Comments on: Oscars: What did you think?

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:13:39 +0000

“Will & Jack”? Where were Grace & Karen?

By: Nick Bellini

Nick Bellini — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:38:09 +0000

Too long and boring. They could ut that show down to an hour.

By: invitedmedia

invitedmedia — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:16:18 +0000

the director of pan’s labirynth did an interview with terry gross of npr a few weeks back.

he & she were great in it.

nothing like the guy who showed up on stage last night.

too bad.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:09:37 +0000

The intrepretive dances were kind of cool. (Words that I never thought would come out of my mouth…)

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:08:00 +0000

Not another montage!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:51:04 +0000

I thought the HD part of the show looked awesome. The sound effect chorus would have been better if they would have stayed on that wide shot longer- so I could see the video they were singing to.

And the text on the screen of Mellisa Ethridge performance was distracting and too preachy. I worry that Hollywood has set back the cause of going green by providing radio talk show hosts with weeks worth of material.

By: Safran

Safran — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:35:49 +0000

Oh, I thought the special effects chorus was cool, as did my kids. In fact, I thought they did a pretty good job this year highlighting those “other” awards - the ones we usually (perhaps still) care less about. I liked the tableaux of costumes, the cheeky sound gags - I thought those worked better than some of the other missteps.

The high point? The Will Ferrell/Jack Black/John C. Reilly musical number about how pointless it is to win an Oscar if in you’re in a comedy, even if it’s a terrific comedy and you’re a terrific comedian. It’s an excellent point. Why does the Academy continue to turn its nose down on comedy? I HATE that great comedic actors have to make a “star turn” in a Serious Actor moment to win an Oscar, finally.

Everyone agrees on what’s sad. It’s damn hard to make people laugh.

By: El Dangeroso

El Dangeroso — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:57:32 +0000

Seinfeld should have hosted. He got more laughs in his :60 intro to the Documentary Feature award than DeGeneres got all night.

I’m having a hard time deciding what was worse: The Michael Winslow Singers (special effect chorus) or the shadow puppets.

By: Jeff V

Jeff V — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:47:44 +0000

The show’s director seems to have lost his ADD medication - every three seconds a different cut to another shot. The Academy needs to figure out that the quick cut MTV style has somewhat gone away. And the camera ops didn’t seem as well prepared either. Lots of last second movements and camera - shake to get the shot.

Finally, if KNOW a guy is going to make a long speech - example, the Italian music composer - I think you’re gonna need a better translator than CLINT EASTWOOD

By: adm

adm — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:44:55 +0000

v. funny, steve. i tried watching that last night. i couldn’t understand a word of it, but it was a fun idea.

By: Safran

Safran — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:58:10 +0000

I wonder what this would look like if it were shot live on four cellphones instead.

By: adm

adm — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:42:24 +0000

worse than usual, and boring. hopefully conan will take over in a couple years and his writers will put together something that is actually funny.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:10:51 +0000

I’m watching in New Zealand on Sky Movies, and the switches in/out of the commercials are terrible. America is using various motifs to fill the breaks (oscar quote graphics, crane shots of the outside statues) but everything abruptly starts & stops.
I loved Will & Jack’s song, but the sound crew are having a bit of a dodgy night.

By: Cory

Cory — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:52:37 +0000

Ooooh, an Apple iPhone ad with quick cuts of actors from various movies saying “hello” when picking up the phone.

Coming in June…

By: joe

joe — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:45:13 +0000

i’ve never seen Ellen with so much make-up.

i love Ellen, but her opening stand-up was not her best — the jokes were directed at all the stars, not the audience at home.

and yes, Hollywood loves Al Gore.