ledger, fuck yes.
9:10 – Nice speech from the Ledger family. Very classy.
9:13 – Bill Mahr hasn’t been funny in years. It’s just painful to watch. Much like Jackman’s singing.
9:17 – Bill is a douche.
9:17 – Man, I’m doing crappy in our “pick’em pool
9:19 – Is it just me or is the statue as the “1” in “81” not really working. Looks like the “8th” Academy Awards.
9:26 – I’d like Ironman or Batman to get visual effects, but I know they’ll give it to Button… and they did.
9:30 – Sound Mixing, the supermen of… post, yeah, this joke isnt working.
9:31 – I had no idea Wanted was nominated for anything, let alone a couple things. That wasn’t exactly an Oscar quality movie.
9:33 – I love it when the award winners actually sound sincere. Good for the Slumdog guy.
9:34 – Did Will Smith replace Hugh Jackman, cause, I’m OK with that if he has. He’s been up there long enough, might as well.
9:36 – Slumdog’s editor looks like Moby.
9:37 – Non Oscar related: We got a case of “real” Coke, from Mexico, that’s still made with real cane sugar. It’s epic. It’s like a Coke commercial in here.
9:40 – The cheese sticks are ready and have come out of the oven. Have you accepted cheeses into you life?
9:42 – Coldplay must be stopped. Seriously.
9:45 – Anothony Hopkins looks like a turtle. A creepy, very very old turtle.
9:43 – Note to self, cheese is hot. It’s probably whats in the center of the earth.
9:55 – I wonder if the Indian guy is also going to do the songs from Wall-E, lol
9:58 – [Dane] Why do you assume Wall-E is a white robot? He could be a brotha. [All] ROFL!
10:08 – I’ve got nothing, it’s been 10 solid minutes of commercials. I updated my netflix queue in the meantime. Anyone else realize that Tarentino’s new movie Inglorious Bastards, is a remake? I had no idea.
10:12 – Micheal Crichton died? Really? How did I miss that???
10:16 – Diet Coke makes me angry.
10:18 – My wife just told me I’m like Kermit the frog, and not to be sad. I was yelling at the new Apple laptop ad. The battery DOES NOT last 8 hours. That’s a giant load of horse crap. I have half a battery left and it’s been on for just over an hour. It’ll be dead by 11. Sorry /end soap box.
10:21 – Yah! Danny Boyle, I’ve always like Trainspotting, but I always forget he did 28 Days Later.
10:26 – Both Sophia Loren and Nicole Kidmen looks terrible. Seriously creepy. Like the walking dead.
10:30 – Sophia Loren is seriously fucking creepy. Enough so that I needed to mention is twice.
10:33 – It would have been totally awesome for some ass to have wistled from the other side of the theater. I would have laughed my ass off.
10:35 – Did Kate Winslett just tell Meryl Streep to suck it?!?!
10:37 – The all-star guys are much more impressive than the ladies.
10:39 – DeNiro – How did Sean Penn get all those jobs playing strait men? ahahahah!
10:41 – Anothony Hopkins – British to English translation: “I don’t want to be up here, can I sit down now?”
10:43 – The entire room just groaned that Sean Penn won.
10:53 – And the entire room cheers for Slumdog. And I agree, it was an awesome movie.
10:56 – Back to being social at our party. That was fun. We’ll have to discuss in depth tomorrow.
Say G’night Matt. “G’night Matt”
Agreed. I get this year’s logo; I’ve decoded it. I know that, in the logo, the Oscar is supposed to represent a “1.” That said, every time they animate on a name font, I think “WTF is with the floating ‘8’?
lol. yeah, especially since it’s been “B-Dazzled” too, lol
Did you hear that PepsiCo is putting out “throwback” bottles of Pepsi & MountainDew with real sugar and no High-Fructose Corn Syrup? I’m looking fwd to trying that shit.
Oh yes, yes indeed. I’m getting a case of the Dew as soon as I can find it.
Why did the room groan? Who was the room pulling for?
I think they were split between Rourke and Pitt
Good show. Have a good night!
Did you miss the guy who won best short animation? That was my favorite part.
I felt bad for some of the actor nominees. I would MUCH rather have Shirley MacLaine say something nice about me than have Halle Berry use the oppurtunity to find a way to say something nice about herself.
I also think it’s lame that Benjamin Button won for best makeup and best visual effects for both doing the same job. If either was the BEST it would seem they wouldn’t need the other to complete the job. Although more realistically it’s vastly more complicated to mix the two than I know.
I found myself laughing outloud a lot during the presentations which I don’t think I’ve ever done before. The presentation scripts seemed a lot less ‘scripted.’ Jennifer Aniston actually came off as funny althought that could have just been because she was next to Jack Black, and Tina Fey and Steve Martin were amazing.
Hooray, Matt watched the Oscars so I don’t have to! Thanks for taking one for the team, man.
Also, when did you switch up the web design again? I’ve just been reading the RSS feed for a bit.
Just a couple days ago, I kinda like it, it’s nice and simple. Might change up the colors a little, but I’ll probably stick with this one for a bit.